List of Contributions

I've seen a fair amount of interesting items on resumes over the years. One that stands out was a student having a grant from NASA to test compression and direct shear strength on simulated lunar regolith (read - moon dirt, how cool is that?). Another was a candidate that had published a book describing ...

We celebrated the birth of our first child this year, and while I was taking time off of work for the first several weeks of our baby's life we had a meal train set up. I had multiple co-workers a) ask whether we had a meal train, b) contribute to said meal train, taking time out of their non-work hours ...

All of this can depend on the culture of a particular company, but in my experience: I don't think I've ever called a coworker or boss by their surname. I've called them by the name they introduced themselves to me as, which has just always been their first name. If someone is calling you ...

I also attended the same university for both undergrad and graduate schools. It was the height of the recession, and my decision was ultimately due to many of my older friends coming back to school due to being laid off and many of my current classmates (and myself) being unable to even get interviews ...