This text describes the various career tracks available to scientists and gives advice on the skills and personality types suited to each profession. It should allow scientists to compare job opportunities. Each chapter covers a different career track.

Alternative Careers in Science describes the various career tracks available to scientists and gives the inside scoop on the skills and personality types suited to each profession. It also contains important information regarding career expectations and salary potential. This book will allow scientists to compare career opportunities. Each chapter covers a different career track and includes the basic job description, qualifications, responsibilities, and what career opportunities stem from each position.

C. Robbins-Roth, A Scientist Gone Bad: Or How I Went from the Bench to the Board Room. C. Randall, Technical Writing: Making Sense Out of Manuals. S.D. Goetinck, Science Writing: Communicating with the Masses. A. Crafts-Lighty, Snakes and Ladders: The Game of Publishing. E. Augenbraun and K. Vergoth, Broadcast Science Journalism: Working in Television, Cable, Radio, or Electronic Media. A. Weisman-Tobias, Pituitaries to Pinstripes: A Path to Venture Capital. M. Gray, How I Became an Industry Analyst: Science-Based Investment Advisor. P. Drake, Investment Banker Analyst: Dreams and Reality. R. Pepin, Business Development: Making Deals with Science. R. Cohen, Entrepreneur and Company Founder: Starting Your Own Company and Surviving. C. Hall, Consultant to the Stars: Advising CEOs for Fun and Profit. E. Moyer, Regulatory Affairs: Keeping Product Development on Track. P. Sherwood, Patent Agent: Protecting the Intellectual Property of Science. K. Smith, From the Lab Bench to the Clinic: A Career in Clinical Research. S. Stoddard, Technology Transfer: Enabling the Commercialization of Science. T. Russo, Corporate Communications: Helping Companies Sell Their Story. E.H. Meade, Sales and Marketing: So You Want to Sell?
B. Hansen, Executive Search: Looking for Talent in All the Right Places. B. Hammer, The Growth of a Manager: From Pure Research to Policy Administration. D. Applegate, Science Public Policy: Translating Between Two Worlds. F. Austin, Researching Funding Administration: Matching Money with Research. G. Haddad, Government Agencies: Directing Science in the Military. M. Dibner, Business Information Services: Providing the Data for Industry. Subject Index.