This monthly series will feature higher education experts having chat room discussions about a current topic in higher education and its impact on the careers of the people who work at our colleges and universities.http://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/en-usCopyright 1996-2010 Internet Employment Linkage, Inc.rss@higheredjobs.com (HigherEdJobs.com)Most scientists agree that being a successful researcher is a very challenging career. We know careers in Academia can be challenging.What happens when you try to do both?This month we chat with one of the leading Tuberculosis researchers in the world, Dr. Scott Franzblau at the University of Illinois at Chicago.Dr. Franzblau shares his insights on funding his institute's scientific research, working in Academia and how to best position yourself to participate in the research process...http://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=148rss@higheredjobs.com (Andrew Hibel)Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:45:10 EDThttp://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=148When six different student affairs associations worked together and created The Placement Exchange to offer an annual interview and career services event, we immediately became a supporter. Chicago will host the third annual Placement Exchange from March 4th through the 7th.For the cost of a couple of weeks of lattes in registration fees, a candidate can possibly network or interview with scores of student affairs departments...http://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=137rss@higheredjobs.com (Andrew Hibel)Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:44:15 EDThttp://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=137We end our chats in 2009 with the most intimate chat of all, our own Chief Information Officer and Co-Founder, Eric Blessner.Eric is truly the soul of HigherEdJobs.com as he is the person ultimately responsible for making sure your experience is all it can be.His dedication to crafting a unique academic job board experience has been his passion since the site opened in 1996. Eric shares with us his philosophy on academic job searches, his favorite HigherEdJobs features, and shares a few secrets of job search success with us this mont...http://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=136rss@higheredjobs.com (Andrew Hibel)Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EDThttp://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=136Twitter.Blogger.LinkedIn.A few short years ago, none of these Social Media sites would have been at the top of your list as career tools.However, many people today include them on their lists but still are not sure how exactly they fit into their academic job searches, let alone their careers.We spend some time this month with Rick Klau who heads up Google's Blogger product.In addition to learning about Rick's "Niner" love and how he was a blogger for a future President, we were privileged to get Rick to share his deep knowledge about how people communicate on the internet and his insights into how it can help you in your career and job search....http://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=129rss@higheredjobs.com (Andrew Hibel)Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:56:20 EDThttp://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=129It is important to remember that we have the honor of shaping the lives of the students who attend our colleges and universities.In pursuit of furthering this honor, many new professionals choose student affairs as their entrance into a career in higher education.It is one of the most popular job posting and search categories on HigherEdJobs.com.We had the opportunity this month to take an in-depth look at the process of a new professional's job search in student affairs with one of the leaders in the field...http://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=123rss@higheredjobs.com (Andrew Hibel)Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:42:06 EDThttp://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=123After being the centerpiece of the education platform of a winning presidential campaign, community colleges have stayed at the forefront of higher education discussions for many months now.Our conversation this month explores current topics at community colleges including enrollment, faculty recruitment and, of all things, a situation comedy...http://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=117rss@higheredjobs.com (Andrew Hibel)Wed, 9 Sep 2009 16:51:09 EDThttp://www.higheredjobs.com/HigherEdCareers/interviews.cfm?ID=117