LEVERAGE OUR EXPERIENCE TO ACHIEVE YOUR CAREER GOALS
We help our clients at every stage of the hiring process and throughout their lifetime of career growth.
Discover what career is right for you.
The universe of careers available to STEM graduates is widespread and exciting. Let us help you pursue the best career for you based on your skill, interests, education, and training.
Cultivate your network to advance your career.
We will teach you how to have effective conversations that result in people wanting to build professional relationships with you.
Interview with intention.
Work with hiring managers or academic search committee chairs to learn how to increase your comfort/confidence in showcasing your skills and expertise. Whether for informational interviews or a critical job interview, we have you covered.
Get hired by the US Government.
The federal government is one of the largest employers of STEM professionals. In addition to exploring industrial and academic opportunities, we can guide you in crafting your most effective Federal Resume, navigating USAJobs, and preparing for interviews to successfully secure positions in the public sector.
Write resumes and CVs that elevate you above the competition.
Get industry insider knowledge from a PhD hiring manager on resume and CV best practices.
Negotiate your compensation package.
Learn how to ask for what you want with the confidence to get it.
Effectively use LinkedIn during your job search.
Effectively use LinkedIn during your job search by understanding how recruiters leverage the platform to find top candidates and how the algorithm works to connect you with opportunities. Learn to optimize your profile to appear in more searches, improve your networking skills, and apply LinkedIn’s features to boost your job search and networking productivity.
Assist with continued professional growth.
We serve as your expert advisors to help you navigate career challenges, set career goals, and ensure your perpetual professional growth.
Meet our Founder — A PhD Hiring Manager
Josh Henkin, PhD
Josh Henkin, PhD, founder of STEM Career Services, has a deep understanding of the unique challenges of job searching and career placement in the ultra-competitive fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. With a STEM PhD, postdoctoral experience, a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship, and a diverse career spanning industry and government roles, Josh brings over 15 years of expertise in reviewing resumes and interviewing candidates as a seasoned hiring manager.
Josh stands out from other career coaches by actively working as a hiring manager, allowing him to share the most up-to-date best practices with his clients. This experience makes him uniquely qualified to help clients accelerate their job search and achieve their goals.
Josh’s coaching style and success has been recognized by numerous prestigious science organizations who have invited him to deliver career development workshops and serve as an ‘in-house’ coach for their trainees and fellows.
CLIENT SUCCESS STORIES
“Before I started working with Josh I was struggling with confidence. I knew my resume didn’t showcase my skills in the optimal way, but I didn’t know how to improve it. Much of the advice you find online is low quality so you can spend months trying to follow bad advice without getting anywhere. Working with Josh saves you a lot of time and effort. Working with Josh gave me confidence because I finally had concrete steps to take. These steps ultimately led me to accept an excellent job offer within a few months. For anyone who’s thinking about working with Josh, he’s worth every penny. He’s highly knowledgeable and he goes above and beyond to help you.”
“One of the smartest investments I have made in my professional journey is in signing up for career coaching sessions with Josh. Among his broad array of talents, one that I am very appreciative of is his ability to help me paint a meaningful and impressive story about my career trajectory. Having had multiple prior fellowship and job experiences that may not seem connected to the untrained eye, Josh helped me to take a step back and brainstorm how to present these backgrounds in an engaging, cohesive manner… Josh was also very strategic in how I should generally present myself in my application materials, giving me tips (both small and large) to stand out in the job search. I also appreciated the supportive nature he provided during our sessions, how he challenged me to think more critically about my prior impact and my future professional desires, and how he highlighted skillsets I didn’t even realize I had… I am genuinely excited to utilize all the advice I’ve received from Josh as I enter the job market, and hopefully find the job that will be the perfect combination of elements that I am looking for out of a career, and that will allow me to thrive and make a meaningful impact.”
“Working with Josh has completely changed my ability to promote myself in my resume, respond to interview questions with poise, and negotiate contracts to achieve the best possible outcome. I had a hard time taking credit for my achievements or even understanding how to determine what metrics demonstrated my capabilities. I had no idea why my resume/CV was not working for me to get interviews. Josh was able to help translate some of the rather technical jargon that I use on a daily basis to something that speaks to a broader audience… I went from having about a 10% success rate in getting interviews to 100%… I started career coaching with Josh using professional development funds from my employer but continued on my own once I saw what an unbelievable difference this coaching is making in achieving my career goals. Best use of money I’ve ever spent.”
“As a mid-career professional who was trying to switch my focus, Josh was exactly what I needed… Josh was an amazing career coach for my job search. He knows what recruiters and hiring managers are looking for. He explained not only that, but also how to tailor my message to the exact position I was applying to. He has a great system that I have recommended over, and over, and over again to friends and colleagues. After changing my LinkedIn page, I went from 0 recruiters messaging me in a decade to about one a month. His focus on breaking down every step of the process from LinkedIn page to resume to informational interviews to the interviews themselves was phenomenal. After working with him I gained both the knowledge of how to do a job search in today’s environment and built up my own self confidence with tips he tailored specifically to me. By working with Josh I saved valuable time and likely salary far beyond what I paid to him. His services were a great investment in myself, and he was worth every penny.”