We need skilled people with well-rounded backgrounds and the ability to think constructively".
"With me not coming from a well-rounded background in rock music or anything, all of this was new to me," Smith says.
Remember the résumé "Many of these students are working so hard to get good grades in high school that they don't feel they have time to do other things," like the after-school activities that show a well-rounded background, says Lydia Block, an educational consultant in Columbus, Ohio.
The key to landing an in-house position is less about your level of seniority or the firm you came from and more about bringing a well-rounded background to the table.
Try to get a well-rounded background of all the social sciences, depending on what your state requires.
While they may not like it at the time, they will most likely be grateful when they are older that they have a more well-rounded background.
You may need a more well-rounded background to teach high school history as opposed to teaching to middle grades, so it's very important to check with your state's department of education if you haven't already completed your undergraduate degree.
Chemistry is the most important science class, but you should also take classes in biology and physics to have a well rounded science background.
I didn't have what I would say was a well-rounded educational background".
In announcing the appointment, NIH director Elias Zerhouni described Nabel as having a "well-rounded scientific background and strong management skills".
"It is," she says, "a surpassing picture, framed in the foreground by dark, pine-covered crags; beyond that by the sharply outlined profiles of mountains set off by superb trees; and in the background by the rounded humps of hills, which the setting sun gilds with the warmest shades".
