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All work and some play: When she needs a breather, Dr. Dawn Shaikh visits her office’s soda fountain or rock climbing wall.
coffee bar, soda fountain and other perks. Unlike many employees, she rarely works nights or weekends, so she can spend time with her husband and two daughters, ages 14 and 12. “I took a hard stand on my work time,” says Shaikh, who worked as an intern at the company before coming on full time in 2007. “I’ve always had supportive managers who don’t want me to burn out.” Favorite Google perk: When Shaikh visits the “Googleplex,” the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., she loves to use the assortment of bikes they provide for employees to trek
around the expansive campus, especially the facility’s seven-seat conference bikes. “Meetings are so much fun when you’re on a bike with six other people,” says Shaikh. Big adventure ahead: Shaikh and her family will spend 2012 in India; Shaikh will be working as an “engineering ambassador” in Google’s Bangalore office, with the job of increasing employee awareness about how research affects design and engineering. “I’m looking forward to learning about Indian culture and work life, and eating lots of fresh mangoes,” she says. n —J. CHAMBERLIN
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GradPSYCH - September 2011
Contents
Interns: Be sure to track your hours
Students often notice but only sometimes blow the whistle on peers’ ethical violations
Psychology student spearheads coming-out project
Internship application costs rise
Odd Jobs
Media Picks
Chair’s Corner
Research Roundup
Matters to a Degree
The new academic job market
Applier beware
Does TV accurately portray psychology?
Safer travels
How to handle a tough audience
Free Money for Education
Meet your new advocates
Bulletin Board
Jobs, internships, postdocs and other opportunities
The Back Page
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