Conversations with a Wannabe Scientist Podcast - How can I help the listener succeed?
Are you a STEAM undergrad or graduate student? Are you an early career professional? Are you asking yourself questions like, what do professionals with my degree really do for their careers? Do you feel kinddd of like a "wannabe" scientist, but you wanna be more like the real thing?

This form is designed to help me, Nicole Felts, the creator of this pod, gather information on how I can put out content to best help YOU, the listener.

Conversations with a Wannabe Scientist is a podcast for STEAM undergraduate and graduate students, early career scientists, and science-lovers.

The mission of the pod:
To provide direction and support for students and early career scientists; to conduct interviews with guests that are relevant to the questions and needs of the listeners.

From this podcast, you can expect to hear personal stories, struggles, advice, and words of wisdom from:
- Graduate students
- Early career scientists
- Advanced career scientists
- Employees from NGOs, governments, and private organizations leading in sustainability and climate change work
- Academics disseminating important research

Read more about the podcast here: https://www.conversationswithawannabescientist.com/p/the-podcast.html
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Where are you in your career? *
Where are you located in the world? (E.g. State, USA) *
What is your area of study? You can provide the name of your major, or what type of scientist you consider yourself as. *
Do you feel like you need more resources for finding a job/ understanding how science works in practice for your projected career? *
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Do you know what you will do with your degree? *
Would you benefit from a podcast centered around what work looks like for professionals like science communicators, sustainability or policy advisors, etc? *
What would help you the most from a podcast like this? *
What do you struggle with the most right now, wherever you are in school or your career? Could a podcast like this help you with that, and how? *
What kinds of guests (or specific people) would be most helpful to have on the pod? E.g. sustainability focused architecture student; communications employee from an org like Carbon180; science journalist *
Do you have any questions you would ask guests? E.g. What aspects do you like about your current position or current company?; What are some core values that shaped your career choices?; How did your degree help you land your current job? *
What are some restrictions you have for obtaining internships, jobs, and information about potential career opportunities? E.g. work visas, first generation student, etc
Would you be willing to be interviewed to be on the podcast? *
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey! It's so helpful to me in my mission to help students and recent grads find success in the sciences, especially with the urgent issues we face as a world today. Is there anything else I should know that would create the most helpful platform possible for you?
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