Curious about a career in cybersecurity? Explore career paths, essential skills, beginner-friendly certifications, and practical steps to help you get started in this growing STEM field.

You don’t need a title to lead. If people are learning and growing because you’re in the room, you already are. In this #AskAdaMarie, we answer a reader mentoring interns informally with practical ways to practice ethical leadership before it’s ever in your job description.

Posted 10/16/2026: Featured entry and mid-level jobs at top STEM companies, requested by our community. Explore and apply now!

What happens when you do everything right after graduation and the opportunity still doesn’t come? In this honest, first-person reflection, June shares what the uncertain months after college actually taught her about unexpected doors, not taking rejection personally, and redefining what progress looks like.

Kristina Gatto challenges STEM professionals to stop waiting for permission, embrace unconventional career paths, and create careers that reflect their interests and ambitions. Watch her closing keynote from the 2026 AdaMarie Career Navigation Summit.

Former NASA aerospace engineer and citizen astronaut Aisha Bowe shares how she challenged self-doubt, pursued ambitious goals, and built a career on her own terms. Discover practical strategies for advocating for yourself, tracking your accomplishments, and taking the next step before you feel ready.

In this post we look inside a 2026 Summit panel where four practitioners across research, healthcare, manufacturing, and entrepreneurship skip the hype and the doom to talk honestly about what AI means for your career, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

What actually happens to your resume after you submit it, and what are hiring managers really looking for once you’re in the room? In this post we look inside a 2026 Summit panel where three HR and talent leaders pull back the curtain on the hiring process, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

Breaking into STEM starts with more than submitting applications. In this Career Navigation Summit replay, aerospace engineer Priya Abiram shares how to build experience, find mentors, and create opportunities that move you closer to your career goals.

Your scientific training can open doors well beyond academia. In this Career Navigation Summit replay, Dr. Brooke Grindlinger explores science nonprofit careers, explains how to translate research experience into transferable skills, and shares practical steps for preparing to make a career pivot.

Leadership isn't about staying calm in every situation. It's about knowing how to respond when pressure rises. In this Career Navigation Summit replay, Victoria Farris shares practical strategies for managing stress, staying grounded, and leading with intention when work gets chaotic.

In school the rules are clear, but the workplace runs on a hidden curriculum of unspoken rules that determine who actually gets ahead. In this post we look inside Dr. Carmen Banks’ 2026 Summit workshop on the hidden curriculum of career advancement in STEM, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

Technical skills get you in the door, but how you show up — your soft skills, transferable skills, and character — is what determines how far you go. In this post we look inside Dr. Shy Brown’s 2026 Summit workshop on building the confidence and character to advance your STEM career, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

Marie Libres did everything right — the grades, the degree, the climb — and still got laid off three times, until she realized she didn’t need to move up, she needed to move forward. In this post we look inside her 2026 Summit workshop on building a career that’s authentically yours rather than climbing someone else’s ladder, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

Moving into leadership looks like a promotion, but it’s actually a completely different job category, and most people leap in without knowing that. In this post we look inside Boomie Odumade’s 2026 Summit workshop on the shift from individual contributor to leader and the mindset changes it demands, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

Most career-change advice assumes you have to leave, but Nadera Rahman built four distinct careers without ever changing employers. In this post we look inside her 2026 Summit workshop on the “inside pivot” and the repeatable method behind it, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

When we picture a powerful person at work, we picture a title but a surprising amount of real influence has nothing to do with rank. In this post we look inside Aneesa Valentine’s 2026 Summit workshop on navigating power in the workplace and building the influence you already have access to, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

Robin Burges set out to be a marine biologist and ended up leading global clinical trials by saying yes to opportunities she never saw coming. In this post we look inside her 2026 Summit workshop on opening yourself up to the unexpected in biopharma, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

We were sold the straight-line career but real careers zigzag, and that’s where the opportunities get made. In this post we look inside Dr. Farnaz Abdollahi’s 2026 Summit workshop on navigating career pivots and staying essential in the age of AI, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.

We’re taught to treat a STEM career as a single ladder to climb, but your skills, interests, and relationships rarely fit inside one job title. In this post we look inside Camille Smith’s 2026 Summit workshop on building a “career ecosystem” that holds all of who you are, now available to watch in full inside the AdaMarie Professional Network.