1. Introduction / Richard Sever and Kaaren Janssen
2. A career at a small liberal arts college / Jennifer Punt
3. Core facility management / Claire M. Brown
4. Academic administration / Lydia Villa-Komaroff
5. Careers in science and grant administration: view from the National Institutes of Health / Marion Zatz and Sherry Dupere
6. At the crossroads of science and society: careers in science policy / Amy P. Patterson, Mary E. Groesch, Allan C. Shipp, and Christopher J. Viggiani
7. Working for a scientific society / Martin Frank
8. Leaving the bench and finding your foundation / John E. Spiro
9. Patent law: at the cutting edge of science, but not at the bench / Salim Mamajiwalla
1-. Biotech start-ups and entrepreneurship / Susan Froshauer
11. A career for life scientists in management consulting / Rodney W. Zemmel
12. Medical communications: the "write" career path for you? / Yfke Hager
13. Science journalism and writing / Helen Pearson
14. Career in science publishing / John R. Inglis.