In a recent publication in Conservation Biology, Blickley et al. (2012) analayzed what skills are necessary for graduate students to be competitive in the job market. We discuss these in the Early Career Ecologists blog and hope that many of you will find this useful:
http://earlycareerecologists.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/a-graduate-students- guide-to-necessary-skills-for-landing-a-job/