No free webinar tonight. I’m in San Luis Obispo dealing with a family crisis. Still available for your job search by phone or email, but probably slower than usual.
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I’ve been looking for red, fire-breathing dragon-slaying stories this week. I’ve been looking at, scanning, even reading a lot of LinkedIn Profiles this week. I’m searching for very specific people with very specific skills. I have to guess if they have them. Do the process engineers know FACS? Can they do process development in a […]
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If you LinkedIn with me recently or listened to a free Wednesday webcast, you know that, while I live in the City of Oakland, CA I keep three urban hens in my backyard. Here are a few pictures of our current ladies. They are just recovering from a molt and we are only getting 2 […]
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Are you gambling on Lady Luck and leaving your bioscience job search up to chance? Tweet: Sending your resume to an online job posting is about the same as shoving it in a bottle and setting it adrift in the ocean. The chances of getting a phone screen call about 2% according to UC-Berkeley […]
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Did your mother teach you to “mind your manners”? Today is Bring Your Manners to Work Day. While there are certain ways of behaving at work that are different from the casual manners of home, having and using your manners wherever you are is one of the ways to build your personal brand. Your personal […]
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We all have an enormous number of skills and expertise, but you need to be brutally honest with yourself to know what your bioscience job skills are. What bioscience job skills, exactly, do you want to do in your next job? You probably won’t get everything you want, but if you don’t know what you want and […]
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Your bioscience networking kit: Your Business Cards (Vistaprint.com or Moo.com) It should have your name, with letters if you have them (PhD, MD, MBA, etc.) Your Headline/tagline (from your LinkedIn or G+ Profiles) How to contact you: Mobile or Google phone number Email address (dignified or just for job search – @gmail.com or even @yahoo.com or […]
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Instructions on how to get your very own LinkedIn URL Go to your Profile in LinkedIn. Click Edit Profile Find your current URL Hover over it and click on the little cog to the right This will take you to your Public Profile and in the upper right you will see Click on the blue […]
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On a lighter note: National Dog Day is today. Do you have a dog? We have 2 – both rescues, one a poodle mix and the other this Tibetan Spaniel. We didn’t know what we had until a knowledgeable woman at the dog park told us. What kind of dog do you have?
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Finding bioscience companies you most want to work for is a very different skill than doing your bioscience job. It may not be as intense, but it can sure seem like it. It is believed that the industry contains hundreds, if not thousands, of bioscience companies in the US, and twice that many in the […]
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You have just finished your dissertation defense and have changed focus to an industry job. You have created your resume and you are spending time on your bioscience job search. Although you have sent out over 50 resumes to the job boards for positions you think you can do, you have heard nothing. Or perhaps […]
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So many people want to start at this 4th step – Resumes and Interviews You can’t write a resume or know where to send it until you have done your homework! Like a kid wanting to be an astronaut, there are a number of things you must learn before you can “blast off”. But once […]
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A successful career is built on knowing what you want and where you want to work next. The best way to do this is to know what industry you want the most, what niche you want to work in, and who the people are who work in those companies. Once you know the companies and […]
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Hi! I’ve started this new website Bioscience Job Kit to make it easier for you to find your next step in finding your bioscience job. All the old information is here and I’m working to make the navigation and content even better! I hope to see you here soon!
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Did your mother teach you to “mind your manners”? Today is Bring Your Manners to Work Day. While there are certain ways of behaving at work that are different from the casual manners of home, having and using your manners wherever you are is one of the ways to build your personal brand. Your personal […]
The post Your Manners Produce Your Personal Brand appeared first on Bioscience Job Kit.
We all have an enormous number of skills and expertise, but you need to be brutally honest with yourself to know what your bioscience job skills are. What bioscience job skills, exactly, do you want to do in your next job? You probably won’t get everything you want, but if you don’t know what you want and […]
The post Getting BRUTALLY Honest with Yourself appeared first on Bioscience Job Kit.
Your bioscience networking kit: Your Business Cards (Vistaprint.com or Moo.com) It should have your name, with letters if you have them (PhD, MD, MBA, etc.) Your Headline/tagline (from your LinkedIn or G+ Profiles) How to contact you: Mobile or Google phone number Email address (dignified or just for job search – @gmail.com or even @yahoo.com or […]
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Instructions on how to get your very own LinkedIn URL Go to your Profile in LinkedIn. Click Edit Profile Find your current URL Hover over it and click on the little cog to the right This will take you to your Public Profile and in the upper right you will see Click on the blue […]
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On a lighter note: National Dog Day is today. Do you have a dog? We have 2 – both rescues, one a poodle mix and the other this Tibetan Spaniel. We didn’t know what we had until a knowledgeable woman at the dog park told us. What kind of dog do you have?
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Finding bioscience companies you most want to work for is a very different skill than doing your bioscience job. It may not be as intense, but it can sure seem like it. It is believed that the industry contains hundreds, if not thousands, of bioscience companies in the US, and twice that many in the […]
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You have just finished your dissertation defense and have changed focus to an industry job. You have created your resume and you are spending time on your bioscience job search. Although you have sent out over 50 resumes to the job boards for positions you think you can do, you have heard nothing. Or perhaps […]
The post How to make your job search less frustrating appeared first on Bioscience Job Kit.
So many people want to start at this 4th step – Resumes and Interviews You can’t write a resume or know where to send it until you have done your homework! Like a kid wanting to be an astronaut, there are a number of things you must learn before you can “blast off”. But once […]
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A successful career is built on knowing what you want and where you want to work next. The best way to do this is to know what industry you want the most, what niche you want to work in, and who the people are who work in those companies. Once you know the companies and […]
The post Savvy People Know Where They Want to Work Next appeared first on Bioscience Job Kit.
Hi! I’ve started this new website to make it easier for you to find your next step in finding your bioscience job. All the old information is here and I’m working to make the navigation and content even better! I hope to see you here soon!
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