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Comment on Join our team of Bloggers! by Cliff Mintz

Cliff Mintz — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:17:07 +0000

Hi Guys,

I along with a colleague Vincent Racaniello created a new career development social media site called BioCrowd (www.biocrowd.com) Although we are based in the NYC area in the US, we want to invite our European colleagues to join our community. The life sciences industry is truly a global one these days.

Also, I write BioJobBlog which focuses on career development issues for life scientists. I would be happy to contribute to your efforts. I have been publishing career development articles for over two years and some of the blog posts may be relevant for your readers. Please feel free to visit BioJobBlog (www.biojobblog.com) and take a look around. I would also be happy to create original content for you if you like.

I look forward to hearing from you.

BTW, I like your efforts and initiatives on the other side of the pond. I have been in the career development space in the US since 1998. I will add this blog to my blogroll at BioJobBlog.

Best Regards,
Cliff Mintz, PhD
http://www.biocrowd.com
cliff@biocrowd.com

Comment on Marie Curie: Action! by Adewonuola Alase

Adewonuola Alase — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:58:45 +0000

The marie curie actions has really been useful to life scientists. It is a form of encouragement for research. I know a friend that was funded under the marie curie action at masters level. The funding really helped her work and she is a better life scientists now hoping to launch herself into the industry.

Comment on Find a job EU-wide: How hard can it be? by Adewonuola Alase

Adewonuola Alase — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:53:04 +0000

This inadequate job opportunities in the industry poses a great danger to young life scientists, students and prospective students in this field of science. It is a wake up call for everyone.

Comment on Soon, very soon: Youth Conference on European Life Science Careers. by Adewonuola Alase

Adewonuola Alase — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:48:38 +0000

I really look forward to attending the conference. There must be a great turn-around in the life science career + it will be fun brain-stroming with other yound scientists in order to make Europe and the entire world great.

Comment on Using the web to get a job by Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:29:13 +0000

I think that 2.0 tools make you spend more time checking the lastest job openings and applying for your favourite offers. But since these news are received simultaneously by thousands of people, you get the feeling of playing lotto rather then seriously competing for a specific position.

Comment on Join our team of Bloggers! by Niels Wheeler

Niels Wheeler — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:35:19 +0000

Are you interested in career opportunities in the Dutch Life Sciences sector? Hyphen Projects offers you the unique opportunity to visit the Netherlands from 25-29 May and to get insight in your career possibilities in the Dutch Life Sciences sector.

During a five-day programme you will visit several science & business parks and meet many renowned research institutes and companies. Also you will visit the BCF Event, the largest Career Event for Life Sciences, Chemistry & Food in the Netherlands. At the BCF Event you have the opportunity to come in contact with about 100 organisations and you can have job interviews with employers.

The registration is open to MSc and PhD (students) with a background in Life Sciences & Health, who are resident outside the Netherlands and seriously interested in a career in the Netherlands.

We will select up to 50 international talents to participate in this project. There is no participation fee and we will reimburse travel expenses for the candidates up to € 250 for European residents and
€ 650 for residents outside Europe.

Interested? Read the enclosed leaflet for more information on this project or visit http://www.BCFevent.nl/international and register via the online registration form for this unique opportunity! The deadline for registration is 15 March.

Comment on Find a job EU-wide: How hard can it be? by Anna

Anna — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 17:34:38 +0000

We need people starting new biotechnological companies: it seems that something goes wrong when most of the graduated people have to remain at university with their PhD.

It’s necessary to redress job offer imbalances: are there too much graduates or not enough biotechnological companies?

Comment on Find a job EU-wide: How hard can it be? by Cyril

Cyril — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:40:38 +0000

Hi,

Here is a comment on “…especially if one plans to leave academia and aims at entering industrial biotech. Here’s a good starting point:” and the Euraxess website:

It is in fact a very bad starting point especially for those who wants to move from academia to industry. It is nearly impossible to find a job vacancy that is not a PhD position, a postdoc or a tenured position in a University. This bias towards academic “job” is easily explained by the type of organization that actually provide these opportunities. As an example, 137 organization are listed for United Kingdom and nearly all of them are universities or schools.

I hope that in a near future Euraxess will provide as much as job opportunities in the industry and biotech sector than PhDs and postdocs temporary positions.

Cyril