Online resources - Industry Jobs

 

Postdoctoral Fellowhips in Industry

Articles about the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Industry
Overview of careers in the biotechnology industry, including the different departments within a prototypical biotech company. From the Massachusetts Biotechnology Industry Directory.
An overview of the drug development process from the Institute for the Study on Aging.
What a PhD Chemist Should Consider Before Accepting an Industrial Position from the American Chemical Society (don't let the name fool you: there's lots of good information here regardless of your speciality)
Drug Discovery Careers: Heavy Demands, Expanding Opportunities Index of Articles about Careers in Industry from ScienceCareers.org
Targeting the Industrial Job Market a slide presentation from the American Chemical Society
A Transition from NIH Postdoctoral Fellow to Industry by Nicholas Gantenberg from Proctor & Gamble
Careers: Large Company vs. Biotech Startup a webcast from Bio.com
Research Careers in the Biotech Industry by Elisabeth Pain for ScienceCareers.org

Interviewing for Industry Jobs
Interviewing Skills for Chemical Professionals from the American Chemical Society (good advice for scientists from any field)
Effective Interviewing for Industry Positions a slide presentation from the American Chemical Society
Four Tips for Acing Phone Interviews from CareerJournal.com
The Walking, Talking Interviewing Machine: Don't Let the Dark Side of Interview Preparation Suck You In by Dave Jensen for ScienceCareers.org
How to Present Your Weaknesses During Interviews by Dave Jensen of ScienceCareers.org
Interviewing Skills: What to Do When They Say "Tell Me About Yourself" by Dave Jensen for ScienceCareers.org
Following Up Wins Job Offers by Chandra Louise for ScienceCareers.org
Interviewers Favorite Questions - and Answers from JobWeb
Some companies use personality tests during the hiring process. Here's a free sample test from e-Test.net.

The Job Talk (this topic is also covered in some of the above articles in "Interviewing")
Giving a Job Talk in the Sciences by Richard Reis for Chronicle.com
Perfecting the Job Talk from UC Davis Internship & Career Center

Difficult (or Illegal!) Interview Questions
How to Handle Difficult Interview Questions by Mary Heiberger and Julie Miller Vick for Chronicle.com
Handling Improper Questions from jobweb.com
Overview of Illegal Questions from University of Washington

Salary negotiation

 

 
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