SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- BioSpace, the world's leading online bioscience job board community and life science career fair company, announced today an alliance with IBC Life Sciences whereby BioSpace will produce a Life Science Career Fair in conjunction with IBC's Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics World Congress (DDT) in Boston during August of 2008.
The event will be marketed and promoted to the 500,000 life science professionals from the BioSpace community as well as thousands of IBC conference attendees. For admittance to the Career Fair, all candidates are required to possess a four year degree in a relevant discipline, and a minimum of two years experience in a bioscience-related field or industry. As with every Career Fair, BioSpace will pre-screen all candidates. All companies exhibiting at the job fair will have access to a private, searchable BioSpace Resume Database containing the resumes of all candidates that register for the event.
"We are pleased to present a BioSpace Career Fair as part of the 2008 Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics (DDT) World Congress," said Wes Crews, CEO of BioSpace. "The BioSpace and DDT audiences dovetail nicely and present exhibitors of each event the opportunity to leverage the co-marketing efforts and foot traffic that we each present."
"IBC is proud to present the 13th Annual Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics World Congress, and BioSpace is a natural fit for a Career Fair partner," said Michael Keenan, Director of Product Management for IBC Life Sciences. "We know that our complementary events will help to drive traffic to one another and anticipate a record turnout this year."
For more information about exhibiting at or attending the BioSpace Career Fair at Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics, please visit http://careers.biospace.com/Jobs/Public/CareerReceptionDetails.aspx?RECEPTION_ ID=149&source=523 (please copy and paste the URL into web browser).
For more information about exhibiting or registering for IBC's Drug Discovery & Development of Innovative Therapeutics World Congress, please visit http://www.drugdisc.com/register/default.asp?source=D8201BIO.
About BioSpace
BioSpace, www.biospace.com, is globally recognized as the most trusted provider of career solutions and Web-based resources and information to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device and academic markets. For over 20 years BioSpace has helped to accelerate communication and discovery among business and scientific leaders in the biotech and pharma markets. With a well-established site infrastructure and loyal online audience, BioSpace.com offers an unparalleled distribution channel for recruitment, investment, product, event and other life science industry messages. BioSpace is a subsidiary of onTargetjobs, www.ontargetjobs.com.
Over the past decade BioSpace has managed over 200 life science career fairs, which have attracted tens of thousands of life science career candidates. BioSpace provides over 30 career events annually and also provides Private Label Career Fairs for companies looking to host unique recruiting open houses.
About IBC Life Sciences
IBC Life Sciences is the worldwide leader in scientific, technological and business conferences and courses for the life science industry. To develop its programs IBC actively researches the advancements, technologies and trends impacting and driving the race for new drugs and therapies. No other organization can make claim to the breadth and quality that IBC Life Sciences delivers in each event giving the company recognition around the globe for quality, service and value. For more information, visit www.IBCLifeSciences.com.
CONTACT: Brian Vacanti, VP, Marketing, BioSpace, +1-817-717-1404
Web site: http://www.biospace.com/
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