Career Advice
Leadership
Finding a mentor who can serve as a guide for one’s career is a goal for many young professionals. But reverse mentorship can be just as beneficial, as both parties stand to benefit.
Career Pathing
When you don’t get the promotion you wanted, it’s important to assess your company and yourself so you can improve your odds in the future.
An appreciation for practicality, independent thinking and patient care can help disrupt the bureaucracy of Big Pharma.
Staffing agencies say contract work is a great way to break into an industry and avoid a resume gap.
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Plus, tips on applying to multiple jobs at the same company, making new work friends, and how to ask for more time at the offer stage.
JOB SEARCH STRATEGY
While biopharma professionals cited age discrimination as an issue in a new BioSpace report, it’s not the only factor affecting older and younger people’s job searches.
By incorporating soft skills in your resume, you showcase your ability to work well with others, which is important to employers.
The FTC’s final rule banning most new noncompetes should go into effect later this year, although it faces opposition from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
RESUMES AND COVER LETTERS
Learn the best tips, tricks, and practices to help yourself to get the first job after college life sciences industry right out of college in our comprehensive guide.
With more and more people applying for remote positions, how can you stand out among the massive stacks of applications?
How can you show employers that your skills are current, despite being out of work for months or years?
INTERVIEWS
BioSpace spoke with Annick Deschoolmeester, Head of Human Resources at Pharvaris, about some of the ways she’s noticed small companies differ from large ones.
We sat down with Associate Director of Talent Acquisition Jennifer Metivier and Chief People Officer Jennifer Peterson of Obsidian Therapeutics to discuss what type of candidates they prefer.
The search for a biopharma job can be daunting, but it doesn’t have to be. Here is a complete guide to the biopharma job hunt, from researching job openings to writing resumes and cover letters.
After more than 20 years at Eli Lilly, Leslie Sam moved into independent consulting. To prepare for the transition, she focused on becoming technically deep and earning industry recognition.
Employed and unemployed biotech and pharma professionals are thinking about job hunting in other fields amidst a challenging labor market.
Career support is the No. 2 driver of employee engagement while learning and development is No. 3, according to a new Right Management report. A recent BioSpace survey supports those findings.
Learn five ways to answer difficult interview questions so you can leave the best impression possible on your potential employer.
Three executives whose combined careers include working at companies including Amgen, AstraZeneca, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Takeda share their career journeys.
A recent legal decision could signal the ultimate demise of the FTC’s final rule banning most noncompete clauses. A biotech talent expert discusses how that affects biopharma job searches.
Join us in this discussion on how you can optimize your chances of landing a new role despite a highly competitive job market.
MORE ADVICE
BioSpace spoke to HR leaders about how they have been supporting companies navigating a challenging economy while meeting the needs of the workforces they support.
Politics can be a touchy subject, especially during a presidential election year. How should you engage in political discussions at work?
A string of rejections prompt some to look beyond research roles in the biopharma industry as they seek to launch a career.
The past year saw the slowest year-over-year growth in biopharma salaries in the past five years, according to the BioSpace 2024 Life Sciences Salary Report.
Presentations are standard requirements in the hiring process for some biopharma positions. Here’s how to approach them.
Depending on their needs, candidates can choose among tools such as AI-powered resume generators, professional coaches and university career services to hone their applications.
Companies are relying on artificial intelligence–powered applicant tracking systems to keep up the evolving recruitment demands. Here is how.
Artificial intelligence and a flood of data in the pharmaceutical industry will likely change some of the current functions of its data scientists, experts say, but the ability to learn and adapt to new technologies will remain key in this role.
Academic and industry jobs are distinguished by their approaches to collaboration and exploratory research, among other factors.