The Portal provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date labor market information available about the U.S. biotechnology industry, as well as access to key international biotechnology labor market information. It offers innovative technology solutions that enable online networking, interactive data dissemination, and real-time user contributions and participation. The Portal was developed through a grant awarded under the President’s High Growth Job Training Initiative, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. It was developed by the San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc., (Workforce Partnership) in association with BioSpace.com.
The Portal’s contents are targeted to biotechnology employers, employees, and educators, as well as students and labor market researchers. The Portal contains information on:
Biotechnology websites.
The Portal design offers the latest in web technology with innovative features such as e-subscriptions, online networking, RSS feeds, and a customized calendar for events, as well as interactive data dissemination and real-time user contributions and participation.
The Workforce Partnership developed the structure and contents of the Biotech Work Portal with the help and guidance of a National Biotechnology Advisory Committee, composed of representatives from biotechnology industry, biotechnology educational programs, and workforce development organizations, as well as labor market information professionals from across the country.
BiotechWork.org is inviting other biotechnology associations, employers, educators, government agencies, or labor market researchers, as well as interested individuals to register at the site to take full advantage of this free public service. Biotech Work Portal Partners can contribute content and increase the site’s value to the biotechnology community while promoting their own organizations. Partners can create and manage organizational profiles, and add labor market reports, educational program information, special events, biotechnology websites, and more.
According to Larry Fitch, president and CEO of the Workforce Partnership, “because the Portal is designed to update its labor market information on a regular basis, it is set to become an essential resource for biotechnology workforce information.“
“BioSpace is pleased to partner with the Workforce Partnership in the development of the Biotech Work Portal,” said Wes Crews, BioSpace CEO. “In addition to providing relevant content and helping with distribution and marketing for the Portal, we look forward to using it to deliver an innovative career center for the international biotech community.”
ABOUT BIOTECHWORK.ORG – BiotechWork.org is a free public service providing the most comprehensive and up-to-date labor market information available about the U.S. biotechnology industry, while presenting it in an innovative way. The Biotech Work Portal receives content from official government sources and site Partners. The Portal was developed through a grant awarded under the President’s High Growth Job Training Initiative, as implemented by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration. The site was developed by the Workforce Partnership, in association with BioSpace, and was implemented and is managed by Civic Resource Group, an innovative technology solutions provider focusing exclusively on the public sector.
ABOUT THE SAN DIEGO WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP, INC – The San Diego Workforce Partnership, Inc. (Workforce Partnership) has been coordinating job training and employment programs for more than thirty years. Created under a Joint Powers Agreement by the City and County of San Diego, the Workforce Partnership mobilizes public and private organizations to address workforce needs, and uses its network of One-Stop Career Centers to bring qualified employees and businesses together. As the region’s recognized leader on workforce development issues, the Workforce Partnership provides area businesses with expertise in job training and supportive services, as well as job matching services. Job seekers, both adult and youth, look to the Workforce Partnership for referral to and placement in high quality jobs, and education and training programs.
ABOUT BIOSPACE – BioSpace is globally recognized as the leading provider of career solutions and Web-based resources and information to the life science, pharmaceutical, and medical device industries. For over 20 years, BioSpace has helped to accelerate communication and discovery among business and scientific leaders in the biopharmaceutical market. BioSpace.com offers an unparalleled distribution channel for recruitment, investment, product, event and other life science industry messages. BioSpace is a subsidiary of onTargetjobs and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.
Contact:
Terri Bergman, Project Manager
BiotechWork.org/San Diego Workforce Partnership
619.228-2900 or terri@workforce.org
