Job search strategy

Think of your career as a living, breathing thing. In order to keep it alive, you need to continually feed it so it can thrive. But how do you do that?

The idea is to have a conversation with someone holding a job like the one you’d like to have and perform informational interviews to ask all about what the job is like.

Virtually every aspect of what employers seek can be framed as an accomplishment – skills, values, experience, results, subject-matter knowledge, uniqueness, proof of performance.

How will you ensure that you aren’t overqualified for your next position?

Have you ever wondered why some life science professionals seem very happy at work, and appear to love their jobs? At the same time, their co-workers in an identical position are miserable.

Arguments in the workplace are often unavoidable. There will be differences in opinion, strategy and planning efforts. To help, here are some tips on how to avoid arguments at work.

A recent BioSpace survey found that health insurance is one of the top considerations of life science professionals willing to relocate for a job. To learn more, we interviewed Carrie Richards Leary, a health insurance benefits professional.

According to a BioSpace poll, over half (56%) of respondents are not happy with their current life sciences position. Are you one of the 56%? You deserve to be happy! Start working towards your happiness and check out job opportunities at these top companies!

As a valued member of our BioSpace community, we are eager to hear more from you and other readers in 2019. We want to know your if you have ‘work-life balance’ with your job.

According to a BioSpace survey, almost 70% of respondents are likely to look for a new job in the 12 months. The question is, why? Of those planning to look for a new job, 54% said they wanted new challenges and 42% said they wanted more rewarding opportunities. How about you? Are you ready to look for a job with more challenges and rewarding opportunities?