Preparing for Career Success: How to be Competitive for the Industry Job Market
Date and Time
January 29, 2019
03:00PM - 04:30PM EST
Location
Cannon Room, Building C, 240 Longwood Ave.
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Description: This seminar will discuss ways that you can become a better candidate for a position in industry while completing your research training. Lauren will focus on research and non‐research positions such as consulting, business development, writing, and medical affairs. This seminar will cover how to incorporate collaborative research into projects, how to learn hard and soft skills valued by industry, and various ways to gain management and leadership skills. Importantly, this seminar will discuss how trainees already possess many skills valued by industry, and ways to discuss and highlight these skills.
Speaker Bio: Lauren Celano is the co-founder and CEO of Propel Careers, a life science search and career development firm focused on connecting talented individuals with entrepreneurial life sciences companies. Propel works with current leaders and actively cultivates future leaders through full time placement, internships, mentoring, career coaching, and networking. Propel Careers is engaged across all areas of life sciences, including therapeutics, medical devices, healthcare IT, diagnostics, consulting, venture capital, and investment banking. - See more at: Propel Careers
Description: This seminar will discuss ways that you can become a better candidate for a position in industry while completing your research training. Lauren will focus on research and non‐research positions such as consulting, business development, writing, and medical affairs. This seminar will cover how to incorporate collaborative research into projects, how to learn hard and soft skills valued by industry, and various ways to gain management and leadership skills. Importantly, this seminar will discuss how trainees already possess many skills valued by industry, and ways to discuss and highlight these skills.
Speaker Bio: Lauren Celano is the co-founder and CEO of Propel Careers, a life science search and career development firm focused on connecting talented individuals with entrepreneurial life sciences companies. Propel works with current leaders and actively cultivates future leaders through full time placement, internships, mentoring, career coaching, and networking. Propel Careers is engaged across all areas of life sciences, including therapeutics, medical devices, healthcare IT, diagnostics, consulting, venture capital, and investment banking. - See more at: Propel Careers