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A New Wrinkle for Botox
Late last week the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Botox, Allergan’s anti-wrinkle injection, as a treatment to prevent chronic migraine headaches. Botox is already approved to treat...
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Jobseekers: Red Flags for Hiring Managers
Times are still tough and unemployment remains high. This means that finding a job is a lot harder and will take a lot longer than in previous times. Because of layoffs and reorganizations many...
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BioJobBlog Creates a New BioJobCenter Widget for Scientists, Regulatory...
About a month ago, BioJobBlog in association with the JobJob Health Job Board launched the BioJobCenter; an automated job board designed to help persons looking for employment in the life sciences...
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A Jobseeker's Guide for Finding Life Sciences Internships
Internships are rapidly becoming a “must have” item for scientists who are interested in landing jobs at pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical devices companies. Further, these days, internships...
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Career Advice: Be Careful What You Publish on the Internet
For the past few years, I have been warning jobseekers to be careful about what they post to Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms. This is because many professional recruiters and...
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Preparing for a Job Interview? Yeah,There's An App (s) For That!
It had to happen sooner or later and it did. There are now apps that jobseekers can download to their Apple and Android smartphones to prepare for job interviews. Gadget-savvy, Bob Tedeschi wrote a...
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How Facebook Can Hurt a Career
As social media popularity continues to increase, more and more hiring managers and employers are using it to vet prospective job candidates. A little over a year ago, it was estimated that roughly 30%...
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Some Practical Twitter Advice for Jobseekers
I just returned from the AAPS meeting in Washington, DC and I was very surprised to learn that many graduate students and postdocs have heard of Twitter but don’t know exactly what it is or how to use...
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How Not To Use LinkedIn to Find a Job
There is no question that LinkedIn has revolutionized the way in which professional can interact with and network with one another online. In the beginning, LinkedIn was new, fresh and exciting! Sadly,...
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Informational Interviews: Do They Really Work?
I first heard about informational interviews several years ago at the Annual Biomedical Research for Minority Students (ABRCMS) at which I was reviewing resumes and offering career advice. I asked the...
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Common Resume Mistakes To Avoid
While a resume is a mandatory requirement for all job seekers, writing one that ultimately may lead to a job interview remains elusive to many job applicants. To that point, resume writing is more of...
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