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Tips for Job Seekers
in a Contracting Environment
Megan Driscoll, President, PharmaLogics
Recruiting, www.pharmalogicsrecruiting.com
In these uncertain times,
it is very easy to get worried about your future.
Maybe you have lost your job already, or you are
facing an upcoming layoff at your company. Even if
you are still happily employed, the economic downturn
is enough to make anyone a little nervous. However,
it is not a
time to panic.
Thankfully, Bio-Pharma is usually the last industry
to be
affected by a recession and the first to recover
from it. Our firm is actually quite busy with
new positions coming into our office every day,
so don’t lose hope. For candidates who
are looking, it is important to remember a few
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- Make sure you have a great
resumé to present. Share it with peers for
feedback to ensure it is as good as it can be.
- Research companies that have
products similar to the ones you have worked on in
the past, and approach them with your qualifications.
- Re-invent yourself. Be looking
for positions that would be slightly outside your
current scope of experience and think of creative
ways to present your background to them.
- Be patient, your job search
is going to take longer. Three months would be the
average last year, but it could take up to six months
this year.
- Use your network. Be assertive
in contacting and presenting your qualifications
to current and former colleagues. No one can sell you like you,
so don’t hesitate to pick up the phone.
- Contact recruiters you trust
to let them know of your background and interests
for the future. Often, recruiters know about jobs
before they even open up.
- Don’t submit yourself
to a position on line unless you absolutely have
to. Use your network and the respected recruiters
you know to get in first.
In this economic environment, the databases are overflowing
with resumes and it is hard for companies to filter
through.
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about your job search, please e-mail Megan at: mdriscoll@pharmalogicsrecruiting.com |
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4th
Annual Advances in Chemical Sciences Symposium |
Sponsored by NESACS and RSC-US |
| April 9, 2010 - 9:00 am |
| Royal Sonesta Hotel |
| Cambridge, MA |
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Bench
to Pilot Plant |
To most, talk
of making chemical and biological processes scalable
would cause eyes to glaze over. Yet it is impossible
for any pharmaceutical or biotechnology therapy
to reach patients without practical methods to
make large amounts of the active substances. On
Friday, October 23, 2009, our local section (NESACS)
and the Royal Society of Chemistry, U.S. Chapter
(RSCUS) hosted the inaugural Advances in Chemical
Sciences “Bench to Pilot Plant” Symposium.
This well-attended event did an exceptional job
shining light on the oft-forgotten development
phase of medical research, the challenge of going
to large scale. Topics ranged from creative, traditional
chemical and biological processes with lessons
learned to implementing
breakthrough technologies such as biocatalysis,
process analytics, and flow processes. This development
symposium, looking to become an annual October
event, was an outgrowth of the more established
discovery conference, the fourth installment of
which will take place on April 9, 2010. Be sure
to attend both next year. |
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This day-long
scientific conference will focus on:
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Medicinal Chemistry |
Organic Synthesis |
Methodology |
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from industry and academia will deliver plenary
lectures. Confirmed lecturers include: |
- Viresh Rawal, University of Chicago
- Daniel Kahne, Harvard University
- Sarah O'Connor, MIT
- Mark Flanagan, Pfizer
- Melissa Ashlock, NHGRI/TRND
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symposium will be followed by a networking reception
and vendor exhibition |
Symposium
registration fee: $50 ($25 for students)
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Attendance
is Limited |
Advanced
Registration is REQUIRED |
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| Please send full
contact information along with your check for $50
made payable to NESACS to |
| Anna Singer |
| Administrative Secretary, NESACS |
| 12 Corcoran Road |
| Burlington, MA 01803 |
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For
additional details, including sponsorship and exhibition
opportunities, contact any member of th Organizing
Committee (listed at the bottom of the PDF Flyer) |
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NESACS
Members Receive Awards at ACS Awards Ceremony |
Four
NESACS members were recognized by the ACS at
the Awards Ceremony held on Tuesday, March 24,
2009, in conjunction with the 237th National
Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah |
JoAnne Stubbe - Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
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Nakanishi Prize sponsored by the Nakanishi
Prize Endowment. For her incisive
contributions leading to new fundamental knowledge
regarding the involvement of radical intermediates
in the mechanisms of action of the ubiquitous
ribonucleotide reductases
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| Daniel G. Nocera -
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
ACS Award in Inorganic Chemistry sponsored
by the Aldrich Chemical Company, Inc. For
creative contributions in inorganic chemistry
that have significantly transformed our understanding
of renewable energy and solar energy conversion
at the molecular level.
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| Cynthia M. Friend -
Harvard University |
George A. Olah Award in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum
Chemistry sponsored by the George A. Olah Award
Endowment. For fundamental understanding
of complex transformations of hydrocarbons
on metal surfaces demonstrating the importance
of metastable, transient species in surface
reactivity
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| John A. Porco, Jr. -
Boston University |
| Mohammad Movassaghi -
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award sponsored by
the Arthur C. Cope Fund. These awards
will be presented during the Arthur C. Cope
Annual Symposium in conjunction with the 238th
National Meeting in Washington, DC, in August
2009.
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| Bernd Giese -
University of Basel, Switzerland |
was presented with the James Flack Norris
Award in Physical Organic Chemistry sponsored
by the ACS Northeastern Section by Lawrence
Scott (Alternate NESACS Councilor; Boston College). For
his seminal contributions to the mechanism
and stereochemistry of organic and biological
radical reactions
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here for PDF of this announcement |
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National
Recognition for NESACS Student Chapters |
| The ACS Committee on Education
has selected the following student chapters in
the Northeastern Section to receive special recognition
for the programs and activities described in their
2008- 2009 reports: |
| Outstanding Recognition |
| Northeastern University,
Boston, MA; Andrea Lebed, chapter president; Prof.
Jordan Swift, faculty advisor. |
| Commendable
Recognition |
| Stonehill College, North
Easton, MA; Natalie Dogal, chapter president; Prof.
Cheryl Schnitzer and Prof. Marilena Hall, faculty
advisors Suffolk University, Boston, MA; Urjana
Porcei, chapter president; Prof. Doris Lewis, faculty
advisor. |
| Honorable
Mention |
| Keene State College, Keene,
NH; Joseph Meany, chapter president; Prof. Colin
Abernethy and Prof. Denise Junge, faculty advisors. |
| They will be honored at the
239thACS National Chemistry Meeting in San Francisco,
CA, on Sunday, March 21, 2010. |
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