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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 specific things:
 

 
 
 

 
  • 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.
 
If you have additional questions about your job search, please e-mail Megan at: mdriscoll@pharmalogicsrecruiting.com
 
 
Strem Chemicals Supports Chemistry Education through Newburyport Education Business Coalition

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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
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.

This day-long scientific conference will focus on:
Medicinal Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
Methodology
 
Eminent scientists 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
The symposium will be followed by a networking reception and vendor exhibition

Symposium registration fee: $50 ($25 for students)
Attendance is Limited
Advanced Registration is REQUIRED
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

For additional details, including sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, contact any member of th Organizing Committee (listed at the bottom of the PDF Flyer)
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

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
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.
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
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.
In Addition:
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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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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