EMPLOYMENT LINKS FOR THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENTIST

These are trying times for Ph.D's searching for suitable employment, a problem that is not confined to the biomedical sciences or to the United States. The internet offers a particularly useful medium for exchange of employment-related information. However, sifting through this large and ever-increasing volume of information can be a time-consuming task for the job-seeker with specialized career options. This set of links is being compiled by a fellow scientist to assist colleagues in the biomedical and other sciences who may be exploring the internet for on-line employment information.

Advertized Online Scientific Job Openings

• Science Recruitment Advertisements - Positions advertized in Science from Science Online.

• Nature - Positions advertized in Nature, now also available with a faster mirror site for US subscribers.

• Positions in the Neurosciences - From the Society of Neuroscience. If the positions link has expired go to positions available in the Neuroscience Newsletter.

• Cell - Positions advertized in Cell, but also with links to those in the journals Neuron and Immunity.

• Academe this Week - Positions in Academia - mainly the United States. From the Chronicle of Higher education.

• THES IS - Times Higher Education Supplement Service. A weekly publication from the UK that includes local and some International academic postings.

• Academic, Physician and Scientist - Academic positions in the US (gopher site).

• Academic Position Network - Jobs in academia divided by Country or State (gopher site).

• The Scientist - Job listings from The Scientist posted biweekly.

• Syllabus Classifieds - Job openings in Academia from Syllabus magazine.

• BioMedNet Jobs - A resource from BioMedNet the World wide Club for the Biological and Medical Community. Can view a wide selection of jobs or post a job wanted notice and resume and much more. Must register (free) to join.

• Academic Positions - A page of links to positions available advertised in university and other academic center homepages.

• Biological Engineering Jobs Database An extensive searchable biomedical engineering employment database from The Institute of Biological Engineering. Site also allows resume posting.

• Biotechnology Jobs - A resource from Biotechnology Today, the Web's daily Biotechnology News and Jobs Source.

• International Pharmajobs - A new resource that contains listings from major pharmaceutical companies. Currently (12/96) all in Europe and Japan, but plans to include North America.

• Bionet Employment - A monthly newsgroup archive of positions open in the biological sciences maintained by BIOSCI a set of electronic communications forums used by biological scientists throughout the world.

• NIH Research Training and Employment Opportunities - Employment opportunities at the NIH, the worlds largest biomedical research center situated in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

• NIH Positions - Research and training opportunities at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.

• APS Postings - Postings from the American Physiological Society.

• Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics - Positions posted by the American Society of Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics.

• The Directory - Positions in Academia - Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, the Pacific.

• Academic Job Market - From the Campus review, Australasia's higher education newspaper. Details academic positions in Australia, New Zealand and Hongkong.

• Positions in Medical Sciences - A service from Australia started in December 1995.

• Byron Media - Science and technology positions in Austrialia.

• Job Vacancies from the Association of Commonwealth Universities - Job openings in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Africa, the Caribbean and Pacific.

• University Affairs - A listing of academic positions in Canada from the Association of Universities and Colleges.

• MRC job listings - Positions available from the Medical Research Council of Canada.

• Experimental Medicine: Job Listings - Job listings, mainly for Canada, from the Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University.

• Positio ns in Bioscience and Medicine - A listing of academic/biomedical research positions maintained by HUM-MOLGEN, an internet forum on Human Molecular Genetics.

• BCC postings- Job postings in biotechnology and biotechnology related companies from the Biospace Career Center.

• NISS Job Vacancies - Job opening in United Kingdom and commonwealth universities advertized through the National Information Service and Systems.

• The New Scientist Planet Recruitment Database - A most comprehensive listing of current scientific, technological and academic vacancies from the New Scientist. Mostly positions in the United Kingdom, but includes some European and Australasian listings - definitely worth a visit.

• Academic Employment Network Job Listings - Employment positions accessed by State throughout US educational institutions from the Academic Employment Network.

• FASEB Career Resources - Resource of advertized job openings maintained by the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB). Requires a small registration fee (currently offered at a $10 discount), but also provides many other useful services.

• FDLI Job Exchange - Positions sought and available in the fields of food and drug law. A site maintained by the Food and Drug law Institute, Washington DC, USA.

• Med Search America - Employment for the health care Community, including biomedical scientists. Also includes a resume posting service.

• Medzilla - From the Franklin Search Group, a resource that specializes in positions in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and healthcare.

• Career Connection - Positions in the life sciences compiled by the European Bioinformatics Institute.

• CDC - Job openings at the Center for Disease Control.

• ORNL - Positions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA.

• TIGR - Job openings at The Institute for Genomic Research, located in Rockville, Maryland, USA.

• NEJM Career Links - Positions available from the New England Journal of Medicine. Mainly for clinicians, but does contain some postings for Ph.D.'s.

On-line Search Firms and Employment Agencies

• Setren, Smallberg & Associates, Inc. - Senior level management consulting and executive search services for biotechnology and biopharmaceutical firms. Site includes a searchable jobs database.

• Searchforce Inc. - A retained search firm working internationally and dedicated to placing scientists and Ph.D's in entry level and senior level positions. Site includes a listing of available positions.

• Kaye/Bassman International Corp. - A search firm that includes many good listings for Pharmaceutical companies.

• MEDMarket employment listings A listing of mainly employment agencies at MEDMarket, including HR Professional Consultants, Phil Ellis Associates, Kuhn Med-Tech, Jackley Search Consultants and more.

• Jobspan - An automated job searching service for the Managed Healthcare Industry.

• Pohly Directory of Healthcare Recruiters - Links and also some advice for those seeking the help of a search firm for the health care industry.

• ScienStaff, Inc - A placement service providing scientific and technical staffing in scientific, clinical, engineering and technical fields.

• Team Management Consultants - A Richmond, VA, based employment consulting company with positions listed in pharmaceutical and biotech companies (mainly East Coast USA).

• Alcock & McFadden, Inc. - An employment consulting service based in San Diego, CA with positions in diverse fields including process/chemical engineering and biotechnology.

• Life Personnel - A temporary employment agency serving the biotechnology industries of Northern California.

• The Haystack Group Inc. - An executive search firm specializing solely for the Medical Device, Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical industries. Managed by John A. Gasbarre and operating out of Vinalhaven, Maine, USA. Also contains an impressive set of job-related links.

• Search Masters International - Specializes in placements in pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Headed by Dave Jensen (see also Career Guides below).

• Marketing Resources - A medical executive search and placement service specializing in biomedical marketing management.

Advertized General Job Openings

• recruiting-links.com Job Search Engine - A relational database that provides direct links to jobs posted by employers on the Web. The search, which is free, can be based on any combination of over 700 location, industry, and job categories.

• CareerShop - A general job search and resume posting service with many other features worth a look at.

• CareerBuilder - A service enabling job seekers to search by job type, location, salary.

• CareerMart An internet marketplace for worldwide employment information with information and links for almost every aspect of the job search.

• Careersite - A site that includes positions in the sciences and beyond. Includes a resume posting service (html scripts accepted). Requires registration (which is free) to take full advantage of the service - check it out.

• NationJob Network - An on-line job search service for around the US with jobs in categories, including Medicine/Healthcare/Pharmaceutica l and Agriculture/Biotechnology.

• JobBank USA - A resource for general job openings that provides access to many internet meta job directories. Also includes a resume posting service.

• Online Career Center - Major general job directory that offers advice, searches of positions by keyword, state, city, or industry as well as a free resume posting service.

• Recruiters Online Network - Employment site for the professional with no fee resume posting and job search listings. Much other useful information and features.

• Summer Jobs Web - World wide database of seasonal and part-time job opportunities, mainly for students and educational professionals. Employers may post for free.

• Jobtrac - A job posting service for US college/university students and graduates. Requires password access, but also includes other employment-related information and links.

• The Catapult on JobWeb

• Career Mosaic - A job-related directory with general information, advertized positions available and a resume posting service.

• The Monster Board - Another general position directory with a good search service, but long down-load times.

• Career Internetworking - Positions in Canada (includes positions in biotechnology and the pharmaceutical industry).

Other Pages with Links

• Career Resource Center - A well organized and probably the site with the most extensive set of links to general employment information on the Web. Also a good site for the biomedical scientist to visit.

• Science Links - A new site as of July 97 with a lot of potential where users can add their own links of interest.

• Public policy, education, science and technology web resources - Probably the most comprehensive site for links related to science policy on the Web. If this is your interest this site will probably have a link to any site that counts on these issues.

• Pam Pohly's Net Guide: Healthcare Employment Links - A list of useful links for those who are looking for jobs in the healthcare industry (managed care, hospitals, healthcare systems, physician groups, etc.).

• Job Listings in Academia - A comprehensive listing of links to sites with job postings throughout the world in Academia - probably the most well put together and maintained set of links of its kind.

• Jobs in Higher Education - a collection of Internet resources for the academic job hunter, including links to faculty, staff, and administrative announcements.

• More Links to Academic opportunities - More links to academic employment pages, but many are outdated.

• Garry Lab Employment Links - A comprehensive set of links for the virologist and other scientists from Tulane.

• Jobs Resources, Listings, Links for Scientists - A familiar list of links with some extras from Stanton K. Young.

• Careers in (and out) of Science - A list of links to science employment sites directed to undergraduate and post-graduate science students from David Shivak.

• Statistics Employers - A set of employment links specifically for MS and Ph.D. Statisticians.

• Chemistry Today: Job Hunting on the Internet - An employment guide and list of links for Chemists.

• Biosciences Job Listings - A set of links from Harvard.

• Job-related Usenet Newsgroups - A comprehensive set of links to job-related usenet newsgroups and Job Find software from Murray Coons.

• The Riley Guide - A general directory of job-related links, including a comprehesive list of links to World-wide postings of postions in the biomedical sciences and academia.

• Bay Area Jobs - Highly comprehensive set of links to employment opportunities in the San Francisco Bay area from Allan Cory. Includes local biotech companies.

• Career Links - A list of links for online job searches.

• Job Search and Employment Opportunities - A listing put together from the University of Michigan.

• Career Resource Homepage - A list of Job-related links arranged by category including positions in academia.

• Rice Links - Employment Links from Rice University - Gopher site.

• Job Hunt - A broad listing of links with some related to positions for biomedical scientists.

• Employment Opportunities and Resume Postings

• We blands International Employment Listing - Links to world wide employment listings and a fee-for-resume service.

Electronic Resume Posting

• Bionet Jobs Wanted - The sister newsgroup to Bionet Employment. Maintained by BIOSCI for posting position wanted notices in the biological sciences.

• Online Career Center - Provides free posting of resumes (including HTML scripts), job search and links to other documents.

• CareerMart - The resume posting service at CareerMart

• NAS Career Planning Center - Career advice center from the National Academy of Sciences, but also contains a resume posting service for beginning scientists and engineers.

• Franklin Search Group - A search firm that offers a resume posting service - Specializes in biotechnology and Biomedical Positions.

• Med Search America - General employment for the Healthcare industry that includes a resume posting service.

• ResumeCM - A resume posting service from Career Mosaic

• Resume Online - A resume posting service from the Monster Board.

• Misc. jobs. resumes - Another general resume posting newsgroup.

Re-education, Career Alternatives and Transitions

• 12 Month MBA - A 12 month MBA program for scientists and Engineers offered by Cornell University.

• Mixing Business with Science - An article by Robert Finn on how MBA programs can expand career prospects for cross-trained scientists. Published in The Scientist.

• Scientific Career Transitions - A non-profit program designed to help Ph.D.s considering a major career transition. Set up to cope with the current oversupply of Ph.D's in the United States.

• Jobs for Biomedical Scientists - A set of useful links geared largely to sites offering alternative careers for scientists - perhaps the only way to go these days?

• Alternative Careers in Biosciences - A resource from Yale for students and fellows interested in pursuing careers that differ from traditional routes of academic or industrial research.

• Guide to Alternative Careers in the Sciences - A site from the University of Virginia designed to help post-grads and post-doc scientists considering a position outside of mainstream academia or industry.

Biotechnology and Healthcare Resources

• Biotechnology Resources on the Net - A useful list of links to biotechnology resources on the internet.

• Bio-Online - Site for information and services related to biotechnology and pharmaceutical research. Includes a career center.

• Biotech Rumour Mill - Information on biotechnology, including a searchable archive and a page for posting late breaking news about biotech companies.

• Career Connection - Biotechnical and pharmaceutical job fairs.

• Biotec h Registry - A comprehensive listing of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and publishing companies maintained by Biological Data Transport. A useful resource for providing WWW and e-mail addresses of biotech companies.

• Biotechnology on the Net - Information and services related to biotechnology on the WWW.

• Career Center - Information about careers in biotechnology.

• MED Market - A virtual industrial park exclusively serving the healthcare manufacturing industry.

On-line Essays, Information and Advice

• Contemporary Problems in Science Jobs - 2nd Edition - A tell-it-like-it-is commentary by Arthur E. Sowers concerning current career issues confronting scientists. Must reading for todays science graduates and post-docs. Also available at Arts home site.

• Scientific Productivity: Does it Count? What Does? - An essay and lesson in survival in Science by Graeme Eisenhofer.

• A Career Guide for Science and Engineering Graduates A guide for the aspiring Science and Engineering (S&E) graduates.

• Prospects - A web site for postgraduates in the United Kingdom, offering advice and information about jobs, employers and post graduate courses.

• Pandora's Science Policy Site - A site maintained by Eric Weinstein at MIT with discussion and well compiled links concerning the current depression in the scientific labor market. A must see site.

• Funding Research with NIH Grants - The dirt on how NIH grants get funded. Another commentary from Arthur E. Sowers published in The Scientist.

• How to get a teaching job at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution - Advice on how to land a college teaching position.

• The Big Crunch - An essay by David Goodstein relating the future end of the exponential expansion of the universe to the present state of science.

• The Tenure Debate - A good set of links to many articles on the erosion of University tenure, from where else, but the University of Minnesota.

• The Downsizing of America - A must see site from The New York Times of general interest to anyone with concerns about careers and society at any level.

• Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers - Report on changing needs in graduate education produced by the National Research Council.

• Of Semantics And The Scientist Population: Are There Too Many Of Us? - An essay from Elie A. Shneour on the shrinking support of science and scientists and the negative impact this may have on science and society.

• Employment Patterns of Recent Doctorates in Chemistry - A report from the Presidential Task Force on the study of doctoral education in chemistry.

• Cargo Cult Science -- Revisited - An essay by T.M. Georges relating the end of the "science gravy train" to the "cargo-cult" parable.

• Surplus In Science - An editorial from the Washington Post by Daniel S. Greenberg on the job crunch for scientists.

• "Jobless with a Ph.D." - Another editorial from Daniel S. Greenberg about the shrinking job market for Ph.D.'s.

• Why overproduction of PhD's is bad for science - A list of points about "why overproduction of Ph.D.'s (if that's really the cause of the problem?) is bad for science" by Eugene Lerman.

• Career Opportunities for Chemical Professionals - Current news on career opportunities for chemists and chemical engineers from the American Cemical Society.

• University of Maine Career Center - A resource with stacks of career related information for graduates, but also useful for others.

• UCSF Virtual Career Center - A site with information and links to many career-related resources for scientists from the University of California at San Francisco.

• Survival Skills for Graduate Students - Advice for grad students based on a workshop by Beth Fischer and Michael Zigmond.

• Career Planning Center - From the National Academy of Sciences. Designed chiefly for beginning scientists and engineers or those contemplating a career in these fields. Also contains some interesting information for established scientists.

• Career Guides - A comprehensive and extensive series of articles by David Jensen of Search Masters International written to offer advice for the Scientist looking for a position in biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

• Tips for the Job Search Process - Advice from George Washington University Career Center.

• Assessing an Academic Job Offer - Advice should a job offer ever materialize. An article by Karl W. Lanks published in the Scientist.

• College and University Faculty Salary Database - Enter the Institution or State and out come the average salaries.

• A Practical Career Guide for Scientists A site where you can order the book "To Boldly Go: A Career Guide for Scientists" by Peter Fiske.

• The Double Reversal to the Job Application Response - Not really recommended, but amusing to contemplate.

Interactive Sites for the Scientist

• Bio-online Career Discussion Forum - A career discussion forum geared around biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Moderated by Dave Jensen of Search Masters International.

• Sci. Research Careers - A general news group for discussions about careers in the Sciences.

• Sci. Research Postdoc. - A news group for discussion about careers in the Sciences for Postdocs.

• Bionet.General - A news group that includes discussions about issues affecting scientists and their careers.

• The Young Scientists Network - an electronic activist and discussion group of scientists concerned with current career options for Ph.D.s.

• Network for Emerging Scientists - An electronic forum devoted to current day concerns of scientists and engineers including securing employment, grants, professional societies, government science policy, employment trends and many other issues.

• Science's Next Wave - An interactive forum from Science concerning careers for todays Scientist.

• Coalition for Biomedical and Health Research - non-profit corporation working to ensure continued support and funding for Canadian biomedical and health research.

• Summa ry of the Hot Docs Report - A report put together by French Ph.D.s with emphasis on the current Ph.D. job crisis in France.