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We are pleased to announce our upcoming Fifth Annual iJOBS Symposium. Once again we will share BEST practices with our local peer universities and learn from their programs as well to improve career development for all biomedical graduate students and postdocs in the tri-state area. The event will be held on April 30, 2018, on Rutgers’ Busch Campus (same location as last year). You may park in Lots 51, 59, 60B & 67 without a permit that day. 

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ILSE is a regional research integrator, accelerator, and incubator bringing together basic researchers and clinical scientists from academia with applied scientists, entrepreneurs, and business leaders possessing R&D development and business experience.

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Come learn tricks for interviewing from Will Soliman, PhD including how to handle those increasingly popular behavioral-based questions and practice interviewing with your peers in this interactive session.

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If you are trying to decide what type of job would suit your skills, Gallup's StrengthsFinder assessments have helped millions of people discover what they do best. You will be allowed to complete an assessment in advance and then use the workshop to interpret and understand your results so that you can capitalize on your strengths when picking the right career to pursue.

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Your LinkedIn profile is critical to helping expand your network of professionals to build career opportunities and referrals. Come learn from Rutgers alumni and 2Actify! Founder, Penny Pearl, on how to build a magnetic online profile that can help you prepare for your future even if you are a few years off from graduating.

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is an exciting place for PhDs to work because they are involved in the approval of new therapies for patients. Come hear from a scientist who works at the FDA on the various career options both at the bench and in non-research roles at this government institution.

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iJOBS has been invited to participate in The Science to Medicine Forum at Regeneron on June 21. The event offers NY metropolitan area academic institutions an opportunity to bring a group of trainees to visit Regeneron for a day of invigorating scientific exchange, and to hear more about Regeneron’s environment and programs. 

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Your PhD can take you in many different directions, some of which you may have not even considered! Come hear from a panel of Rutgers graduate school alumni to learn how they each took skills obtained in their PhD program and apply them in science-related careers.

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Hear the career path of several scientists who did the Tech Transfer internship and have gone on to successful careers in that field both at Rutgers and in companies.

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iJOBS and the Rutgers biomedical science alumni organization are joining forces with the New Jersey and New York BioPharma Networking Groups (BPNG) to offer an informal and beneficial Networking opportunity! BPNG is a not-for-profit, all-inclusive life and health science professional community that actively promotes the "real power" of networking.

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