Last month, iJOBS held a case study in Pharma Market Research. This case study was coordinated by Return on Focus, a company that uses evidence-based marketing to provide new marketing strategies for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Return on Focus was started in 2006 by Dan Reinhardt, who received his BS and MBA in Marketing. Evidence-based marketing is a type of marketing that uses research, statistics, and trends to integrate evidence with strategic expertise.

The American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS) held an informational meeting at Rutgers University on October 10^th. This meeting allowed students and postdocs to learn about career opportunities in industry and network with AAPS members working in the area.

This September marked the seventh annual celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (Sept. 19-23), dedicated to celebrating postdocs’ research. According to the National Postdoctoral Association website, last year 122 institutions across the United States and Canada hosted 373 separate events to recognize postdoctoral contributions to their respective campuses and intellectual communities.

Today we’re talking politics.  I know what you’re thinking: a touchy subject at best, and a flaming meteorite about to destroy the Earth at worst.  But on Tuesday, November 8^th, those eligible will be called to perform their civic responsibility in the United States and cast their vote to elect the future leaders of this country.  I believe that you and I, as highly educated individuals of science, have a duty to vote for those who will lead our country with the pursuit of knowledge as well as educate those around us so that they may make the wisest d

Last month, iJOBS hosted employees from Aerotek and Staff Icons for the Job Search Using Staffing Agencies Panel. Cori Murray, Amanda Timpano, and Nicole Tenebruso represented Aerotek, the largest privately held staffing agency, while Michael Buckley represented Staff Icons, a small firm in Northern New Jersey. Each contributed a unique perspective on the benefits of working with a staffing agency.

On October 6^th, the Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences invited Dr. Eric Prager, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Neuroscience Research, to speak about the problem of scientific reproducibility, how to avoid common pitfalls in conducting research, and best practices for publishing a scientific paper. (Interested in science publishing as a career and/or how Dr. Prager became an editor at Wiley?

By: Chris Lowe

The iJOBS Networking Event for Students, Postdocs and Alumni was held on September 15^th in the Research Towers on the Rutgers Piscataway campus. This casual event, held after hours, provided a fun (and food!) filled informal, stress-free environment where several Rutgers alumni shared their job hunting and career experiences with current students. Attendees had the opportunity to directly interact with alumni to gain insight into what they have been up to since graduation.

By: Yaa Haber