What Separates Good Resumes from Bad Resumes? -- June 30, 2011

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Thursday, June 30, 2011  |   |   |  Saint Joseph's University Our Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Marketing MBA for Executives is thoughtfully designed to accommodate demanding careers and busy travel schedules while remaining true to our tradition of academic excellence and personal achievement. You have the flexibility to enroll in our accelerated Online MBA format or Classroom MBA format. For more information, please visit: www.sju.edu/epharma What Separates Good Resumes from Bad Resumes? By Erin Kennedy, CPRW, CERW, BS/HR Resumes mean so much to hiring managers. It's your first introduction to a prospective employer and it's how you differentiate yourself. But what separates the bad resumes from the good ones? 1. The best resumes avoid abbreviations. Abbreviations are not professional nor are they accepted. Nothing makes HR managers cringe more than seeing sentences like the following: "Answered the phone and went 2 C clients" (yes, I truly have seen this). It may be the information age but this is not a text message so don't treat it as such. More... Join us for the 40th Annual Meeting of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology, Sept. 11-13, 2011 at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel, Chicago (Rosemont), IL, covering a wide range of current, relevant topics as noted below. CME and CPE credits available for registered attendees. • Transdermal Delivery Systems • Opioids and Psychotropic Drugs • First-in-Human Clinical Trials • Model-based Drug Development • Biotherapeutic Dose Selection Strategies • Drug Safety vs. Disease Treatment • Quantitative Clinical Pharmacology in Inflammation & Immunology • Imaging Techniques in Drug Development • Bridging Clinical Trials • Innovations in Pharmacoepideomiology • Hormone Therapy in Menopausal Women Keynote speakers include: Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) on Sunday, Sept 11th and Anne Schuchat, MD, Director of the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NICRD) on Monday, Sept 12th. Additional information about the ACCP 40th Annual Meeting and the Preliminary Program are available online or contact TStevens@ACCP1.org. HOT JOB: BioSpace is seeking a News Content Specialist to report the morning news! Apply here. Test Your Resume: Resumeter is the only technology that helps you beat the computerized screening process. Try it here! More Features • 4 Ways to Overcome Job Search Depression More... • Will a New Job Be Better? 5 Reasons to Appreciate the One You Have More... • 5 Ways to Be a Rock Star at Work More... • Are You Doing Enough of Your Own Career PR? More... • How to Make a Temp Job Last More... 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Ensure that Global Discovery Services Marketing programs and initiatives complement overall company goals and focus etc. • Biotech Bay (Foster City, California) Gilead Sciences Senior Research Associate - Process Chemistry Improve your resume for this job, click here. Responsibilities: Organic synthesis. Conducting route scouting, reaction screening, and scale-up activities toward important development compounds; Participating in project teams and regularly communicating thoughts, ideas and results etc. • Biotech Beach (San Diego, California) BP Biofuels Senior Research Leader Improve your resume for this job, click here. Seeking to appoint an Agronomist to support the development of energy grasses as feedstocks for US lignocellulosic biofuels. This role will lead efforts to identify energy grass types and production practices that will enable economically viable geographical expansion of business opportunities in the US beyond the areas of initial focus. • BioCapital (Frederick, Maryland) MedImmune, LLC Associate Scientist II - Analytical Improve your resume for this job, click here. This is a primarily a lab-based position in the FMC-Manufacturing Sciences &Technology department. Key areas of responsibility will be analytical method transfer and technical support of quality control for clinical drug product and marketed products. • BioMidwest (Lake Forest, Illinois) Hospira, Inc. Senior Member of Technical Staff Improve your resume for this job, click here. Responsibilities: Lead design projects with cross functional team members from concept and development through Verification and Validation (V&V). Propose design concepts and solutions through 3D CAD modeling, theoretical analysis, prototyping and feasibility testing. Prepare and conduct technical reviews and design reviews for cross-functional team approval etc. Test Your Resume: Resumeter is the only technology that helps you beat the computerized screening process. Try it here! • Get Noticed! Add your resume to the BioSpace Career Center! • See more than 5,000 job postings in the BioSpace Career Center! •  Pfizer Inc. (PFE) to Buy Back Akrimax Pharmaceuticals Plant and Sell or Close it by 2013; 60 Workers to Lose Jobs More... •  Eli Lilly and Company (LLY) to Hire About 40 Scientists to Boost Biotechnology Capabilities More... •  China to Spend $308.5 Billion on Biotechnology; Expected to Generate 1 Million Jobs by 2015 More... More Top Stories Biotech Beach Career Fair Job seekers can spend a day with HR representatives and hiring managers from top biotech, pharma, medical device and diagnostics companies in the Southern California region. Candidates with a 4-year degree in the life sciences and a minimum of 2 years of industry-related experience are invited to attend. (Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of a four-year college degree. PhD and Postdoc candidates welcome.) Exhibiting companies are recruiting for positions in areas such as: QA/QC, clinical research, engineering, manufacturing, biostatistics, clinical data management, chemistry, regulatory affairs, and research. Job seekers may register here. • Biotech Beach Career Fair, San Diego, CA September 22, 2011 • BioMidwest Career Fair, Chicago, IL October 4, 2011 • Pharm Country Career Fair, Bridgewater, NJ October 5, 2011 • Biotech Bay Career Fair, Burlingame, CA October 11, 2011 • Bio NC Career Fair, Durham, NC October 20, 2011 • BioCapital Beach Career Fair, Bethesda, MD November 1, 2011 • Genetown Career Fair, Cambridge, MA November 7, 2011 More information about BioSpace's Career Fairs BioSpace White Paper Biotech Career Fairs For Job Seekers 101: Control Your Experience By June Salvati, BioSpace Director of Events and Corporate Services Career Change Resume Advice Thank You Notes Cover Letters Networking Your Job Offer Internships On the Job Resignation Interviews Self Assessment Job Industry Finding a Job Salary Diversity References Job Seeker Login Most Recent Jobs Search Jobs Post Resume Career Fairs Career Resources Post Your: News | Jobs | Company Profile | Event | Advertising / Sponsorship BioSpace, Inc. 6465 South Greenwood Plaza, Suite 400 Centennial, Colorado 80111 U.S.A. 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