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Caution: Is Your Resume Sending the Wrong Signals? - Mar. 8, 2012

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Caution: Is Your Resume Sending the Wrong Signals?
Caution: Is Your Resume Sending the Wrong Signals? By Anish Majumdar, Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW)

As a Certified Professional Resume Writer (CPRW), I can't stress enough how important it is for jobseekers to thoroughly (and honestly) appraise their resumes prior to submitting for positions. The old saying, "You only get 1 chance to make a first impression" is never more true than during a job search. A resume that's sending the wrong signals to potential employers will rarely result in interviews.

Here are 3 of the biggest warning signals recruiters and hiring managers look for when scanning a candidate's resume. If your document has any of the following, step away from the job postings and invest the time for a resume tune-up: More...

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Cell Culture Technology Workshop
A new, three-day, hands-on, laboratory training for bioscience professionals
March 26-28, 2012

The University of Maryland, together with industry experts, is offering a new three-day workshop on cell culture technology.

Geared toward bioscience industry professionals, this workshop combines eight lectures and eight lab exercises focusing on the theory and practical applications of cell culture technology. The lectures will cover principles, practices and case studies leading directly into laboratory exercises performed at the Biopharmaceutical Advancement Facility. The lab exercises will cover a broad range of topics: from inoculation of cultures, to aseptic sampling to the preparation, inoculation, and harvest of a bioreactor. The lectures and lab exercises will cover applications of both anchorage dependent and suspension adapted cell lines.

This workshop is designed for industry professionals, including bench scientists, QA/QC, manufacturing, business development, and sales personnel seeking to advance their knowledge and experience in cell culture.

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This position will provide project management, business analysis, business process mapping, and technical design expertise required to effectively lead and manage functional and cross-functional projects. Each project must be aligned with the BVL Site Strategy and also be aligned with the functional goals and objectives. This position will link in to the site-wide Project Management Office (PMO) and adhere to site-wide project management methodology and system standards.

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Will provide customers and end-users with product and scientific support as well as assisting in sales support-related activities such as seminars, demonstrations, and sample projects within a designated territory.

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Fluxion Biosciences
Senior Scientist - Molecular and Cell Biology
This position is an excellent opportunity for an experienced scientist to take on a leadership role in the development of a new instrumentation platform that will have a major impact in the field of cancer diagnostics. The successful candidate will contribute both as a bench scientist as well as the primary scientific liaison to the project team.

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Clinical Research Management, Inc.
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Duties: to support the Deployment Health Research department's mission conducting epidemiological studies to investigate the longitudinal health outcomes of military personnel, and the impact of military experiences including deployments. Research includes studies of symptoms, hospitalizations, reproductive outcomes, mortality, and other health outcomes among DoD beneficiary populations, both military and civilian etc.

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The individual who is ultimately hired will develop an overarching perspective on the pharmaceutical/biotech industries. This would include building a deeper understanding of how clinical and commercial strategies work together, the development of cutting edge therapies, and the opportunity to be mentored by seasoned ex-pharma executives.

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Pharm Country 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 tri-state area.

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.

Pharm Country Career Fair, Bridgewater, NJ March 22, 2012
Biotech Beach Career Fair, La Jolla, CA April 17, 2012
BioCapital Career Fair, Bethesda, MD April 25, 2012
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