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- What is Bio Career Center?
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Bio Career Center is the first and only career service dedicated to expanding professional options for life science PhDs and MDs. The service provides online career resources and job postings to post-graduate and alumni candidates, and recruitment services to employers. More on the company can be found at www.biocareercenter.com.
- Why is it important?
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According to the National Postdoc Association, there are nearly 50,000 PhDs and post-doctorates in the United States today. Of these, at least 40,000 are in the life sciences. As this population continues to grow, there is an emerging need to find more quality jobs.
These PhDs are an important national resource, largely funded by taxpayers through federal and state grants. They are our brightest, most educated and capable prospects for investing in our country’s future in any field having to do with life science. Where they go after receiving their education, and whether that work pays back to society at large, is an issue of critical importance at a national level.
- Who are the competitors?
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The primary places where this population currently looks at job postings are NatureJobs and ScienceCareers.
- Why should employers care?
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Unlike other online career services, Bio Career Center is the first to exclusively partner with universities that offer reputable life science programs. The online service is embedded on university Websites and is free for students to access.
- Why don?t employers just post their jobs at the competitors?
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Through intelligent tools and a focused assembly of life science professionals, Bio Career Center organizes qualified candidates to save recruiters time and shorten the hiring process. Furthermore, the online career service offers valuable insight into its exclusive consortium of universities and scientific institutions.
- Which universities are in the consortium?
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Berkeley, Caltech, Cornell, Emory, MD Anderson, Michigan State, New York University, Scripps Institute, Stanford, University of California at San Francisco, University of Colorado Denver, University of Miami, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt, and the University of Washington
- Can other universities join the consortium?
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Yes. Bio Career Center is actively talking with additional schools about joining the consortium. In general, the goal is to add the largest research programs first. Students and alumni associated with other universities are encouraged to influence their schools to join the Bio Career Center consortium.
- Why are there so many PhDs looking for jobs right now?
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After World War II, demand for basic research grew exponentially in terms of grants from the federal government. The major research institutions grew their programs with the funding, implying an exponential growth in professorships and PhD students (who take classes for a couple of years, then support professors in their research).
In the early 1970’s, federal funding growth tailed off into more regular percentage increases. While the growth in professorships eased to match funding, the growth in PhDs did not. This created a surplus in PhDs, which led to the question of what to do with these highly skilled scientists. So, the postdoc position was created. The numbers of postdocs have grown from 1,700 in 1971 (National Academy Of Science) to over 45,000 today (National Postdoc Association), and many bioscience postdocs often spend more time in this position than they would like.
- Can anyone use Bio Career Center's jobs board?
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No. Only scientists who are currently attending or are alumni of the partnering schools listed above can take advantage of Bio Career Center’s job board and career resources.
- How can my university become part of the Bio Career Center consortium?
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Students and alumni associated with non-partnering universities are encouraged to influence their schools to join the Bio Career Center Consortium. Contact your university's administration and tell them you and your peers would like to utilize Bio Career Center's career services. Encourage them to contact Bio Career Center at Eric@biocareercenter.com.
- If my school is not a partner of Bio Career Center’s consortium, do I have access to any of the site’s information?
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Yes. You can access the career service's bookstore and links to articles to help your career search.
- Are they are limits on how many jobs I can apply for?
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No. Feel free to submit your resume for as many jobs as you want. We want you to find the right career for you.
- Who do I contact if I need help using the site?
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