Private Sector Career Preparation

Articles drawn from the literature to provide information on career options.

"Biomedical Careers in Industry"  A short introduction to career options in the private sector.

The internet sites listed below provide a starting point for resources that can be of help in preparing for the next stage of your career development.

Career Development Web Sites

http://nextwave.sciencemag.org: This is the Next Wave site produced by the AAAS and devoted to Career Development information for scientists. Complete access to all site features is available to all VCU students.

http://www.microbiologycareers.org/www.microbiologycareers.org : This is the Microbiology Careers website organized by the ASM. :::

http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/: This is the site run by the publishers of Nature which includes information on placements as well as information on issues related to placements, postdoctorals, etc.

http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/index.shtml: This is a site called the Tommorow’s Professor Listserv which includes a source of information and articles related to various aspects of career preparation.

http://www.faseb.org: This is the FASEB site which includes a Career Resources section as well as links to the professional societies which constitute FASEB, each of which include career-oriented information.

http://www.aamc.org/members/great/start.htm: This is the site for the Group on Graduate Research, Education and Training (GREAT) of the AAMC. The site has links to professional societies, information on postdoctoral organizations and issues related to career development.

http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/archives/columns/catalyst:  This is the archive of articles in the Chronicle Careers series, a continuing collection of short articles on issues related to the grad student, postdoctoral and early faculty years.  These appear in the Chronicle of Higher Education.   Information on "alternative" career options and a wide range of issues is presented.