Professional Development Event: Preparing Scientists for Industry Careers

Life Science Washington is excited to announce the Career and Professional Development hosted virtually this fall. This is a free workshop curated for graduate students, PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows and early-stage scientists in partnership with SciPhD.

The event will be hosted virtually on November 5, November 7 and November 12 from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM. We will have company representatives share their work. This is your chance to connect with local companies and build a relationship with company representatives.

To register for the event, click on this link: Preparing Scientists for Industry Careers.

This integrated workshop includes four modules:   The attached flyer has more details

  1. Business Science  
  2. Communications for Scientists,   
  3. Project Management, 
  4. Networking for success, and 
  5. Chat with a Recruiter from each sponsor organization   

For completing the workshop, you will receive:

  • Digital Certificate of completion to be used on LinkedIn.  
  • Receive access to Virtual Career Coach – Flamingo. This will support you with resume writing and guidance during job search.  
  • Virtual networking opportunities to connect with hiring managers and additional   

The sponsors for this event are AGC Biologics, Sana Biotechnology and Pfizer. Please reach out to Srikant Iyer (srikant@lifesciencewa.org) for additional information.  

By Meaghan Wood (She/Her)
Meaghan Wood (She/Her) Career Coach