Thursday, March 11, 2010 Biotechnology & Bioscience Business Meet your educational needs as a bioscience professional with a comprehensive series of courses from UC Berkeley Extension. Our goal is to keep you current with the industry's latest developments and provide practical knowledge on topics of critical importance to bioscience companies. Our courses provide you with the opportunity to connect with expert instructors who have years of industry experience, as well as with colleagues from many disciplines and companies. Please click here for more information Best Practices for Professional Use of Social Media By Scott Szczesny, Megan Driscoll PharmaLogics Recruiting The explosive growth of social media has had a tremendous impact on professional networking. Web sites like Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, and LinkedIn have changed the way we interact with our colleagues, friends, and family. When utilized correctly, social media can organize and streamline your professional network allowing you to more easily stay connected with your colleagues. When not managed properly, on-line networking can be a tremendous time sink and potentially lead to embarrassing situations. What are the best practices for using social media to manage a productive professional network? More... 2010 BIO Career Fair Monday May 3, 2010, 2-7 p.m. Hyatt Regency Chicago Chicago, Illinois Don't miss the chance to attend the largest industry career fair of the year! Registration is free for job seekers. Take advantage of this opportunity to interview for top jobs while you network with industry peers. Click Here to register and post your resume now. All pre-registered job seekers will also be invited to attend a Panel Discussion and Q&A session featuring Career Fair exhibitors. Register today! Career Talk • Seeking Regulatory Affairs Position • Job Advice for Unusual Situation More Features • How to Answer 10 Tricky Interview Questions More... • The Five Most-Asked Interview Questions More... • How to Give a Good Job Interview: 10-minute Body Language More... • A Cover Letter Without a Personal Touch is a Deal Breaker More... • Points of Reference: How to Compile Reference Letters Like a Pro More... More Career Features   • Cerulean Pharma Inc. Appoints Two Senior Executives to Management Team More... • Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGSI) Appoints David P. Southwell Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer More... • Venn Life Sciences Appoints New VP Business Development More... • ACM Global Central Laboratory Appoints General Manager of Asia Pacific as Global Footprint Expands More... • David U’Prichard Joins the Board of Directors at Ocimum Biosolutions Inc. More... More Who's Who • BioCapital (Bethesda, Maryland) SAIC-Frederick, Inc. Protocol Navigator Responsibilities include orchestrating meetings with investigators and other key medical staff to identify required support. Works directly with investigators and medical writers on the production and revision of clinical research protocols and facilitates the activities of writing and regulatory review that occur in tandem and includes bidirectional dialogue and feedback etc. • BioMidwest (Deerfield, Illinois) Lundbeck Inc. (formerly Ovation Pharmaceuticals) Medical Information Associate The Medical Information Associate (MIA) receives, processes and responds in a timely fashion to unsolicited medical information requests posed by healthcare professionals relevant to Lundbeck Inc. medications. • Biotech Beach (San Diego, California) Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Lead Analyst, Managed Markets Responsibilities: Partner closely with Managed Markets team to identify, analyze, and measure data to support business needs and goal achievement etc. • Biotech Bay (South San Francisco, California) Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. Research Associate/Sr. Research Associate, Hemostasis Biochemistry The successful candidate will be involved in the characterization of therapeutically relevant proteases from the hemophilia discovery platform. • Genetown (Cambridge, Massachusetts) sanofi pasteur, Acambis Campus Deputy Director Protein Purification The Protein Chemistry group is looking for a Deputy Director of Protein Purification, who will coordinate projects and resources in support of new and ongoing projects, develop scalable purification strategies, bring in new technologies, and improve the capabilities of the group. • Get Noticed! Add your resume to the BioSpace Career Center! • See more than 5,000 job postings in the BioSpace Career Center! •  Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY) CEO's 2009 Compensation Down 22% More... •  Exelixis, Inc. (EXEL) (JOBS) Announces Restructuring; Reduces Workforce by Approximately 40%, or 270 Employees More... •  XenoPort, Inc. (XNPT) Restructures to Focus on Key Programs; Includes An Overall Reduction of 50% of XenoPort's Workforce More... More Top Stories 2010 Genetown Career Fair Job seekers can spend a day with HR representatives and Hiring Managers from top biotech, pharma, and medical device companies in the Northeast 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. Just register by clicking the button below. Exhibiting companies are recruiting for positions in areas such as: QA/QC, clinical research, engineering, biostatistics, clinical data management, chemistry, regulatory affairs, and research. Job seekers may register here. • Genetown Career Fair, Cambridge, MA, March 15, 2010 • Biotech Beach Career Fair, La Jolla, CA, April 15, 2010 • Pharm Country Career Fair, Philadelphia, PA, April 22, 2010 • DeviceSpace Career Fair, Irvine, CA, April 28, 2010 • BIO Chicago Career Fair, Chicago, IL, May 3, 2010 • Bio NC Career Fair, Durham, NC, May 17, 2010 • BioCapital Career Fair, Bethesda, MD, May 20, 2010 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 Cybertary Franchise - Administrative Assistant Franchise Do you want to help small business owners reach their goals? 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