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More • The Art of Negotiating a Raise, Promotion, Better Job Title, and Bonus More... • Five Reasons for a Breakdown in Internal Communications More... • Science And The Glass Ceiling More... • Creating the Right Resume for the Right Job More... • How to Sell Your Success Story in an Interview: The Subtle Art of Verbal Branding More... More Career Features   • CEO and President Dr. Una Ryan Departs Avant Immunotherapeutics (AVAN) More... • ChemAxon Ltd. Announces New CEO and Head of R&D More... • AgraQuest, Inc. Names Marcus Meadows-Smith CEO More... • China Biologic Products Announces the Change of CEO and CFO More... • Judith Quinlan Joins Cytel Inc. as Vice President More... More Who's Who • Southern Pharm (Atlanta, Georgia) Celtaxsys, Inc. Research Associate I The candidate will work within a research team supporting ongoing animal studies and in vitro assays for development of new drug candidates. The research will involve conducting experiments to study immune responses elicited by treatments in preclinical animal models. • Biotech Bay (South San Francisco, California) Cytokinetics, Inc. Scientist, Muscle Biology & Therapeutics The individual will join a dynamic group supporting multiple projects devoted to developing novel therapeutics for cardiovascular, pulmonary and skeletal muscle diseases. This position will require hands-on experience with responsibility to develop in vivo models to evaluate compound efficacy and tolerability in support of preclinical drug discovery efforts. • Biotech Beach (San Diego, California) Biogen Idec Sr Manager or Manager, Regulatory Affairs Responsibilities include actively contributing to the development and implementation of CMC regulatory strategy for specific projects including identifying and assessing regulatory risks, serving as the regulatory representative on project teams, serving as the regulatory contact with relevant regulatory authorities,and coordinating all CMC aspects of regulatory submissions. • Bio NC (Raleigh, North Carolina) Metropolitan Research Associates Associate Director, Clinical Monitoring (NC) Provide direct guidance and mentoring of Clinical Monitoring staff. Manage performance including preparing and conducting performance reviews and providing on-going performance feedback/management. • BioCapital (Gaithersburg, Maryland) MedImmune, LLC Inventory Control Specialist Responsible for maintaining control of GMP material inventories. Performs routine cycle counting of GMP materials. Reconciles inventory discrepancies. • Genetown (Framingham/Worcester, Massachusetts) Applied Biosystems Specialist 2, Technical Training The Customer Training Specialist is responsible for supporting the Mass Spectrometry Customer Training group by providing instruction related to AB products and services using traditional, distributed, and multimedia-based methods as appropriate. • Pharm Country (New London, Connecticut) Pfizer Inc. Manager/Associate Director Clinical Study Report Serves as the medical writing representative on drug development project teams, working closely with project team leaders and CPW leadership to establish strategy, time lines, and project management for the reporting of clinical study data. Manages and assigns medical writing resource for drug development projects. Get Noticed! Add your resume to the BioSpace Career Center! See more than 5,000 job postings in the BioSpace Career Center! askHR Presented by BioSpace.com and Kelly Scientific Resources! askHR is a new interactive way for you to get your career-related questions answered. Simply click the link below to e-mail your biotech, pharma or medical device career questions to our team of experts at Kelly Scientific Resources. Each week, Kelly will answer a certain number of questions and post answers to them in BioSpace's Career Insider eNewsletter and on BioSpace.com! Whatever your background or question -- askHR has career advice and answers for you! Submit a Question Here We apologize that we cannot answer all questions that are submitted. Check out the askHR Q&A for the latest questions answered and an archive of past questions. Don't miss your question's answer in the weekly BioSpace Career Insider eNewsletter, sent every Thursday. Click Here for FREE Subscription •  Palatin Technologies (PTN) Cutting Its Staff 30%; Abandoning Efforts on Lead Drug More... •  Novacea, Inc. (NOVC) Slashing Work Force In Wake Of Failed Drug More... •  Millipore Corporation (MIL) Adding 60 Workers Under $3 Million Expansion More... More Top Stories We are pleased to present the BioSpace Career Fair in Pharm Country on Thursday, June 5, 2008 at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany, NJ. BioSpace Career Fairs give job seekers the opportunity to meet face-to-face with the region's elite science industry employers while presenting the opportunity to interview for hundreds of specialized open positions. CLICK Here to submit your resume for the Pharm Country Career Fair now! Qualified candidates will receive their invitations and confirmation numbers via email 24 to 48 hours after their resumes have been submitted. Pre-screened and accepted candidates must bring a copy of their invitation with confirmation number to the event. We look forward to seeing you at the Pharm Country Career Fair! • Pharm Country Career Fair, June 5, 2008 • DDT - BioSpace 2008 Career Fair, August 6, 2008 • DeviceSpace Career Fair, September 8, 2008 • BioCapital Career Fair, September 30, 2008 • Biotech Bay Career Fair, October 14, 2008 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 The Perfect Light Franchise High-growth, high volume business We have joined two fast-growing industries - outdoor architectural and landscape lighting and Christmas lighting - into a single year-round business. You get two outstanding businesses for the price of one! Grow your business to a size which exceeds many other franchise opportunities, at a lower investment level. You, Inc.: The Art of Selling Yourself By Harry Beckwith, Christine Clifford Beckwith From Publishers Weekly: It really is all about you and improving the way you present yourself, declare the husband-and-wife Beckwiths (Selling the Invisible) in this refreshing career primer. Unlike many similar books, this is not an autobiography masquerading as wisdom. The Beckwiths stay out of the book except when Harry's experience as a bestselling business writer and head of a marketing firm or Christine's as an award-winning speaker and cancer-survivor is directly relevant. 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