WHEN | November 01, 2017 @ 5:30 - 8:30 pm |
WHERE | Sanford Consortium, Rm 1013 A/B, 2880 Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037 |
INFO | Tickets are now open. Reserve your tickets before they're sold out. |
REGISTER | Register Here |
Inside the Hiring Manager’s Mind
While many postdocs are interested in career opportunities in the biotech and pharmaceutical industry, it remains very challenging to navigate the application process and understand what it actually takes to obtain an industry position.
In the 3rd Annual Joint Career Development Forum, we have invited HR specialists and hiring managers who have hired candidates at various career stages from local life science industry to form an interactive panel, sharing with the audience their perspectives of the industry hiring process and discussing the qualifications, experience and many other qualities of the successful candidates.
Agenda:
5:30 – 6:15pm Registration & Networking Dinner
6:15 – 6:30pm Welcome by SABPA and UCSD PDA
6:30 – 8:00pm Panel discussion
8:00 – 8:30pm Wrap Up & Networking
Panelists:
Barbara Preston, PhD, Sr. Executive Recruiter, PharmaScouts
Andreas Termin, PhD, Research Fellow, Vertex
Chris MacDonald, PhD, Sr. Director, ChromaCode
Natalie Golts, PhD, Sr. Manager, BD Biosciences
Dennis Hester, PhD, VP, Xeris Pharmaceuticals
Event Organizers:
SABPA (Sino-American Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Professionals Association) – Education and Career Development (ECD) committee
UCSD Postdoc Association (PDA).