RutgersiJOBS

JanetAlder,PhDMarch2021

ChangingTimes

AccordingtoareportbytheNIHBiomedicalWorkforceWorkingGroup,approximately23%ofPhDgraduateswillpursueacademicpositions,

while77%willpursueothercareeroptions

BiomedicalResearchWorkforceWorkingGroupReport,NIH2012

17Universities$2millionfor5years(2014-2019)

InfrastructuresupportNodirectfellowfunding

1. CornellU2. Emory/GeorgiaTech3. NYU4. UMassWorcester5. UCDavis6. UCSF7. UColoradoDenver8. VanderbiltU9. VirginiaPolytech10.WayneState

11.RutgersU12. UChicago13. UNorthCarolina14. URochester15. UCIrvine16. BostonU17. MichiganState

CommongoalsSharedprogrammingActiveevaluation

Processimprovement

BESTAwardees

TheWorld’sCureCorridorNewJersey

• Over3000lifescienceandbiopharmaceuticalestablishments• 400biotechcompanies• 13ofthe20largestbiopharmaceuticalcompaniesglobally• 12oftheworld’stopmedicaltechnologycompanies• #3stateforR&Dinvestment,andbioscience-relatedpatents• 22,000lifesciencesgraduatesannually

ExcellentProfessionalEnvironment

Cymreg Consulting, LLC

LoganConsulting

ProfessionalandTradeSupportAbounds

MiltonGrannatt

iJOBSParticipants

RutgersGraduateStudents• SGS(New

Brunswick/Piscataway/Newark)• GSN(Newark)• GSC(Camden)

RutgersPostdocs• RWJMS• NJMS• SASNewBrunswick• SoE• SoP• SEBS• SASNewark• SASCamden

NewarkNew

BrunswickCamden

Individualdevelopmentplanning&mentorshipCareer-specificcoursesProfessionalshadowing

LinkedInProfilereviewResumedevelopmentInterviewpreparationJobplacementandtracking

ContinuedparticipationSupportandmentoring

HolisticPhasedProgramming

Phase1iNQUIRE

Phase2iNITIATE

Phase3iMPLEMENT

Phase4iNSTRUCT

SciPhDLeadershipandBusinessTrainingSitevisitsNetworkingsessionsCareerpanelsJobSimulationsPrimersWorkshopsCareerfairWebportalaccess

Phase 1

Phase1iNQUIRE

CareerTracks

RepresentativeCareerTracks• Principalinvestigator• BenchResearchinGovernment,PharmaorBiotech• Teaching-intensivecareersinacademia• ScienceandHealthPolicy• PatentLaw• TechTransferandBusinessDevelopment• ClinicalResearch• RegulatoryAffairs• HealthandScienceDataAnalysis• BusinessConsulting• ScientificWritingandMedicalCommunications• MedicalAffairs• Non-profitandFoundations• FinanceandEquityResearch• Publishing• Foodsafety• Journalism• TeachingEducationOutreach• Entrepreneur

SciPhD:LeadershipandBusinessSkillsforScientists

ProvidedbyHumanWorkflows,LLCEveryJan/Febsince2015- 35hours

• TheBusinessofScience

• MajorLeadershipStyles

• SuccessfulCommunicationsasaScientist

• DevelopingYourPeople

• NetworkingandtheInterviewProcess

• TeamPerformanceTools

• Negotiations

• FinancialLiteracy• StrategicProjectManagementforScientists

RepresentativeSiteVisits• McCannHealth• WileyPublishing• Merck(5)• Genewiz (3)• Bristol-MyersSquibb(4)• Novartis(3)• GlaxoSmithKline(2)• Regeneron(2)• EliLilly(3)• Celgene(2)• Janssen(2)• CommercialCenterforInnvTech(2)• InstforLifeSciEntrepreneurship(2)• EnterpriseDevelopmentCenter• SanofiAventis• Covance• Kashiv• FerringPharmaceutical

• NJDept.ofHealth(3)• Stryker• Colgate-Palmolive(2)• Envigo• Ethicon• McCannHealth• Bayer(2)• PTCTherapeutics• Nanion Technologies• Hovione• J&JConsumer

• HealthEconomicsandOutcomesResearch– analyzeadrug

• TechnologyTransfer– howtocommercializeaninvention

• EquityResearch– decideifyoushouldinvest

• Projectmanagement– determinetimelineanddeliverables

• Entrepreneur– whatisinvolvedinstartingabiotech

• SciencePolicy– writeapolicymemo

• BusinessDevelopment– decidewhethertoacquireanewcompany

• PharmaR&D- designpreclinicaltrialtooptimizeclinicalsuccess

• Publishing– decidewhethertoacceptamanuscript

• PharmaMarketResearchAnalysis– reportonwhetherdrugisworthpursuing

• MedicalAffairs–MedicalInformaticistvsMSLroleplay

• Consulting– recommendapproachtolaunchnewclinicaltrial

• RegulatoryWriting– prepareanInvestigativeBrochure

• MedicalCommunications– createslidedeckforphysician

• PatentLaw– rewritepatenttodemonstrateoriginality

• MergersandAcquisitions– decidehowmuchtobidonanewcompany

RepresentativeWorkshops:JobSimulation

12

• NegotiationSkills• ProjectManagement• RwithDataCarpentry- programmingandhowtodealwithlargedatasets

• GoodLaboratoryPractice(GLP)• PharmokineticsandPharmodynamics(PK/PD)• Immuno-oncologyResearch• CommunicatingSciencewithAlanAlda- elevatorpitchandimprovtoconnectwithaudience

• ScientificStorytelling

RepresentativeWorkshops:SkillPrimers

RepresentativeWorkshops:JobSearch• Jobsearchingduringthepandemicandvirtualinterviews• LandingJobReferrals• Targetedresumes• LinkedInprofileswithphotoshoot• Networkingskills• Transferrableskills• Interviewingskills• Informationalinterviews• Jobsearchusingstaffingagencies• Findingandapplyingforaninternship• Goalsettingandtimemanagement• Howtoprepareforjobfairs• InternationalstudentsseekingemploymentinUSA• Selfassessments(StrengthsFinder,Birkman)• EmotionalIntelligenceandinfluencingothers

NetworkingEvents

• Allcareerpanels,sitevisitsandworkshopshavenetworkingcomponent

• Coordinatewithprofessionalsocieties:SinoAmericanPharmaceuticalAssociation,AmericanAssociationofPharmaceuticalScientists,andBioPharmaNetworkingGroup

• RutgersandiJOBSalumni

BioNJorSAPAiJOBSCareerFairSpring

2015,2016,2017,2018,2019exclusiveforlifesciencecompanies

RepresentativeWorkshops:Science PolicywithEagletonInstituteofPolitics

• ThePoliticsofWaterandLead

• ThePoliticsofGeneEditingTechnology

• ScientistsinPolitics- AssemblymanZwicker,CarolineWeinberg

• LeadToxicityandPublicPolicy- CommunicatingRiskRegardingScienceandHealth

• OpioidAbuse– SolutionsinScienceandPolitics

• GMOs- ScientificAnalysisinPolicyMakingwithStuartShapiro

• AdvocatingforScience– RushHolt

• ClimateChange– ChristineToddWhitmanwithinteractiveworkshop

• ZikaVirusandSciencePolicy– KathleenHallJamiesonandworkshoprepresentingdifferentconstituents

• TransitiontotheNewAdministrationandScience– AAAS,Rutgers,Princetonandworkshoponhowtolobby

iJOBS-RelatedTraineeOpportunities• EagletonScienceandPoliticsFellowinNJ

• BoardCertificationinMedicalAffairs• FromSciencetoPharmaMSLPreparation

• WhatCanYouBewithaPhDatNYU• GROBiopharmaConferencewithNYSchools

• BioNJInspiringWomeninSTEM• AssociationforWomeninScience• RegeneronSciencetoMedicineForum• BiogenDrugDevelopmentConference• Skillsembeddedintocurriculum(communications,computational)

Phase2

Phase2iNITIATE

One40-HourClassClinicalTrialsOverview:MethodsandPractices

FundamentalsofRegulatoryAffairs

ProjectManagementClinicalResearchInformatics

InnovationandEntrepreneurship

OrganizationalBehavior

PrinciplesofCommunicationandLeadership

PrinciplesofFinanceandAccounting

PythonMethodologies

ClinicalTrialsOverview:MethodsandPractices

PharmaProductManagement

FundamentalsofRegulatoryAffairs

DrugDevelopmentfromConcepttoMarket

PerspectivesinTranslationalPharmacology

RutgersPrograms

Business

Engineering

Businessand

Science

HealthRelated

Professions

PublicHealth

Medicine

RepresentativeCareerTrackSkillClasses

ProfessionalShadowingandMentoring

• Eachtraineeismatchedtoashadowingopportunityrelevanttotheirchosentrackwithindustrial,institutionalorgovernmentalpartners.72hoursoverseveralmonths

• EachtraineeisassignedaprofessionalmentorandusestheIndividualDevelopmentPlan(IDP)asaframeworkforgrowth.

Phase3

Phase3iMPLEMENT

JobSearchPreparation

• OneononementoringsessionswithJulietChinHarttorefineresumeandcoverletter

• LinkedInCounselingwithPennyPearlat2Actify• Strategizeonjobsearchapproach• Prepareforinterviews

Dissemination,EvaluationandOutcomes

Website:ijobs.rutgers.edu

Traineerunblog:ijobs.rutgers.edu/blog.php

CommunicationPlatformsEmaillistserve:1500members

iJOBSPastEventsandResources

25

PositionsofSciPhDParticipants(n=189)

FirstPosition CurrentPosition

For-Profit– ResearchvsScience-Related

FirstPosition CurrentPosition

Academia– AllCareerTypes

FirstPosition CurrentPosition

ResearchJobFunctions

FirstPosition CurrentPosition

Science-RelatedJobFunctions

FirstPosition CurrentPosition

RepresentativeJobPlacement

SeniorAssociateScientist Post-Doctoral

FellowContractScientist ResearchScientist

Mgr.GlobalRegulatoryAffairsImmuno-Oncology

AccountExecutive Scientist

PatentTechnicalSpecialist

BiologyScienceWriter

Post-Doctoral

Fellow

MedicalWriter

QCScientist

SeniorScientist

Sr.UpstreamDev.Engineer

Scientist

Post-DoctoralFellow

TranslationalScientist

ClinicalRegulatory

Specialist

AssociateBioprocessDev.

Scientist

Post-DoctoralFellow

TechnicalApplicationScientist

Post-DoctoralFellow

ScientistII

RegulatoryAffairsResearchFellow

Sr.Mgr.,HealthEconomicsand

OutcomesResearch

Post-DoctoralFellow/Scientist

DirectorofR&D/ProductDevelopment

Post-DoctoralFellow

ScientificStrategist

Post-DoctoralFellow

StaffMicrobiologist

ResearchScientist

ResearchScholar

Post-DoctoralFellow

ResearchScientist

BiotechnologyEquityResearch

InternSeniorPost-DoctoralFellow

RegulatoryStrategy/Liaising

SeniorScientistResearchScientist

QuantitativePharmaSenior

Scientist Post-DoctoralFellow

Bioinformatics

AnalysisEngineer

Consultant

AssociateConsultant

GlobalMedical

Affairs,Oncology

Legislativeand

ReportingProgramAnalyst

Post-DoctoralFellow

ExploratoryBiologyScientist

ResearchScientist

AssociateMedicalWriter

AssociateMedicalStrategist

Consultant

TechnicalSupportScientist

NextGenSequencing

StudyManager

Consultant

Research Analyst MedicalWriter

ClinicalOperationsSpecialist

ScientificSoftwareEngineer

Scientist,DrugMetabolismAndPharmacokinetics

MedicalWriter

Scientist,ClinicalDevelopment DataScientist

FreelanceAssociateConsultant

SeniorScientist,GlobalRawMaterialCenter

Post-DoctorateFellow

AssociateScientificDirector

MedicalWriter BiomedicalEngineer

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iJOBS BenefitsRutgersUniversity• Recruitingofgraduatestudents• Takesburdenoffoffacultyforadvisingtowardscareerswithwhichtheyarenotfamiliar

• Studentmentalhealth,motivation,productivity

• NIHTraininggrantsrequirecareerdevelopmentcomponent

• IncreasedinteractionbetweenRutgersandindustry

IndustryPartners• Accesstohighlytrainedlocaltalentpipeline

• Abilitytoinfluencecurriculum

• Vetpotentialhiresthroughshadowing/externship

• Promotionofcompanybrand

• Interactionswithacademia• Communityandeducationoutreach/service

Teachesleadership,business,teamwork,andcommunicationskillsnecessaryfor

ALLcareers.

Questions?

janet.alder@rutgers.edu