Previous Career Survival Skills Seminars

WINTER/SPRING 2008

Wednesday, February 13, 2008



Small group resume review sessions

Facilitator: Ellie Cantor, PhD, MBA, Executive Recruiter
Company: CJ Resources, Inc

To sign up, please e-mail Lisa Kozlowski


Wednesday, January 30, 2008



“Tools and Tips for a Great Resume”
Speaker: Ellie Cantor, PhD, MBA, Executive Recruiter
Company: CJ Resources, Inc

BLSB 105 1:00-2:00 PM
Lunch will be provided

WINTER/SPRING 2007

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Interviews: Industry vs. Academia

Speaker: Garth Fowler, PhD, Outreach Program Coordinator for AAAS/ScienceCareers.org

Finishing up your postdoc or grad school and looking for that next great job? Rewarding careers for scientists exist both in traditional academic research institutions and at the biotechnology company right next door.

But if you think interviews for the two position are the same, think again. Plan to attend Interviewing: Industry vs. Academia, a ScienceCareers presentation on what interviewing committees look for when applying to an academic faculty position versus a corporate biotechnology company.

BLSB 101 1:00-2:30 PM
Lunch will be provided.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Ron Klasko & Associates
to discuss immigration laws and permanent residency information.

101 BLSB 1:00-2:00 PM
Lunch will be provided

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Scientific Presentation Skills Seminar
Presented by Lisa Marshall from Edge, Inc.

Lisa Marshall has worked with numerous scientific groups, postdocs, faculty, engineers, etc. on improving their presentation skills.

9:00-11:00 AM, 105 BLSB

1:00-3:00 PM, 105 BLSB

Tuesday, February 13 & Thursday, February 22, 2007

Tools and Tips for a Great Resume
Presented by Ellie Cantor, PhD, MBA

Tuesday, February 13
1:00-2:00 PM BLSB 101

Small Group Sessions with Ellie Cantor

These sessions will run for about 50 minutes. You will need to bring your resume
with you at that time. These will be filled on a first come, first served basis.

Thursday, February 22

WINTER/SPRING 2006

May 21, 2006

Drug Discovery 101

Dennis Gross, PhD; Assoc. Dean for JCGS MS Programs & former Senior Director and Head of Business Operations and Planning, Merck Research Labs

April 4, 2006

The Art of Speaking: Fundamental Skills for Research Professionals

Lisa Marshall; Founder, an Edge, Inc.

January 31 & February 9, 2006

Tools and Tips for a Great Resume

Ellie Cantor, MBA; President, CJ Resources, Inc.

SPRING 2005

June 21, 2005

Interviewing Skills for Scientists, presented by ScienceCareers.org/Science's Next Wave

Reid Huber, PhD; Director, Applied Technology, Incyte Corporation
Dave Jensen; Managing Director, CareerTrax, Inc.
Michael King, PhD; Associate Director, Clinical Drug Evaluation,
J&J Pharmaceutical Research & Development, LLC
David Riddell, PhD; Principal Research Scientist, Wyeth Research
Jennifer Willson, PhD; Associate Principal Scientist, Schering-Plough Research Institute

May 19, 2005

Strategies and Tips for Good CVs and Resumes

Julie Miller Vick; Associate Director/Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Counselor,
Career Services, University of Pennsylvania

April 18, 2005

Networking Skills for Scientists

Lisa Kozlowski, PhD; Assistant Dean for Postdoctoral Affairs and Recruitment,
Thomas Jefferson University

 SPRING 2004

May 11, 2004

 A primer on patents, intellectual property, and technology transfer

Katherine Chou; Director, TJU Office of Technology Transfer