Rutgers iJOBS

Rutgers(iJOBS

Janet&Alder,&PhD

March&2021

Changing'Times

According)to)a)report)by)the)

NIH)Biomedical)Workforce)Working)Group,)approximately

23%)of)PhD)graduates)will)pursue)academic)positions,)

while)77%)will)pursue)other)career)options

Biomedical*Research*Workforce*Working*Group*Report,*NIH*2012

17&Universities

$2&million&for&5&years&(2014-2019)&

Infrastructure&support

No&direct&fellow&funding

1. Cornell)U

2. Emory/Georgia)Tech

3. NYU)

4. U)Mass)Worcester

5. UC)Davis

6. UCSF

7. U)Colorado)Denver

8. Vanderbilt)U

9. Virginia)Polytech)

10. Wayne)State

11.Rutgers*U

12. U)Chicago

13. U)North)Carolina

14. U)R o c h est er

15. UC)Irvine

16. Boston)U

17. Michigan)State

Common%goals

Shared%programming

Activ e%evaluation

Process%improvement

BEST'Awardees

The(World’s(Cure(Corridor

New$Jersey

• Over)3000)life)science)and)biopharmaceutical)establishments

• 400)biotech)companies

• 13)of)the)20)largest)biopharmaceutical)companies)globally

• 12)of)the)world’s)top)medical)technology)companies

• #3)state)for)R&D)investment,)and)bioscience-related)patents

• 22,000)life)sciences)graduates)annually

Excellent'Professional'Environment

Cymreg Consulting, LLC

Logan

Consulting

Professional'and'Trade'Support'Abounds

Milton

Gr annatt

iJOBS'Participants'

Rutgers(Graduate(Students

• SGS#(New#

Brunswick/Piscataway/Newark)

• GSN#(Newark)#

• GSC#(Camden)

Rutgers(Postdocs

• RWJMS

• NJMS

• SAS#New#Brunswick

• SoE

• SoP

• SEBS

• SAS#Newark

• SAS#Camden

Newark

New'

Brunswick

Camden

Individual%development%pla nning%&%mentorship

Career-specific%courses

Professional%shadowing

LinkedIn%Profile%review

Resume%development

Interview%preparation

Job%placement%and%tracking

Continued%participation

Support%and%mentoring

Holistic'Phased'Programming

Phase(1

iNQUIRE

Phase(2

iNITIATE

Phase(3

iMPLEMENT

Phase(4

iNSTRUCT

SciPhD%Leadership%and%Business%Training

Site%visits

Networking%sessions

Career%panels

Job%Simulations

Primers

Workshops

Career%fair

Web%portal%access

Phase 1

Phase(1

iNQUIRE

Career

Tracks

Representative'Career'Tracks

• Principal#investigator

• Bench#Research#in#Government,#Pharma#or#Biotech#

• Teaching-intensive#careers#in#academia#

• Science#and#Health#Policy

• Patent#Law

• Tech#Transfer#and#Business#Development

• Clinical#Research

• Regulatory#Affairs

• Health#and#Science#Data#Analysis

• Business#Consulting

• Scientific#Writing#and#Medical#Communications

• Medical#Affairs

• Non-profit#and#Foundations

• Finance#and#Equity#Research

• Publishing

• Food#safety

• Journalism

• Teaching#Education#Outreach

• Entrepreneur

SciPhD:'Leadership'and'Business'

Skills'for'Scientists

Provided(by(Human(Workflows,(LLC

Every(Jan/Feb(since(2015(- 35(hours

• The$Business$of$Science

• Major$Leadership$Styles

• Successful$Communications$

as$a$Scientist

• Developing$Your$People

• Networking$and$$the$

Interview$Process

• Team$Performance$Tools

• Negotiations

• Financial$Literacy

• Strategic$Project$Management$

for$Scientists

Representative'Site'Visits

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• Health'Economics'and'Outcomes'Research'– analyz e'a'drug

• Technology'Transfer'– ho w'to'com m er cialize'an'inv ention

• Equity'Research'– decide'if'you'should'in vest

• Project'management'– determine'timeline'and'deliver ables

• Entrepreneur'– what'is'involved'in'starting'a'biotech

• Scie nce'Policy ' – write'a'policy'memo

• Business'Development'– decide'whether'to'acquire'a'new'com pany

• Pharma'R&D'- design'preclinical'trial'to'optimize'clinical'success

• Publishing'– decide'w hether'to'accept'a'm anuscript

• Pharma'Market'R esearch'Analy sis'– report'on'whether'drug'is'w orth'

pursuing

• Medical'Affairs'–Medical'Informaticist'vs'MSL'role'pla y

• Consulting'– recommend'approach'to'launch'new'clinical'trial

• Regulatory'Writing'– prepare'an'In vestigati ve'Brochure

• Medical'Communications'– creat e'slide'deck'for'ph ysician

• Patent'Law'– rewrite'patent'to'demonstrate'originality

• Mergers'and'Acquisitions'– decide'how 'much'to'bid'on'a'new'com pany

Representativ e+Workshops:+Job+Simulation

• Negotiation$Skills

• Project$Management

• R$with$DataCarpentry$- programming$and$how$to$

deal$with$large$datasets

• Good$Laboratory$Practice$(GLP)

• Pharmokinetics$and$Pharmodynamics$(PK/PD)

• Immuno-oncology$Research

• Communicating$Science$with$Alan$Alda$- elevator$

pitch$and$improv$to$connect$with$audience

• Scientific$Storytelling

Representativ e'Workshops:'Skill'Primers

Representativ e'Workshops:'Job'Search

• Job$searc hing$during$the$pandemic$and$virtual$interviews

• Landing$Job$Referrals

• Targeted$resumes

• LinkedIn$profiles$with$photo$shoot

• Networking$skills

• Transferrable$skills

• Interviewing$skills$

• Informational$interviews

• Job$searc h$using$staffing$agencies

• Finding$and$applying$for$an$internship

• Goal$setting$and$time$management

• How$to$prepare$for$job$fairs$

• International$students$seeking$employment$in$USA

• Self$assessments$(StrengthsFinder,$Birkman)

• Emotional$Intelligence$and$influencing$others

Networking'Events

• All)career)panels,)site)visits)and)workshops)have)networking)

component

• Coordinate)with)professional)societies: )Sino)American)

Pharmaceutica l)Association,)American)Association)of)

Pharmaceutica l)Scientists,)and)BioPharma)Networking)Group

• Rutgers)and)iJOBS)alumni

BioNJ'or'SAPA'iJOBS'Career'Fair

Spring

2015,$2016,$2017,$2018,$2019

exclusiv e$for$life$science$companies

Representativ e'Workshops:'Science Policy'

with'Eagleton'Institute'of'Politics

• The'Politics'of'Water'and'Lead

• The'Politics'of'Gene'Editing'Technology

• Scientists'in'Politics'- Assemblyman'Zwicker,'Caroline'Weinberg

• Lead'Toxicity'and'Public'Policy'- Communicating'Risk'Regarding'Science'

and'Health

• Opioid'Abuse'– Solutions'in'Science'and'Politics

• GMOs'- Scientific'Analysis'in'Policy'Making''with'Stuart'Shapiro

• Ad vocating'for'Science'– Rush'Holt

• Climate'Change'– Christine'Todd'Whitman'with'interactive'workshop

• Zika'Virus'and'Science'Policy'– Kathleen'Hall'Jamieson'and'workshop'

representing'different'constituents

• Transition'to'the'New'Administration'and'Science'– AAAS,'Rutgers,'

Princeton'and'workshop'on'how'to'lobby

iJOBS-Related'Trainee'Opportunities'

• Eagleton$Science$and$Politics$Fellow$in$

• Board$Certification$in$Medical$Affairs

• From$Science$to$Pharma$MSL$

Preparation

• What$Can$You$Be$with$a$PhD$at$NYU

• GRO$Biopharma$Conference$with$NY$

Schools

• BioNJ$Inspiring$Women$in$STEM

• Association$for$Women$in$Science

• Regeneron$Science$to$Medicine$Forum

• Biogen$Drug$Development$Conference

• Skills$embedded$into$curriculum$

(communications,$computational)

Phase(2

iNITIATE

One$40-Hour$Class

Clinical*Trials*Overview:*

Methods*and*Practices

Fundamentals*of*

Regulatory*Affairs

Pr oject*Management

Clinical*Research*

Informatics

Innovation*and*

Entrepreneurship*

Organizational*Behavior

Principles*of*

Communication*and*

Leadership

Principles*of*Finance*

and*Accounting

Python*Methodologies

Clinical*Trials*Overview:*

Methods*and*Practices

Pharma*Pr oduct*

Management

Fundamentals*of*

Regulatory*Affairs

Drug*Dev elopment*from*

Concept*to*Mark et

Perspectives*in*

Translational*

Pharmacology

Rutgers*

Programs

Business

Engineering

Business*

and*

Science

Health

Related*

Professions

Public*

Health

Medicine

Representativ e'Career'T rack'Skill'Classes

Professional'Shadowing'and'Mentoring

• Each&trainee&is&matched&to&a&shadowing&opportunity&relevant&to&their&

chosen&track&with&industrial,&institutional&or&governmental&partners.&

72&hours&over&several&months

• Each&trainee&is&assigned&a&professional&mentor&and&uses&the&

Individual&Development&Plan&(IDP)&as&a&framework&for&growth.

Phase(3

iMPLEMENT

Job(Search(Preparation

• One%on%one%mentoring%sessions%with%Juliet%Chin%

Hart%to%refine%resume%and%cover%letter

• LinkedIn%Counseling%with%Penny%Pearl%at%2Actify

• Strategize%on%job%search%approach

• Prepare%for%interviews

Dissemination,'Evaluation

and'Outcomes'

Website:$ijobs.rutgers.edu

Trainee$run$blog:

ijobs.rutgers.edu/blog.php

Communication'Platforms

Email$listserve:$1500$members

iJOBS(Past(Events(and(Resources