Seminar: "Street Savvy Science: Job Search Strategies that Work"

Seminar: "Street Savvy Science: Job Search Strategies that Work"

"For the technical professional, looking for a job is always difficult, because “soft skills” are not taught at the university in science and engineering programs. To make it worse, traditional job seeking skills like responding to ads don’t work very well if the economy isn’t in good shape. In this presentation you will hear about which tools to utilize and which skills to develop that will help you stand out from the pack in these extraordinary times. Believe that responding to companies’ internet websites is a good approach? Better think again... That’s last on Jensen’s list, and he’ll tell you exactly what happens when a resume or CV enters the pipeline via a company website. In this seminar, you’ll get the take-home skills necessary to be completely street savvy about your job opportunities and your career over the next few years."

When: Thursday, March 24, 2016 | 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Were: Center Building – Level B – Seminar Room B250

No registration needed. All OIST Community are welcome!

Speaker: Dave Jensen, AAAS “Tooling Up” Columnist and Forum Moderator

Biosketch

With 30 years of experience in scientific and executive search, Dave Jensen is currently a senior recruiter as well as popular speaker and author on topics related to careers in the biotechnology, life sciences, agricultural and pharmaceutical sciences, and non-profit sectors.
Dave is on the editorial advisory board of Journal of Commercial Biotechnology. Jensen also writes the popular “Tooling Up” column in the website for the journal SCIENCE for monthly career tips and techniques (ScienceCareers.org). He is also the founder and moderator of the AAAS Science Careers Discussion Forum, a website of the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) website that has been a resource for young scientists for more than 25 years.
Mr. Jensen has had seminars and workshops in industry meetings internationally, including keynote presentations at career events held by major universities around the world, including multiple University of California locations, National University (Singapore), National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Johns Hopkins University, Karolinska Institute (Sweden), University of Washington, and both Princeton and Harvard University.