Ken Larsen's website - Katuisha's job search

 

My housemate Katuisha is trying to find a biology related job.  The purpose of this web page is to help her with that search. 

 

Katuisha's resume

 

Katuisha aspires a permanent job that is in line with her UNC biology degree.  Her list of possible jobs is:

• CRC - Clinical Research Coordinator

• CRA - Clinical Research Assistant (They help with clinical trials.)

• CRCs and CRAs work for a CRO, clinical research organization.  CROs do clinical trials for medicines/cures.

• Psychologist/therapist office assistant

• Research diseases like Alzheimer's and cancer

• Anything with biology or neuroscience ... like lab work

• Project manager (assistant)

Options for jobs:

• Clinical Research Companies (CRO) [the Triangle area is the U.S. hub:

  • IQVIA (formerly Quintiles)

  • Covance (now owned by LabCorp)

  • PPD

  • Parexel  (They've been laying people off.)

  • Icon

  • Syneos Health

  • RH

• Lab companies

  • LabCorp (apply for a job online)  My ex-wife Amy works there.

  • Quest Diagnostics

• Pharmaceutical companies:

  • Glaxo

  • United Therapeutics

  • Biogen (Brother-in-law of Eugene Frazier works here.  His name is Gary Ward.)

  • Merck

  • Pfizer

  • Asklepios

  • Cellectis

  • AveXis (Durham)

  • Bluebird Bio

  • Biophar

  • Charles River Labs

  • Catalent Pharma Solutions

• Other companies

  • Precision Biosciences

  • Becton Dickinson (BD) - Medical devices (Eugene Frazier's wife Yarlanda works at BD.)

  • Medkoo Biosciences

  • TCRCure Biopharma

  • Selleck Chemicals

  • BASF Corporation

  • Nexcelom Bioscience

• Job fairs

  • Duke:  https://studentaffairs.duke.edu/career/employers/attend-career-fairs

  • UNC: https://careers.unc.edu/news-and-events/upcoming-events/career-fairs

  • October 2, 2019 at University Place

• UNC Office of Clinical Trials

• Job openings at UNC (create a userid and password and check the postings daily)

• UNC Medical Center job openings

• Job opportunities at Duke University (Do a search on "entry level biology jobs" or "lab jobs".  There are lots.)

• Indeed.com  (Do a search on "entry level biology jobs" or "lab jobs")

• Agencies that help people find jobs:

  • Aerotek

  • Jobs2Careers.com

  • Ziprecruiter.com

  • Glassdoor.com

  • The Maven Group (Chapel Hill)

  • Smither & Associates (Chapel Hill)

  • Compass Center  (UNC agency that helps women - mostly low income)

Reddit thread on entry level biology jobs

 

Book that explains Clinical trials:  "A Clinical Trials Manual From The Duke Clinical Research Institute:  Lessons From a Horse Named Jim"  ($ 62.55 new from Amazon, $ 45.01 used)

 

Challenges in Clinical Research

 

Networking tips

 

How to overcome shyness and learn to talk to strangers

 

Financial support available for people who wish to pursue a PhD in Biology at UNC

 

Ken Larsen's home page