1. Finding your first job in biopharma industry
Yingxia Wen
Head of Laboratory
Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics

2. Understand yourself What are the your goals?
Personal/family goals
Career goals
The balance of job and life is more important than you thought.
What type of person are you?
Leading with authority
Leading without authority
Leading yourself
You can become a successful leader no matter if you are a manager or not.
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3. Understand the industry
Academia vs. Industry
Bio Pharma
Relatively well funded
Well organized/team work
Matrix
Multi-function and multi-culture
Small biotech
CRO and others
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4. CV Professional, simple and accurate Experience with details
Education with degree and dates
Technique with keywords
Publications and awards
Do not include personal information, visa status and unrelated experience.
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5. Submit CV Target the right position Channels for submit CV
Right field
Right experience
Channels for submit CV
Response to job post
Job fair
Recruiter
Social media
Internal reference
Internal information
Send CV to the hand of hiring manager
recommendation
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6. Interview Prepare Interview Follow up Prepare your presentation
Study the position, the hire manager, interviewers and company
Prepare the common questions and answers
Interview
Show up on time
Presentation is the most important part!!!
Ask and answer questions
Follow up
Acknowledge with after interview
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7. Accept offer Understand your market value
Negotiate only when you need to.
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8. CURRENT POSITION Head of Laboratory Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics Protein Biochemistry, Research US Center of Excellence in Virology, Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Cambridge, MA, USA Leading the development of live/inactivated, VLP, vector-based and recombinant subunit viral antigens Leading the development of new platforms for vaccine development, including DNA/RNA vaccines and conjugated vaccines EDUCATION B.S. Biological Sciences and Biotechnology Tsinghua University 1996 Cloning and characterization of telomere-associated DNA, with Lihuang Zhu, Ph.D. Ph.D. Molecular Genetics and Microbiology UMDNJ/Rutgers University 2000 Mechanism and modulation of mRNA cap forming enzymes, with Aaron J. Shatkin, Ph.D. EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral Fellow CABM Aaron Shatkin Laboratory of Molecular Virology, CABM, Piscataway, NJ Postdoctoral Fellow Harvard University Tom Maniatis Laboratory, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Senior Research Scientist I-II Wyeth Protein Biochemistry, Structural Biology and Computational Chemistry, Wyeth Research, Cambridge, MA
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