Careers advice online forum for the Source Event
The NatureJobs Source Event career fair will be taking place in London on 26 September 2008. This dedicated science career fair combines a dynamic exhibition with conference and workshop sessions. The event will promote the UK and the rest of Europe as a great place to pursue a career in science, be it in industrial research, research organizations or academia. It will present the best opportunities from the best organizations: public, private, national and international.
Jobseekers will be able to meet with potential employers who are offering hundreds of vacancies. The plenary and workshop sessions will provide a unique opportunity to meet high-profile scientists and gain careers information and advice.
Several of the invited speakers have kindly agreed to answer career-related questions in advance of the meeting, at Nature Network. The Nature Network Question & Answer session with some of the meeting’s speakers is now "live". The NatureJobs team invites you to ask the speakers about their backgrounds, career paths, advice for getting in to a particular field or sector, relevant or important skill sets, and so on. The relevant speaker(s) will post responses, and factor the questions into their presentations at the event.
The following speakers have kindly agreed to participate:
• Jim Loftus, Research Recruitment Manager, Pfizer
• Matthais Haury, Coordinating Manager, EMBL International Centre for Advanced Training
• Zonya Jeffrey, Biomedical Scientist, Central Manchester and University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Stijn Oomes, Assistant Professor in Human–Computer Interaction, Delft University of Technology
• George Schlich, Chartered and European Patent Attorney & founder of Schlich & Co
• Jonathan Yearsley, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne.
Already in the Nature Network Source Event forum there are questions and answers about moving from academia to industry, what participants hope to gain from the event, which recruitment and other companies will be exhibiting, how to upload your CV, and more.
Please join this free Nature Network group to ask your questions and to obtain further careers advice from the panel of experts.
The Question and Answer sessions are here.
