Perseverance can help land a position, but relevant experience is a big help.
As she was finishing a postdoc at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Stefanie Marquez-Vilendrer found herself in the midst of a long, broad job search. She describes how she landed a position at Axogen, a biomedical company that develops and sells products for nerve surgeries.
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{credit}Joseph E. Vilendrer{/credit}