BIOMED Alumni Share Advice on Careers and Employment Post-graduation
April 7, 2022
The student organization Drexel Biomedical Undergraduate Association (DBUA) hosted a hybrid alumni career panel event in the Bossone Research Center's Third Floor Atrium. The event featured seven Drexel BIOMED alumni panelists from industry employers, such as , , , , , , BIOMED alumni shared their experiences and offered advice to BIOMED students, whose questions included:
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How did co-op and/or research at Drexel inform your choices for choosing what job you took upon graduation?
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For those who pursued master’s degrees without a thesis, did this limit you? Would you have done a thesis in retrospect?
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If you have experience in hiring, what skills do you look for when doing so?
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What is one piece of advice you'd offer to a senior looking to work in industry and be successful in the job search?
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Outside of career fairs, how would you expand your network?
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How often do companies hire part-time? I’m look for part-time work now as a student.
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What changes do you expect to happen in your industry? How can we, as students, prepare for those changes?