ALA Career Connections at LabAutomation2008

Monday-Wednesday, January 28-30, 2008

ALA Career Connections is one of the select few highly discrete, automated and integrated employment programs that intuitively bring together its online professional services with its respected career center and development sessions at LabAutomation2008 in Palm Springs, CA., USA.

Job Seekers
Job Seekers may submit resumes online through the ALA web site and onsite in Palm Springs, interview with top companies, browse the job boards, and network with recruiting professionals.

Get started today by creating an account!

Human Resource Professionals & Recruiters
With approximately 5,000 participants concentrated at LabAutomation2008, our career center substantially narrows the applicant pool to very highly qualified prospects. Your company can conduct highly confidential and professional in-person interviews, and have a major presence in a quaint setting that nurtures networking and relationship building.

Call our Career Connections Associate Denise Wade today at 1.703.248.4775.


NEW! Life After Graduate School: Presented by The American Chemical Society Tuesday, January 29

This course is graciously sponsored by Pfizer.

New to LabAutomation this year is a one-day program focused on the transition from the academic world to the business world dealing with such sensitive items as interviewing skills, appropriate attire, relocation, cultural impacts, and much, much more.

Instructor: Professor Joel Shulman, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati

    10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
    • Targeting the Job Market: How to Prepare Yourself and Begin a Job Search
    • Resume Preparation: There's always Room for Improvement
    • Effective Interviewing for Industry: A Trainable Skill

    2:00 – 2:30 p.m.

    • Question and Answer Panel with Industry Leaders

    2:30 – 3:00 p.m.

    • Break

    3:00 – 3:45 p.m.

    • Workshop for International Students: How to Effectively Find Work in the United States


PharmaLogics Recruiting Partners with ALA

Monday-Tuesday, January 28-29
In an exclusive arrangement with ALA, PharmaLogics Recruiting, Braintree, MA, USA, will provide professional and discrete career services for LabAutomation2008 attendees. PharmaLogics Recruiting consultants will be on-hand for private, one-to-one dedicated time to conduct mock interviews, review resumes, and strategize market opportunities with job seekers and hiring managers. Sign-up today at: http://careers.labautomation.org/counselinginfo.asp. This is a free service.


Wednesday, January 30
Career Development and Diversity for the Technical Professional in Today's World Economy

Career development has become more challenging than ever for the technical and scientific professional. Few individuals can expect long-term relationships with a single company, and staged career development must become self-driven. Four accomplished technical professionals provide their own experiences as case studies, and provide their personal perspectives for future career development in today's world economy in this thought-provoking panel discussion.

Panelists:
Leader: Ed Delaney, President, Reaction Science Consulting, llc.
Megan Driscoll, President, PharmaLogics Recruiting, Inc.
Peter Grandsard, Ph.D., Executive Director of Research, Amgen
Betty Shanahan, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Society of Women Engineers