Social Media and Career Development for Life Scientists

Unlike others, life scientists have been slow to use social media to look for jobs or network to enhance career opportunities.

By Clifford M on Apr 27, 2009

Unlike others, life scientists have been slow to use social media to look for jobs or network to enhance career opportunities. Many scientists have Facebook accounts but view it and other social media tools like Twitter simply as a means to stay in touch with family and friends. However, social media can be a very powerful tool for scientists who are looking for jobs or the next big career move.

To that end, I presented a seminar at Experimental Biology this past weekend in New Orleans entitled "Social Media and Career Development for Life Sciences" that offer suggestions on how to use social media to land a job or jumpstart a career in the life sciences industry. For those of you who may be interested, I posted the presentation to SlideShare

http://www.slideshare.net/cliffmz/socialmedia-lifesciences-18-22-april09