Career Opportunity Resources

Career opportunities for students in Applied Biosciences are vast and exciting. Industry options include pharmaceuticals, devices, biotechnology, bio-medicine, bioinformatics, agriculture, agribusiness, and animal sciences. Opportunities exist in academic, private, government, and even non-profit arenas.

It is strongly recommended that students, both prospective and currently enrolled, research the career and job options posted online to plan and fine-tune their own career objectives, find internships, and ultimately employment.

Use these websites as a starting point to explore the possibilities for your career path. What jobs are out there? What skills do they want? Are there places you would like to explore for internships?

• BIOCOM ®
• Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
• ScienceCareers from the journal Science
• University of Arizona Biotechnology and Science Career Resources

Many of these sites have Career sections with information on hot jobs, different career paths, advise on resumes, job searches and interviewing techniques. With most of these sites, you can look for jobs and/or, set up a profile with them and get automatic e-mails every day or week on the new job postings for the criteria you select.

Some of these sites have weekly magazine format e-mails with information on the latest happenings in both academic and industrial biosciences.