Job search motivation

[Elite Engineer]

So, I graduate in 1 week, and I've already sent out 7 application to various biotech companies in my area. I know the job searching is difficult and tiresome, but geez, it gets to you after the 3rd or 4th application.

 

Can any of you guys here give me your stories on starting your career..some motivation per se. So I dont have to resort to blowing my brains out, or driving truck in 3 years.

 

~EE

[Mordred]

While I don't work the biotech industry. Never forget to search the related industries.

 

Myself having my own degrees. I can relate to completion of a strong acedemic level to work correlation.

Take some advice, " DON'T ignore the stepping stones to a strong profession.". !!.

Look for related channels of related fields that can use your knowledge pertaining to your field.

Edited May 6, 2016 by Mordred

[ajb]

Keep sending more applications out... what else can you do?

 

Which reminds me, I have applications to fill in very soon... it never gets any easier.

[Sirona]

Getting your first job out of University is very difficult; I had to move overseas to secure a good job. The best you can do is to apply to as many advertised positions as possible, personalise your application and include a cover letter by clearly addressing the selection criteria. It might also help to call companies directly to see if there are any opportunities. Most people get a job not from an advertisement but through contacts so it may also help to network on social media and at University. It's hard to convince someone to give you a chance to get your foot in the door, but it does get easier once you've got a bit of experience under your belt, so keep persevering and good luck.

[fiveworlds]

Ha you're not as bad as me I have sent thousands of cvs at this stage. Last interview I had basically was "we tend to hire people in bad situations and you seem ok" - mac donalds. Just wait until you get the you aren't qualified in this field line... Sigh.

[CharonY]

As already said, networking typically has the most influence on landing a job. That being said, seven applications are really not that much in the modern economy. Also searching locally can be quite limiting and one would have to need quite a bit of luck to be successful under these circumstances.

[Elite Engineer]

Thanks for the input everyone! I've heard it's difficult getting your first job..but I thought I would at least get an interview. Hot damn, application saturation here I come!

While I don't work the biotech industry. Never forget to search the related industries.

Myself having my own degrees. I can relate to completion of a strong acedemic level to work correlation.
Take some advice, " DON'T ignore the stepping stones to a strong profession.". !!.
Look for related channels of related fields that can use your knowledge pertaining to your field.

What do you consider to be a related field..perhaps to biotech?

[Delta1212]

Based on a non-scientific survey of people I know and myself, you're more likely to get a job once you get to the interview stage than you are to get to the interview stage by sending in your resume.

 

I know plenty of people who'd send out a dozen resumes just to get one interview, and then get a job after interviewing for 2-3 positions.

[DanTrentfield]

So, I graduate in 1 week, and I've already sent out 7 application to various biotech companies in my area. I know the job searching is difficult and tiresome, but geez, it gets to you after the 3rd or 4th application.

 

Can any of you guys here give me your stories on starting your career..some motivation per se. So I dont have to resort to blowing my brains out, or driving truck in 3 years.

 

~EE

I haven't graduated yet, but the only jobs that I know that aren't AS hard to get as the real ones are full time, or part time jobs at restaurants, Like the Maggiano's I work at. Which some how I managed to get the lead chef position. I think it might have something to do with the fact that the former lead chef, good as he was, would always drink in our kitchen, because our kitchen is set up where we have this bar between us and the rest of the kitchen with a narrow slit to put food through, The real cook area is behind the slit, and the hot-plate area is in front of it, so no one could see him drinking. His luck ran out when our boss happened to pay him a visit because a friend of his was eating at the restaurant and wanted something special, and he was caught with a wine glass in hand. Anyways long story short I got a significant pay raise and full time position, and I got to do something I love for a job, cook. So it worked out well for me

[iNow]

You're sending 7 applications... per hour, right? Not per day, or per week, or total?

[Elite Engineer]

You're sending 7 applications... per hour, right? Not per day, or per week, or total?

7 in one month

[CharonY]

Based on a non-scientific survey of people I know and myself, you're more likely to get a job once you get to the interview stage than you are to get to the interview stage by sending in your resume.

 

I know plenty of people who'd send out a dozen resumes just to get one interview, and then get a job after interviewing for 2-3 positions.

 

Well, but that is just a consequence of how it works, right? I mean in the resume stage (or stages) you start pruning down applicants, and when it comes to the interview you have a relatively small candidate pool. I.e. the likelihood of getting selected increases after each pruning as the pool gets smaller.

But you are right that actually getting to the interview is the first challenge.

[fiveworlds]

7 in one month

 

 

You know I used to think I'd just apply for jobs I wanted to do. But I quickly realised that I couldn't be picky because there are plenty of jobs I am not qualified to do. For instance my first job was a hotel chef. I wasn't qualified for the position and yet they took me on for a while because they needed staff immediately. Just apply to any jobs you can that you are legally able to do.

[nec209]

So, I graduate in 1 week, and I've already sent out 7 application to various biotech companies in my area. I know the job searching is difficult and tiresome, but geez, it gets to you after the 3rd or 4th application.

 

Can any of you guys here give me your stories on starting your career..some motivation per se. So I dont have to resort to blowing my brains out, or driving truck in 3 years.

 

~EE

 

 

You never should of got into bioscience these days. The market is massively flooded with people wanting jobs in biotech companies or pharmaceutical companies. Everyone is is taking biology and chemistry and into the bioscience stuff these days.

 

Really should of gone into being a doctor, nurse or specialist or professor.

 

Way too many people getting into this line of work these days. More people than there is market and jobs.

 

I think you are going to have very hard time findng a job these days in that filed.

Edited May 7, 2016 by nec209

[CharonY]

If you think that becoming a professor is easy, I have some very bad news...

That being said, many biotech/pharma companies had hiring/expansion freezes after 2007 and have only recently starting to expand again. The issue is basically that due to those freezes there is higher surplus than usual of qualified personnel. The situation was already pretty bad before the economic downturn for job seekers, really bad during the crisis and now it is probably somewhere in-between.

[iNow]

7 in one month

Oh, wow.

 

You need to decide if you want A job or THE job, and...if the latter... how long you can feasibly hold out financially until it (if it?) comes along (days, months, years, decades...).

 

When I got laid off at my last job, my daughter was about five months old and my wife wasn't working. It was all on me to figure out and I applied to about 7 jobs per hour for roughly 13 hours per day for about 2 weeks before a real opportunity was eventually presented.

 

Try not to sacrifice the good in pursuit of the perfect.

Edited May 7, 2016 by iNow

[Delta1212]

Oh, wow.

 

You need to decide if you want A job or THE job, and...if the latter... how long you can feasibly hold out financially until it (if it?) comes along (days, months, years, decades...).

 

When I got laid off at my last job, my daughter was about five months old and my wife wasn't working. It was all on me to figure out and I applied to about 7 jobs per hour for roughly 13 hours per day for about 2 weeks before a real opportunity was eventually presented.

 

Try not to sacrifice the good in pursuit of the perfect.

 

Yeah. If you need a job right now, you need to be doing 7 an hour. If you need a job relatively soon, but it's not an emergency (you don't have anyone but yourself to support, for instance), 7 a day is probably fine. If you aren't too concerned about how long it takes, 7 per week is not unreasonable.

 

7 per month is a pace you want to keep up if you're doing something else with your time and aren't all that concerned with whether you get a job anytime soon or not.

[ajb]

Thanks for the input everyone! I've heard it's difficult getting your first job..but I thought I would at least get an interview. Hot damn, application saturation here I come!

 

 

It was very difficult for me to get my first proper job. It took 2 years of applications and some sh*tty jobs in between. So just stick with it.

[Elite Engineer]

 

 

You never should of got into bioscience these days. The market is massively flooded with people wanting jobs in biotech companies or pharmaceutical companies. Everyone is is taking biology and chemistry and into the bioscience stuff these days.

 

Really should of gone into being a doctor, nurse or specialist or professor.

 

Way too many people getting into this line of work these days. More people than there is market and jobs.

 

I think you are going to have very hard time findng a job these days in that filed.

Ya sure, Il just go be a "doctor", like it's that easy. i applied for CLS, but my gpa was 0.2 off. Biotech is all I got now.

[CharonY]

I have checked some statistics about the job market for college graduates and actually since are looking up with levels coming close to pre-recession numbers. The issue is probably still that a lot of people that did not get a job during the recession may still be on the market. Still, cranking out applications now is likely to have a much higher success rate than in the last ~10 years or so. So keep sending them out.