Career Development in the Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry
Editorial note: I recently attended an excellent presentation on Allyship at my workplace. I invited the speaker Jose Ureta, a Human Resources Generalist Partner at Genentech, to share a guest post on what is Allyship and how to be an Ally at work.
If you’re like me, you probably get at least a few emails each day with tips or resources on working from home in this current pandemic. Don’t worry, I’m not sending you my own list of tricks (though our guest post was pretty awesome!). Let’s face it, who’s got time to read these emails? Between work, Netflix, and whatever is happening at home? Delete immediately.
This week I had some motivation (or procrastination?) to tackle my inbox. I found that there’s plenty of good content out there, sometimes with overlapping advice. Therefore, I am simply summarizing (~200 words or less for each article!) only the most useful articles so that you don’t have to read them yourself.
Finding a mentor and/or career advocate can increase the chances of career success. Mentorship is defined as the “guidance provided by a mentor, especially an experienced person in a company or educational institution.” However, the practice of effective mentoring is truly a relationship between two people rather than a one-way conversation.
Editorial note: We are interested in learning how mentors and/or career advocates have played pivotal roles in your career journey. Please nominate a mentor who displays high-quality attributes so that we may feature them on the blog. What qualities do they possess and how have they impacted your career? Send your nominations to womeninpharmacareers@gmail.com or contact us here.
...continue reading "Finding a mentor and career advocate"Recently, I attended a seminar in which the topic of career development was raised. The speakers addressed the steps that a professional can take to be “successful” in his/her career. This idea of success in one's career made me think about what success means to me. I do not think that success is merely a promotion (although I will gladly accept a promotion!). For me, success in my career is much more holistic. I believe that individuals should have the freedom to define career success in their own terms.
...continue reading "How I define success in my career"I am going to admit it - my work email inbox is out of control. Today, I have over 800 unread emails and several hundreds more that I have opened but have not filed. I could spend several days straight dealing with just email and never get any actual work completed.
Each time I open my inbox, I am struck with the decision that I have to make for each email: Do I need to respond? Do I need to finish reading it? Should I file it away? When I came back after months of maternity leave, my manager advised that I should just delete everything and start fresh.
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