Opportunities in industry are as diverse as biophysicists, but there are some universal strategies and tactics you can utilize to find and land jobs and careers in organizations that are aligned with your goals and values. In this webinar, you will learn how to look for roles in companies, how to seize a competitive advantage when applying for jobs, and how to leverage your unique biophysics background to create and grow a Unicorn Career in industry that provides you joy, meaning, and money. This webinar will specifically address opportunities for early career biophysicists, including undergrads, grad students and postdocs, to transition your career into corporate ecosystems.
Presenter:
Alaina G. Levine
Author, Networking for Nerds (Wiley, 2015)
Columnist, Your Unicorn Career, ScienceCareers/Science Magazine
President, Quantum Success Solutions, LLC
Alaina G. Levine is an award-winning entrepreneur, STEM career consultant, professional speaker, TEDx speaker, science journalist and corporate comedian. Her book, Networking for Nerds, (Wiley, 2015), beat out Einstein (really!) for the honor of being named one of the Top 5 Books of 2015 by Physics Today. As President of Quantum Success Solutions, LLC, she is a prolific speaker and writer on career development and professional advancement for engineers and scientists.
She has delivered over 850 webinars and speeches for clients in the US, EU, Mexico, Canada, Africa, Asia, and South America (including over 100 gigs in 2020), and has written over 450 articles in publications such as Science, Nature, Scientific American, National Geographic News Watch, World Economic Forum, and Smithsonian. She also writes "Your Unicorn Career", a careers column for ScienceCareers about finding your professional bliss. Levine authored two online courses for Oxford University Press on career development and entrepreneurship, is a consultant, speaker, and writer for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, and served as the event manager for an international conference on phononics. As a career coach and consultant, she has helped hundreds of clients in diverse fields, professions, industries, and regions create and land their own Unicorn Career. She holds bachelor's degrees in mathematics and anthropology with a certificate in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Arizona, and studied at the American University in Cairo as a US Department of Defense Boren Fellow.