R&D Jobs for New Grad
Hi, I currently am a rising senior at Harvard undergrad graduating with a bachelors in Neuroscience with a minor in microbiology. As senior year is coming upon me, I am looking for entry level jobs in industry to work from in biotech in cambridge/boston area. I have 3+ years of research as an undergraduate and I'm going to be writing a senior thesis in Alzheimer in a lab in Brigham and Women and Children's Hospital in Boston. The problem that I keep seeing is that most of job offerings are for Masters/PhD graduates and or require 8+ years of academic research before getting into industry. I was wondering if any of you guys had thoughts on what to apply for, what companies to look for and if there is something I could do to be a more competitive applicant.
For more specifics, I have worked in academic for most of my undergraduate as a research assistant. i also have done corporate based work in companies but in different industries before. yes my current research is in the Department of Cancer Immunology & Virology | Dana-Farber Cancer-Institute specifically making therapeutics for Alzheimer's Diseases (drugs + gene therapy). I also have worked in NIH virtual for one summer in their virology unit. I had a part time experience being an intern for Audible and Amazon Company in three different departments for 2 years (Finance: Strategy & Corporate Development, Content & Data Analyst, Technology Department: Quality Assurance) among other stuff.