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Alternative careers are available in the financial field for college graduates. Below are the offerings geared specifically for college graduates by a well-known financial services company, Edward Jones. The best part of the offerings is that they are geared for college graduates with any field of study, including science, and any level of sales/financial experience, including no experience.

Edward Jones offers two separate programs for recent graduates looking to start their career- the Rotational Development Program and the Financial Advisor Training Program.

The Rotational Development Program (RDP)

The RDP offers recent college graduates a twelve to eighteen-month cross-training experience that allows individuals to rotate through various divisions and departments of the firm. Divisions and departments that participate include branch development, client solutions group, human resources, information systems, operations, and service. Each RDP associate is tracked to a specific final placement (position) following the completion of the rotation program. This program is available in both St. Louis, Mo and Tempe, Arizona. To learn more about RDP, visit Edward Jones website by clicking here.

Financial Advisor Training Programs

College graduates can join Edward Jones as Financial Advisors, controlling their career and compensation. In this role, you will work independently from your own single-advisor, neighborhood office helping clients to achieve their long-term financial goals. All the training you need to become a successful Financial Advisor will be provided regardless of your area of study, although a financial background is a plus.

Based on your qualifications and background, there are three ways to become an Edward Jones Financial Advisor. The first way is through the “Traditional Training Program”, geared for college graduates with financial services or sales experience. The second option is the “Financial Advisor Apprentice Program”, a four month program geared for individuals who have graduated with the past 3 years who lack financial services or business development experience, but have a proven track record of success. Lastly, Edward Jones offers the “Practical Application of Service and Solutions (PASS) Program.” The PASS Program is for recent college graduates who have demonstrated top-level ambition, but need financial services industry and/or sales knowledge and experience.

To learn more about the Financial Advisor Training Programs, visit Edward Jones website by clicking here.

Stay posted to learn about other career opportunities!

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It should come at no surprise that mobile applications is one of the fastest growing markets, with the number of users quadrupling over the next several years. There are mobile applications available for almost all areas of life, including for scientists and researchers. There are a lot of applications available for scientists, so how do you pick out the top favorites? Alex Hodgson from BioHub Blog recently wrote a post highlighting a few apps that caught her attention.

‘Bio-Apps: Technology Meets Science’

By Alex Hodgson

Mendeley iPhone App
Free

This application indexes and organizes all of your PDF documents and research papers into your own personal digital library. It gathers document details from your PDFs allowing you to search, organize and cite. It also looks up PubMed, CrossRef, DOIs and other related document details automatically, importing papers quickly and easily from resources such as Google Scholar, ACM, IEEE and many more at the click of a button.

Sync with Mendeley
Mendeley (Lite) for iPhone syncs seamlessly with your Mendeley research collection. This means that you can now carry your personal digital library with you wherever you go.

Read your Papers Offline
If there is a paper you want to check out later, you can download it over wifi straight to your iPhone from your online library. It will remain available to read offline at any time, making it easy for you to read what you want, when you want.

Share Citations
If there is a paper that you just need to let your colleagues know about right now, you can share the citation to that paper from within the app via email.

Molecules
Free

Molecules is an application for the iPhone, iPod touch, and now iPad that allows you toview three-dimensional renderings of molecules and manipulate them using your fingers. You can rotate the molecules by moving your finger across the display, zoom in or out by using two-finger pinch gestures, or pan the molecule by moving two fingers across the screen at once. The combination of the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad’s unique multitouch input system and the built-in OpenGL ES 3D graphics capabilities enable you to feel like you are manipulating the molecules themselves with your fingers.

New molecules can be downloaded from the RCSB Protein Data Bank

Primer Jot
$0.99

This molecular biology application aims to help you keep track of your oligos, all in one place, calculate the primer melting temperature (Tm) (based on a standard set of conditions) and categorize it, assign a project, as well as physical location details. Search feature ever allows you to quickly search primers/oligos based on name, project, sequence, Tm and even your notes. A must-have for anyone who works with PCR.

BioLegend Tools for the iPad/iPhone Application
All Free

BioLegend CD Molecules Applications
The application compiles information on all of the Human and Mouse CD Markers based on the findings of the HLDA workshop. Now you can find CD molecule information quickly and conveniently in the palm of your hand.

Cytokines & Chemokines Application
This application provides you with important information about your mouse and human cytokines and chemokines. Now you can find information about cytokines and chemokines quickly and conveniently in the palm of your hand.

BioLegend Tools for the iPad
This application includes information on Human & Mouse CD Molecules from the HLDA Workshop and Cytokines & Chemokines,an Antibody Usage Calculator as well as a lab timer.

Apps from Invitrogen
Free

DailyCalc
Calculate molarity and formula weight, or find unit conversions and cell culture references all with this smart calculator widget.

Alexa Fluor Selection Guide
This handy app serves as a quick reference guide for selecting the perfect Alexa Fluor® dye for your research.

Promega
Free

This application provides lots of great information for life scientists, including quick access to molecular biology calculators, technical tips, protocols, and multimedia presentations. The calculators provide a range of functions essential to molecular biology experiments, including DNA and protein conversions, melting temperature, molarity and dilution calculations.

The Protocols & Applications section of the App covers molecular, cell biology, DNA and protein analysis procedures, and is divided into chapters covering a comprehensive range of topics –from basic amplification techniques to real-time PCR, from simple cell-based assays to complex imaging techniques, and from protein expression to more involved protein interactions assays.

All are available through iTunes

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Dendreon Corporation is a Seattle-based biotechnology company, focused on targeting cancer to transform lives through the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to fight cancer.

Committed to developing innovative cancer therapies, Dendreon is evaluating a variety of therapeutic approaches. While each approach employs a distinct mechanism of action to destroy cancer cells, they all share a common attribute–- a targeted therapy platform that addresses an unmet medical need, improves the lives of patients, and provides a favorable safety and tolerability profile.

Dendreon’’s research and development program is exploring the application of active cellular immunotherapies (ACIs) and small molecules to the potential treatment of a variety of cancers. To learn more about ACIs, get the free PDF article below.

Use the following links to find out more about job opportunities within Dendreon:

Biotech Research Jobs (http://dendreonjobs.com/)
R&D jobs (http://dendreonjobs.com/careers/research-%EF%B9%A0-development-jobs)
Biotech Sales Jobs (http://dendreonjobs.com/careers/sales-jobs)

For more details or to apply for these openings or any of the many other job openings at the Dendreon Corporation please visit their career page,
http://dendreonjobs.com/.

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