Alternative Science Careers

 

There are some great training programs available in the pharmaceutical industry for those pursuing alternative options in starting a career (a lot of my knowledge will tend to cover pharma or biotech as that is what I am most familiar with. If you are interested in other areas, feel free to add to the post).

Some of the programs require an MBA (or pursuit of one), while others do not. Most are a 2-3 year rotation program so that you get a breadth of knowledge in a particular field. Here’s links to a few that I found if you would like to dive in deeper and find out more information.

• Johnson & Johnson offers 5 different training programs- finance, human resources, international recruitment, procurement, and company-focused leadership development programs. There are more details on the website along with how to apply to these, see link below.
  

http://careers.jnj.com/careers/global/graduate_target/leadership_development_programs/index.htm

• Merck offers unique rotational programs in Information Systems, Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing, and Human Resources. These assignments rotate every 8-12 months over a period of 2-3 years. Merck does not provide very much detail on their website. They mention that you need to visit them at a presentation or career fair held at your school to learn more about their leadership and development programs. Check with your school to see if they will host them or know who you should contact.

• Wyeth does not seem to have leadership development programs, but they do have MBA summer intership programs where they hire 1st-year MBA students and provide them the opportunity to work for 12 weeks in areas such as Marketing, Strategic Product Development, Marketing Analysis & Research, and Business Development. To find out more, click on the link below:
  

http://www.wyeth.com/careers/pharmaresearch/university/mba

• GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) offers an IT and procurement development program. See link below:
  

http://us.gsk.com/html/career/career-our-programs.html

I am sure there are more opportunities out there than just these listed. If you know of any, please feel free to share with your fellow students.

 

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