Biotech Job Search Blog

When people hear "you need to network," most of them picture awkward small talk, sliding into strangers’ DM, and feeling like you’re asking for something from people who have no reason to give it to you. I feel the immediate cringe. I totally get why it feels that way. But that version of networking — transactional, uncomfortable, vaguely desperate — isn't actually what builds a career in biotech. And if that's the mental model you're working from, it's worth replacing it bef

I've reviewed thousands of resumes over my career in biotech talent acquisition. And I formed an opinion in the first 10 seconds of almost every single one. This is the unfortunate reality of how hiring works. Recruiters are moving fast, reviewing dozens of applications for a single role. In that first glance, we're not reading, we're scanning. And what we're scanning for might surprise you. Here's what I was actually looking at in those first 10 seconds. The Format Either Wo