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Career Development Sessions
Master crucial conversations.
Your ability to hold a crucial conversation at work is key to your ability to lead a team, meet goals, and collaborate with your colleagues. Learn how be “heard in the herd” in the Career Development Center at AAPS PharmSci 360. Add these sessions to your schedule on the PharmSci 360 app, and look for them in the Career Development Center, located in the Solutions Center (Exhibit Hall).
HOW TO SAY, “THIS ISN’T WORKING OUT”
Effective leaders know when and how to have this conversation to help their teams and their organizations find long-term success. Whether you have been in a supervisory role for 10 months or 10 years, you will not want to miss the tools and strategies discussed during this session. (A joint AAPS/ American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy presentation)
WORKPLACE ANXIETY: MOVING FROM STRESS TO STRENGTHS
“It’s not the load that breaks you down; it’s the way you carry it.”—Lou Holtz
Stress is a significant problem in today’s workforce. Learning to recognize and manage stress will help you develop the appropriate work-life balance, which will lead to increased job satisfaction and higher productivity.
WOMEN IN PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE POWER HOUR: TACKLING QUESTIONS HALTING CAREER PROGRESSION FOR WOMEN
Research shows that the number of women in senior leadership roles drops off significantly at higher levels in pharmaceutical organizations. This session will address some of the issues and impediments that challenge women in the pharmaceutical space and focus on strategies for connecting with women in pharmaceutical science across the globe through the AAPS community platform.
HOW TO CONNECT, CONVEY, AND CONVINCE WHEN YOU CONVERSE
Conveying findings to others is as much a part of the scientific process as coming up with the findings in the first place. So, paying attention to the challenges of crafting papers and formal presentations is critical. But what about the less formal opportunities to convey scientific knowledge? Purposeful conversations call for many of the same communication tools as effective presentations—but with the added challenge that conversations are also opportunities to build relationships.
PEBBLES IN YOUR MOUTH: MASTERING THE ART OF SPEAKING CLEARLY
Communication breakdowns can be costly. On the R&D side, these financial losses often result from miscommunication between native and non-native English speakers. Conversations become critical when a mispronunciation or misuse of language communicates an entirely different message than intended. This program targets some of the most common pronunciation and presentation struggles for non-native English speakers in an interactive, enjoyable, and nonthreatening environment. Participants leave with immediately applicable skills and increased confidence in their ability to communicate more clearly. These new skills will benefit you, your coworkers, and your supervisors.
GETTING YOUR FOOT ON THE RUNG OF THE LEADERSHIP LADDER
The Problem: You are ready to move into management, but your lack of leadership experience blocks your way. How will you ever get to the next level if no one will give you an opportunity to build your leadership credibility?
The Solution: Capitalize on leadership opportunities outside the usual career ladder to build a foundation of leadership experience that can prepare you for the roles you want. This session is a must for anyone seeking to expand his or her leadership capabilities, but whose current position does not offer such chances for growth.
REEVALUATE, REFOCUS, AND REIGNITE YOUR CAREER AFTER A BAD EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
“I don’t like my job. I can’t stand my boss. I feel trapped!” All these thoughts indicate that you have lost the vision of your current employer. Staying in an employment relationship for too long will increase your stress level and impair your ability to make logical employment decisions. The emotions involved in this situation can compromise your self-confidence, cloud your judgment, and impede your ability to communicate your strengths and desires to a new employer. This session will help participants recognize the signs of a bad employment relationship and share strategies for how to identify and pursue employment opportunities that help you reach your career goals.
Find a Job at the PharmSci 360 Career Development Center
The online PharmSci 360 Career Development Center helps employers attending PharmSci 360 find the candidates they seek. Upload your résumé and get found! Once you have registered for the event, you will receive an email giving you access to the online center.
- Upload your résumé.
- Browse job openings.
- Contact companies attending PharmSci 360 hoping to meet candidates.
- Book an interview!
While you are in the Career Center, take time to meet exhibiting companies hiring now.
Don’t miss the LinkedIn Bar, where you can get a free critique of your LinkedIn profile. AAPS members have told us that LinkedIn is the social media platform they turn to first—make sure you are putting your best foot forward online.
Recruiters: To book a booth at the meeting, post an opening on the Online Job Board, or participate in the LinkedIn Bar, contact Kate Hawley.
Résumé Review volunteers: Sign up with Joy Davis.
Job seekers: To post your résumé, look for an email from AAPS after you register for PharmSci 360.
Résumé Review Appointments Available
Sign up to have your résumé reviewed! AAPS arranges for a professional working in your field to meet with you to discuss your résumé through our résumé review program. Seating is limited and booked in advance, so sign up early! Email us to book a review.
Student Lounge: For Students and Postdocs
Students must wear their student ribbon for admittance to the lounge.
Student Lounge hours:
Monday, November 5 7:00 am – 5:00 pm
Tuesday, November 6 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
Wednesday, November 7 7:30 am – 5:00 pm
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Student Chapter Chairs Meeting
Sunday, November 4
2:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Marriott Marquis Hotel, Georgetown Room
This event offers student chapter chairs a great opportunity to meet their fellow chapter leaders, exchange ideas, share best practices and challenges, network across schools, and learn about AAPS offerings for students.
Mentoring Breakfast
Tuesday, November 6
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Marriott Marquis Hotel
Are you interested in gaining career advice from a seasoned scientist? Or are you a professional with words of advice to pass along to students and emerging professionals? If you fit either category, please join us at the Mentoring Breakfast to engage in informal, one-on-one conversation related to career development and, if desired, to find an appropriate mentor-mentee match. No sign-up needed; breakfast will be served.
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