BCLA presents a Career Month this February, which will consist of weekly career development workshops during the first three weeks, followed by our annual Career Fair.

Career Fair

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 12 PM-4 PM PST

Join us on Remo for the much-anticipated career fair, where we already have over 20 companies confirmed to exhibit. Come prepared in professional attire and make sure to have your CVs ready to share with our recruiters!

Check out the event booklet here!

12:00-12:05 Introductory Remarks

12:05-1:00 Exhibitor tables

1:00-1:10 Spotlight presentations 1&2

1:10-2:00 Exhibitor tables

2:00-2:10 Spotlight presentations 3&4

2:10-3:00 Exhibitor tables

3:00-3:10 Spotlight presentations 5&6

3:10-3:55 Exhibitor tables

3:55-4:00 Closing remarks

The career fair will be hosted on Remo and information of the meeting will be emailed via Eventbrite.

Past Events:

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 5 PM-6PM

CV Workshop with Scismic

In this workshop, Helen Vong, VP, Business Development of Scismic, will share her professional insights to make your CV stand out during your virtual job search.

This workshop will be hosted on Zoom and information of the meeting will be emailed via Eventbrite.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 5 PM-6PM

Effective Interviewing : Tips and Strategies to Ace your next Virtual Interview

This workshop will feature Dr. Roshni Rao, Director, Career Services, John Hopkins University, who will provide strategies to set you up for a successful virtual interview.

This workshop will be hosted on Zoom and information of the meeting will be emailed via Eventbrite.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 5 PM-6PM

Maximizing your Online Networking Experience

In the last career development workshop of BTC, Octavio Avila, the Director of USC Dornsife Career Pathways, will share career fair strategies that focus on how to effectively network online, establish your personal branding on social media, and craft an elevator pitch.

This workshop will be hosted on Zoom and information of the meeting will be emailed via Eventbrite.

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Speakers

Helen Vong

Helen Vong is the VP of Business Development and Customer Success at Scismic. She oversees operations and has helped expand Scismic's footprint to the West Coast. Helen's experience spans different industries where she's built and managed teams focused on customer relations and its technology. In her role at Scismic, she has helped many companies set up effective hiring processes and understand what companies look for in their candidate evaluation process.

Dr. Roshni Rao

Dr. Roshni Rao is the Director of PHutures, a new office created to establish and grow a culture of life design, professional development, mentoring, and connections for our doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows at Johns Hopkins University. Roshni currently develops a plan for enhancing the professional development, life design, alumni connections, employer engagement, and career opportunities for doctoral students and Postdoctoral fellows at Johns Hopkins University. Roshni holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Carolina, PGDipSci from the University of Otago in New Zealand, and bachelor’s in microbiology, Chemistry and Botany from St. Joseph’s College at Bangalore University in India.

Octavio Avila

Octavio Avila serves as Director of USC Dornsife Career Pathways. Octavio’s career spans 20 years in higher education including work in career and academic advisement, admission, and institutional leadership. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Ethnic Studies from UC Berkeley and a Master of Education degree from the USC Rossier School of Education. His primary interests include education, psychology, neuroscience, philosophy, and human performance.

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BCLA Core Sponsors:

https://cnsi.ucla.edu

Established in 2000 as one of the Governor Gray Davis California Institutes for Science and Innovation, the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) is a hub of interdisciplinary research, translation, and education where scientists from diverse fields find common purpose in addressing grand challenges of the 21st century. With locations at the University of California’s Los Angeles and Santa Barbara campuses, the CNSI leverages public and private investment to drive collaborative nanoscience research across disciplines, translates discoveries into knowledge-driven commercial enterprises, and educates the next generation of scientists and engineers.

https://dornsife.usc.edu/bridge-institute

Building upon the university’s Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience Initiative, the Bridge Institute unites eminent professors across the entire university, including the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the Keck School of Medicine of USC, as well as animators and cinematographers in the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, and technology transfer experts in the USC Stevens Center for Innovation. We are artists, engineers, scientists and physicians bridging the molecules of life to improve the human condition. Imagine a world where scientific data is released from the confines of its originating discipline, allowing us to better understand, integrate and advance knowledge. Our values are Teamwork, Imagination, Innovation, Learning, Teaching, and Convergence.

https://biosciencela.org/

BioscienceLA’s mission is to ensure that Los Angeles has a collaborative, well-coalesced ecosystem that encompasses all aspects of the Southern California life sciences cluster – biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical diagnostics, bioinformatics, healthcare IT, medtech, digital health, and more.

BioscienceLA is not designed to duplicate existing activities or organizations but to help harmonize the efforts of all regional stakeholders -- academic institutions, research hospitals, investors, startups, mature companies, trade associations, public and quasi-public agencies, and others -- to advance Los Angeles’ capacity and pace of innovation.