Career Opportunities in Bioinformatics

Below are search engines for searching for scientific employment. Some are good and some are bad.

http://www.bio.com/ -- We found this to be the best search engine for scientific job postings and background on a number of companies. Also a good site for bio news and events, research and education info. Information on government and organizations and products on the market or in clinical trials.

http://www.biopharmmed.com/ -- Also a good site for job search. Many of the listed jobs give an estimated salary and requirements in an easy to read format. There is also a place to post your resume.

http://www.biospace.com/ -- Bio news, career info, investors info, clinical development information, articles, and a link to Celera’s Genome News Network!

http://www.bioview.com/ -- Another good site for bio news, announcements, calendar of events, and jobs.

http://www.colorado.edu/chemistry/jobs.htm -- Jobs available in the University of Colorado Chemistry Department as well as a site that is helpful for searching for jobs. Site posts CU internship and career fair information and independent and work studies information.

www.fhcrc.org -- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

http://www.jobtrak.com -- jobtraks.com has job listings in all fields (You will need a subscription to this site (ie. through CU career services; their services cost about $35; http://www.colorado.edu/careerservices/)

http://www.medzilla.com/ -- eeeew, we did not like this one. Medzilla will distribute your resume to companies in its database and send you an email telling you which companies your resume has been given to.

http://www.monster.com/ -- Monster.com job search. Good site for posting your resume and searching for jobs! You post your resume the way you want it formatted and set up a job search agent. The agent will look for jobs with the criteria you enter and post them in a listing for you to look at. You do have to sign up to use these features, but it’s free!

http://www.nature.com/nbt/ -- (International Weekly Journal of Science) Search jobs, career info, events, resources, and updates on the human genome project

http://www.srbmg.com -- (Strategic Resource Biotech and Medical Group)

http://www.yahoo.com/ -- Yahoo.com has job searches in all sorts of fields

This site is funded by the National Science Foundation .

For Feedback or Suggestions, write us at: Deborah.Wuttke@colorado.edu