Hi all! I am doing my neuroscience phd and about to graduate. I am looking for pharma jobs in Germany but there is nothing for me so far. Entry level jobs are so few. And I am not a data scientist or bioinformatician. Is there anything I can do to increase my chance to be hired? Thank you for your advices!

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To be honest, just open to do in vivo work… no one wants to do mouse work these days.

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I most definitely am. My expertise lies in physiology and mouse studies actually but there is no job for in vivo people. All positions are about either bioinformatics or cell culture studies unfortunately.

Look for post doctoral positions at big pharma. Be open for relocation. Also try searching for small boutique life science consulting firms, medical communications / writing, etc. Good luck.

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I am open for those but I guess I couldn't find these boutique companies. Thank you so much!

Look outside of pharma. I used to work for Siemens and they employed all kinds of smart people for all kinds of interesting projects. They were a great company to work for in the right role. I had lots of fun working for them. I know people who are both still there and have joined them since and they like it. I know 3M had a big layoff recently, but they are always looking for a wide variety of PhDs especially their soon to be spun off health care division. GE’s health care division too.

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