Using Social Media to Advance Your Life Sciences Career: Strategize With Megan Driscoll

NEW YORK, June 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- As the pharmaceutical industry continues to change, it has never been more important for industry professionals to keep ahead of career opportunities. Even if you're not planning to change jobs soon, having a strategy is essential.

Unfortunately, there is a huge amount of advice, much of it conflicting, on everything from how to write a resumé, to developing an online presence and building a network. As a result, many underuse, or misuse, social media.

To help address these issues, CPhI PharmaEvolution.com will present an hour-long video chat on Monday, June 17, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. ET. Our guest speaker, recruiter and career expert Megan Driscoll, President of Boston-based Pharmalogics Inc., will offer advice on developing an online presence and making it part of an effective career strategy.

A special focus of the program will be using social media, to cut through the online noise and ensure that your online presence gets results.

During this program, Ms. Driscoll will share real-life examples of what to do, as well as what to avoid. She will also offer best-practices for:

• Examining your career so far ‒ Where are you, and where would you like to be? Are your resumé and online presence in line with your goals? What are hiring managers looking for?
• Using LinkedIn ‒ Must-haves, dos and don'ts for profiles, group discussions, and sharing
• Plunging into Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, effectively and efficiently
• Getting comfortable with video

The program will be interactive, and attendees will be able to ask Ms. Driscoll questions directly.  After the live event, the program will also be available on-demand on PharmaEvolution.com.

For more information and to register for this free event, please click here: http://www.pharmaevolution.com/video-stream.asp?section_id=3043&doc_id=560124

CPhI Pharma Evolution (www.pharmaevolution.com) is an online community that addresses the needs of professionals in pharmaceutical R&D, manufacturing, supply chain management, and quality control.

Contact:
Amy Averbook
Sr. Marketing Director
UBM DeusM
(917) 743-2693 
averbook@deusm.com

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About UBM DeusM
UBM DeusM (www.deusm.com) is an integrated marketing services company owned by UBM plc, targeting the fastest growing segment of the online publishing industry: business social media. The company is led by Managing Director Stephen Saunders, Min's Marketer of the Year 2010. He and the other UBM DeusM principals have built and delivered more than 45 successful sites and online communities over the last two years. UBM DeusM's service is based on a unique platform, called Community in a Box (CiaB), which employs a structured system of proven B2B Web publishing best-practices, combined with a breakthrough integrated multimedia publishing platform ("n-Server") to enable marketers to quickly and profitably set up specialized communities for their target customers.

SOURCE CPhI Pharma Evolution