Career Day | Life Science

Ideon Science Park and Medicon Village have teamed up to host two separate career days: Career Day | Tech at Ideon on 3 December, and Career Day | Life Science at Medicon Village on 4 December. If you are interested in the Tech-day, please visit Career Day | Tech. 

Companies interested in exhibiting, matchmaking, and meeting new talents at the Life Science-day, please visit Registration for companies.

Welcome to Career Day | Life Science 2024

Careers Centre at the Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, and Medicon Village warmly invite you to join 'Career Day | Life Science 2024' for master’s students, PhD candidates, and postdocs considering working in the life sciences industry.

Are you a Master student, doctoral student or early career researcher within the life science field and want to:

• Know the life science labour market in the region?
• Know what skills you need to be attractive?
• Meet your potential future employer?
• Write a convincing CV?

Then participate in this day full of useful and inspiring talks and meetings!

Besides providing practical career development skills which early career researchers need for a successful career in the life science industry, the event is also an opportunity to broaden your network and to mingle with potential employers that are present in the afternoon.

Programme includes:

• Introduction to job searching in the life science industry: From navigating the landscape to fine tuning your CV and LinkedIn profile.
• Mingling with exhibiting companies.
• After Work.

AI-generated Match-Making
Get the chance to be matched with a company through our AI-powered match-making tool provided by Switch to Sweden. If matched, you will be able to meet with a company for 20 minutes for a first chat.  Read more and sign up for participation in the match-making, no later than 17 November, 2024.
[ Sign up to join the matchmaking ]

PROGRAM

Morning Session

Venue: Auditorium in the Inspira building

08:30-09:00 Breakfast

09:00-09:05 Welcome by the moderator, presentation of hosts, partners, and sponsors

09:05-10:05 Competences for the Future

The life science sector and job market, Sarah Lidé, Deputy CEO, Medicon Village Innovation.

Forecast on skills and competencies, Erik Lindell, Näringslivsutvecklare, Region Skåne.

What competencies are needed within ATMP? Anna Falk, LU-ATMP.

10.05-10.35 Coffee and mingle break

10:35-10:55 Presentation on how to boost your CV: Tips and trends

Pernilla Agardh, Agardh Recruitment & Consulting.

10:55-11:40 Lead your path in Sweden

Hela Galvis, Project Manager, Switch to Sweden.

11:40-12:00 How to make a move

Jane Fisher, AdvanSci Research Consulting.

12:00-12:05 How can International Citizen Hub Lund support internationals who want to work and live in southern Sweden
Lisa Andersson, International Citizen Hub Lund.

12:05-12:10 Jobbsprånget Advanced Internship Programme: Your Fast Track into The Swedish Job Market
Peter Mayerhofer, Client Relationship Manager, Jobbsprånget.

12.10-13:00 Lunch while mingling with companies in the exhibition area

[ Sign up to attend the Morning Session ]

Afternoon Sessions

Exhibition, Parallel Sessions, Match-making and After Work.

Exhibition

Venue: Inspira building

12:00-17:00 Exhibition in the Café area

Meet exhibiting companies and other organisations eager to connect with new talents interested in working in the life sciences industry.

The list of exhibiting companies and organisations is continuously growing: Lundbeck, TFS HealthScience, BioInvent International, HØIBERG, Svar Life Science, SmartStep Nordics, Potter Clarkson, Naturvetarna, Workindenmark, Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona (IRB Barcelona), and others.

Open for all - no registration needed.

Matchmaking

Venue: Restaurant Inspira

13:00 -16:00 Pre-booked meetings with companies (for those who have participated in AI-matchmaking process only)

Time-slots (20 minutes) for those who have entered their professional profile into the AI-based matchmaking tool and have recieved appointments with matching companies. Sign up for this session if you want join the matchmaking.

[ Sign up to join the matchmaking ]

Parallel sessions: CV Support

Venue: Bengt and Sune in the Inspira building. Register for session A or B below.

[A] 13.00-14.15 CV support: Active workshop

Update your CV with help from Pernilla Agardh, Senior Recruitment Consultant, and Carmen Zhu, Recruitment and Marketing Assistant, at Agardh Recruitment & Consulting.

[B] 14.45-16.00 CV support: Active workshop

Update your CV with help from Pernilla Agardh, Senior Recruitment Consultant, and Carmen Zhu, Recruitment and Marketing Assistant, at Agardh Recruitment & Consulting.

[ Sign up to attend one of the two sessions ]

Parallel sessions: LinkedIn Profile Support

Venue: Allvar in the Inspira building. Register for session A or B below.

[A] 13:00 -14:15 Presentation and workshop on how to maximize LinkedIn

Interactive workshop format, i.e. while listening to the presentation you can update your LinkedIn profile. The session is led by Niclas Lindqvist, CEO, Svensk Medicin.

[B] 14:45 -16:00 Presentation and workshop on how to maximize LinkedIn

Interactive workshop format, i.e. while listening to the presentation you can update your LinkedIn profile. The session is led by Niclas Lindqvist, CEO, Svensk Medicin.

[ Sign up to attend one of the two sessions ]

Science After Work

Venue: Café Inspira

16:00 -18:00 Science After Work

Science After Work (Christmas Edition) at Café Inspira, sponsored by Potter Clarkson. 

Open for all - no registration needed.

Exhibition and matchmaking for companies
Companies looking for new well-educated talents within life science can register for an exhibition space and take part of AI-generated matchmaking at the event.
Registration for companies

The event is part of the Cross-border Talent Bridge project, an EU Interreg Öresund-Kattegat-Skagerrak-funded initiative aimed at strengthening talent attraction and retention in life sciences and deep tech in the Öresund region. The main partners in the project are the Municipality of Lund, Ideon Science Park, Medicon Village, Mobile Heights, Copenhagen Capacity, the Municipality of Copenhagen, and Medicon Valley Alliance.