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 our Career Day 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?
• Find out about trainee programmes in industry?
• Interested in applying your scientific knowledge to a commercial setting?

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.
• Presentation of opportunities for entering the industry.
• Mingling with exhibiting companies.
• After Work.

AI-generated Match-Making
Submit your profile to Switch to Swedens AI-based match-making tool to have the opportunity to match with participating companies. If you are matched with a company you will get a 20-minute meeting with matching companies. Read more and sign up for participation in the match-making, no later than 17 November, 2024.
[ Registration for matchmaking will open in September - stay tuned! ]

PROGRAM

Morning Session

Venue: Auditorium in the Inspira building

08:00-08:30 Breakfast

08:30-08:35 Welcome by the moderator, presentation of hosts, partners, and sponsors

08:35-09:35 Competences for the Future 

09.35-09.40 Short (active) break in auditorium

09:40-10:25 Presentation of ongoing talent programmes

10:25-10:45 Coffee and mingle break

10:45-11:05 Presentation on how to boost your CV: Tips and trends

11:05-11:50 Lead your path in Sweden

11:50-12:20 How to make a move

12.20-13:20 Lunch while mingling with companies in the exhibition

[ Registration for this session will open in September - stay tuned! ]

Afternoon Sessions

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

Exhibition

Venue: Inspira building

12:30-17:00 Exhibition in the Café area

Meet exhibiting companies with open positions and other organisations.

Open for all - no registration needed.

Matchmaking

Venue: Restaurant Inspira

13:00 -16:00 Matchmaking

Time-slots (20 minutes) for students 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.

[ Registration for this session will open in September - stay tuned! ]

Parallel session 1: CV support

Venue: Bengt in the Inspira building

13.00-14.30 Active workshop

Update your CV with help from Pernilla Agardh at Agardh Recruitment & Consulting.

[ Registration for this session will open in September - stay tuned! ]

Parallel session 2: Make a more professional LinkedIn Profile

Venue: Allvar in the Inspira building

14:00 -15:00 Presentation and workshop on how to maximize LinkedIn

Active 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.

[ Registration for this session will open in September - stay tuned! ]

Parallel session 3: CV support

Venue: Bengt in the Inspira building

14.45-16.00 Active workshop

Update your CV with help from Pernilla Agardh at Agardh Recruitment & Consulting.

[ Registration for this session will open in September - stay tuned! ]

Parallel session 4: Make a more professional LinkedIn Profile

Venue: Allvar in the Inspira building

15:00 -16:00 Presentation and workshop on how to maximize LinkedIn

Active 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.

[ Registration for this session will open in September - stay tuned! ]

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.