BGS Career Development
Making It Count!
Attend the BioSciences Career Fair on October 24, 2019 from 1 – 4 PM in the Colket Research Building to meet over 50 employers across biotech/pharma, consulting, science communication, and many other career fields!
Register and view the employers who will attend: https://upenn.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/9858
Are you interested in a career in consulting, but not sure where to get started? Or are you about to start interviewing? Or are you just interested in free food?
Let us help you.
Come join us on Thursday, September 5th, 5:30-6:30 PM in Jon M. Huntsman Hall (room 255) to learn about management consulting as a career path and upcoming PGCC events made to help propel your career.
We are also excited to feature Sudhir Kondisetty, Principal in Risk Advisory Services at RSM. Sudhir will be sharing his first hand account on what it’s like to work at RSM, and his personal journey to success in consulting.
Register for the event at www.tinyurl.com/pgcc2
Sign up for our email list at www.penngradconsulting.com to stay updated about more great events on campus.
Interested in gaining real life consulting experience? Want to learn more about consulting and the healthcare industry?
When: Thursday, September 12th 2019 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Where: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Room 350, 3730 Walnut St
Join Penn Biotech Group Healthcare Consulting at the Fall Kickoff for:
–An intro to the consulting career path
–An overview of PBG, including what we do and how to apply for projects
–Grab food and then drinks at our kickoff happy hour (location TBD)
–Network with fellow PBG members
–For more information about PBG, visit our website at pbgconsulting.org
–No business/consulting experience necessary
If you cannot make it to the kickoff, please sign up for our email list at
tinyurl.com/PBGnews and we’ll be sure to include you in communications going forward about signing up for project teams.
Become a PBG member: tinyurl.com/PBGmember.
Graduate students interested in a career in consulting are invited to come learn how to ace case problems with PGCC. The workshop will be led by Caiyue Xu (PhD Candidate in CAMB and incoming consultant at L.E.K.)
When: July 18, 2019 from 6-8 PM
Where: Location TBA
Register here. Dinner will be provided.
The Penn Graduate Consulting Club (PGCC) is now recruiting e-board members. They invite all non-MBA graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to apply to the PGCC e-board.
The mission of PGCC is to provide non-MBA graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with opportunities to learn about consulting careers and to prepare for careers in consulting. The 2019-2020 PGCC e-board will set the agenda for the upcoming year and will host several events to help members connect with the consulting world, including the annual PGCC Case Competition, professional workshops, information sessions, social events, and pro bono consulting projects. If you have ideas about how to better serve the PGCC community, they strongly encourage you to apply to be on the e-board!
To see details about e-board roles and responsibilities, see the PGCC website. To apply for an e-board position, please fill out this form by Sunday June 9th, 11:59PM EST. You will need to attach your resume and a one-page cover letter to your application.
The cover letter should address the following: 1) Your personal background and background in consulting; 2) Why you are interested in the position; 3) Why you are capable and suitable for this position; 4) Your prior experience in other student clubs and any other information you want to share.
One of the PSOM’s most distinguished faculty members, P. Leslie Dutton, FRS, Eldridge Reeves Johnson Professor of Biophysics and Biochemistry, is retiring. Leslie is a former chair of the B&B department, and a former chair of the Biophysics Graduate Group (before BC and BP merged). There will be a scientific symposium in his honor, Friday, May 31st – Saturday, June 1st.
More than 25 PhD students graduated from Leslie’s lab, from 1978 onwards, and almost ALL of them will be at the symposium! About 10 of them will be speaking. These alumni have gone on to successful careers in academia, industry, gov. research. consulting etc., so this would be a unique opportunity for BGS students to see and meet them. The symposium is open to everyone, and there are also two breakfasts which would provide opportunities for students to meet and talk informally with these alumni.
To see the full itinerary for ‘Les Fest,’ click here.