Reviews & Analysis

Labour mobility within the pharmaceutical and biotech sectors in Europe is becoming a crucial issue to both employers and employees.

As governments look ever more critically at the costs of drugs, those working in the pharmaceutical industry must become aware of the effects on their own career prospects.

Adoption of quality standards, increased legislation and the need to prove due diligence are generating a growing market for personnel with skills in quality control, quality assurance and regulatory matters. This assessment comes from a company offering recruitment services in the field.

The United Kingdom, almost alone among European countries, does not have internationalization as an integral part of its education and training policy.

A comparison of trends and costs between two European Union countries, the United Kingdom and France, and the impact that regulation can have on employment opportunities.

Multinationals are investing increasingly in local operations, with indigenous rather than expatriate managements. Scientific jobs are mainly filled by Australian graduates, many with overseas experience.

While the traditional career ladder may remain, for many the career pathway—the means of achieving one's career objectives—has altered significantly.

Many scientists find bench work unrewarding after some years spent in the laboratory and if there are no prospects of promotion— especially in the research environment — they may consider moving to a technical sales career.

Science parks are all the rage, not just as locations for new industries but as means of making universities grander places. What follows is a symposium of sometimes fulsome opinions, often by managers of science parks, of their advantages to researchers.

In the first of a monthly series of articles, written in the main by people who are professionally involved in recruitment, Larry Botheras sets out some ground rules for those considering a career move into industry.