Pharmaceutical Career Trends
The Great Pharma Job Shift: Where to Look, and How to Get There
Pharma jobs aren’t being lost, they’re just morphing into new shapes and sizes and reappearing in intriguing new places, says RegentAtlantic’s pharma recruiting expert Michael Steiner. The specialists and “athletes” have the advantage.
Erosion Control: 2009 Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey
With corporate structures and loyalties crumbling, our annual readers’ survey suggests that the key to job security is to stay relevant, connected, and nimble.
Top Jobs and Career Trends
Whether you're about to graduate from high school or are a working adult looking for a career change, choosing a college major can be confusing. It's challenging to select a career path that matches up with your personal passions and still puts food on the table. Understanding some of the trends that shape the job market can help narrow your search. If you're looking for job security and growth, you'll want to focus on the industries that are adding the most new jobs in the coming decade.
Using data compiled from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics and from major newspapers and magazines, we've got the information you need on the major careers and trends in the job market today. It should help you choose your career education wisely.
Job losses hit pharma sector as it braces for changeCost cutting continues with aplomb in the pharma sector, but what do the job losses mean for the health of the industry?
The pharmaceutical sector is changing.
Like almost every facet of industry, pharma is stuck in a financial mire. In addition to the worst global economic crisis in decades, pharma has to deal with a dearth of blockbuster drugs reaching the marketplace, and the expiration of lucrative patents as well.
After years of rampant growth, big-money mergers and heathy margins, the industry is entering perhaps its most significant period of transition.
Amid the financial gloom, even the typically resilient big pharma companies are having to refocus, tightening their belts and slashing millions of dollars from their expenditures. Job cuts were inevitable.
The financial results season has shown mixed fortunes for many players.
Employment Situation Summary August 2009
detailed report from the US Dept. of Labor
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in August (-216,000),
and the unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. Although job losses continued in many of the
major industry sectors in August, the declines have moderated in recent
months.
Job Trends in major industries
Annual Change of number of job postings by industry on job boards Drill-down to type of job by industry