• sbc.ucdavis.edu/outreach/resource/dictionary_biotech.htm - JACKPOT of biotech/botany and science dictionaries!
  
  
• biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/ awesome information source, links to very helpful dictionaries for terms and acronyms, includes professional and academic resources.
  
  
• www.virtualref.com/abs/580.htm one of the most popular dictionaries for biosciences.
  
  
• www.deb.uminho.pt/fontes/biotech/default.htm Portuguese site that has been extremely helpful when I’ve needed to source candidates from Europe. Site lists conferences, organizations, research and news.
  
  
• www.bhrc.ca/JobBank/bhrcjob.html the Biotechnology Human Resource Council is a stupendous source addressing HR/staffing issues in the biotech industry.
  
  
• nextwave.sciencemag.org/miscinet/ Minority Scientist’s Network (Bio Diversity staffing site).
  
  
• dmoz.org/Business/Biotechnology_and_Pharmaceuticals/Employment/ DMOZ’s portal to biotechnology, rich with information and “surfing” opportunities!
  
  
• www.biospace.com/ lists positions available at biotech and pharmaceutical companies (mostly located in the US). If you join their “GenePool” you’ll receive free industry news.
  
  
• bayareabioscience.org/mlinks.html SF Bay Area portal of announcing area’s biotech companies and activities.
  
  
• www.massbio.org/careers/about_jobs_db.html Massachusetts’s Biotech Council - career portal. Great for job listings but no resume database.
  
  
• www.nyba.org New York’s Biotech Association – local career portal.
  
  
• www.wabio.com/ Seattle, Washington’s biotech portal includes a career section that handles job postings and resume submittals.
  
  
• www.canbiotech.com/ Canada based biotech portal, especially focused on B2B corporate and entrepreneurial exchanges in the international biotech industry. Great place for recruiters and agencies to post their services free!
  
  
• www.bioexchange.com popular portal, free email, and career section.
  
  
• www.fiercebiotech.com daily newswire.
  
  
• www.salary.com if you don’t know it yet, this site has biotechnology salary surveys for a good number of scientific titles.
  
  
• www.bio.com/ provides industry news, company profiles and job postings. The Career Center features a very useful collection of articles on Careers in the Sciences. Topics are relevant for both academia and industry and address such issues as job hunting and how to improve your career skills.
  
  
• www.bmn.com/ General bioscience site, great for research info and the scientists behind the research and findings.
  
  
• bioinfo.weizmann.ac.il/med/med_databases.html Medical and pharmaceutical databases on the Internet. This is a great place that will lead to a multitude of different groupings of information: abstracts, white papers.
  
  
• biocom.org San Diego’s biotech portal.
  
  
• www.biotechfind.com/ A fine search engine for biotech research, business and press release info gathering.
  
  
• www.the-scientist.library.upenn.edu/ is a bi-weekly science news journal that presents relevant articles pertaining to both traditional and alternative science careers in the Profession section of every issue. The site allows full access to archived articles and their authors… great candidate sourcing site.
  
  
• www.chi.org California’s Healthcare Institute, and a great site for California biotech conferences, contacts (candidates), and government advocacy.
  

Bioscience/Pharma Conferences

• www.nlm.nih.gov/hinfo.html National Library of Medicine.
  
  
• www.biotech-calendar.com conferences and events in Los Angeles/San Diego, CA., a great source of candidate referrals.
  
  
• dmoz.org/Science/Biology/Biotechnology/Meetings/ DMOZ’s list of biotech conferences, events and meetings.
  

Martin’s Favorite Discussion Groups/ Listbots/ Emailed Usenet

• www.nlm.nih.gov/listserv/emaillists.html A collection of listbots and discussion groups from the National Library of Medicine.
  
  
• forums.prospero.com/nwave/messages/?msg=257.1 Biotech/postdoctorate discussion board.
  
  
• dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Science/Biology/Biotechnology Yahoo groups biotechnology groups and discussion boards.
  
  
• groups.yahoo.com/search?query=neuro Yahoo groups neurobiology discussion boards.
  
  
• dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Science/Biology/Pharmacology?show_groups=1 Yahoo pharmacology groups and discussion boards.
  
  
• dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Science/Biology/Microbiology?show_groups=1 Yahoo microbiology groups and discussion boards.
  
  
• dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Science/Biology/Molecular_Biology?show_groups=1 Yahoo molecularbiology groups and discussion boards.
  
  
• dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Science/Biology/Cell_Biology?show_groups=1 Yahoo molecularbiology groups and discussion boards.
  
  
• groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&group=sci.bio this link will take you to many science discussion groups. Of particular interest to biotech recruiters will be: sci.bio.technology

Martin's Top "28" Biotech Career Sites and Databases

• www.bioview.com — Definitely my favorite biotech career site! Especially helpful is Bioview's News "L" email list, which brings lots of information to your desktop. The resume and jobs database is constantly updated. Particularly helpful is the biopharmaceutical "Layoffs" section, which will quickly become a prime tool in your sourcing. They will soon be launching a very unique bio-science career center!
  
  
• www.biocareer.com/index.cfm — The Biotechnology Industry Organization and SciWeb is a resource for biotech careers, jobs, and resumes, along with internship info and postings.
  
  
• recruit.sciencemag.org — Science careers, as the name implies.
  
  
• www.biospace.com/career_main.cfm — Biospace's resume/job database. It's popular.
  
  
• www.pharmaceuticaljobs-usa.com — Pharmaceutical job and resume resource.
  
  
• www.dnajobs.com — Jobs and resume posting site.
  
  
• www.biotechemployment.com — This one offers resume assistance to candidates.
  
  
• www.centerwatch.com/careers/careers.html — JobWatch also has a deep listing of biotech recruiters.
  
  
• www.acrpnet.org — The Association of Clinical Research Professionals. Click on career center at the bottom of the home page.
  
  
• www.drugdiscoveryonline.com — Click on the recruiter center for access to resumes.
  
  
• www.medzilla.com — A popular site for both healthcare and biotech candidates that has an easy-to-use user interface and large resume collection.
  
  
• www.pharmaceuticaljobsite.com/employers.html — A meta-search for biotech resumes. Quite unique!
  
  
• www.pharmajobs.com — German-based listing of international jobs and candidates.
  
  
• www.pharmachemjobs.com — Allows you to set up a customized "my pharmachemjobs" screen. Very neat!
  
  
• www.biofind.com/jobs/ — Easy-to-use search agents with emailed resume database updates.
  
  
• www.medcareers.com — Healthcare jobs, but make sure to check out their "GovMed" link.
  
  
• www.biomedicalengineer.com — A growing site with some wonderful learning publications that'll prove useful.
  
  
• www.jobscience.com — Multiple resources helpful to the recruiter.
  
  
• www.medhunters.com — Healthcare career hub.
  
  
• ns2.faseb.org/careerweb/ — This is the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, with many career resources.
  
  
• www.diahome.org/docs/jobs/Jobs_index.cfm — Drug Info Association. No resumes, but a good place to post jobs.
  
  
• www.job-sites.com/ra/rajobs.htm — Another fine site to post your jobs to; it's focused on regulatory affairs.
  
  
• www.jobspectrum.org — A biochemical-focused resume and job database.
  
  
• www.healthcareers-online.com — This is sort of a "meta" healthcare job posting and advertising site.
  
  
• www.chronicle.com/jobs/ — Presents daily news items and a collection of articles on issues in education and academia, as well as useful career development advice and job listings.
  
  
• www.sciencejobs.com — Science and chemistry jobs.
  
  
• myh.monster.com — The Monster.com healthcare portal.

More Career Portals!

• www.hirehealth.com — Their effort is to serve biotech, healthcare, and the pharmaceutical sectors simultaneously; this site's popularity is rising.
  
  
• www.snaiil.com — Great for bioinformatics jobs as well.
  
  
• www.elabrat.com — This site has a small but loyal following.
  
  
• www.hirebio.com — Nice collection of learning resources.
  
  
• www.biojobnet.com — Brand new site launched in September, worth a look.
  
  
• www.biotechnologyjobs.com — General resume/job listings.
  

Bioinformatics

• www.bioinform.com/index.htm — Newswire focused on bioinformatics information.
  
  
• dmoz.org/Science/Biology/Bioinformatics/ — Perhaps my favorite portal to information, research, candidates and events in the bioinformatics world.
  
  
• biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/pages/bioinfo.html — Collection of amazing bioinformatics sites online.
  
  
• www.hgmp.mrc.ac.uk/CCP11/ — International bioinformatics source for conferences, newsletters, and newsletters.
  
  
• www.bioarraynews.com/index.htm — Bioinformatics focus, particularly on micro arrays, biochips, etc.