With the economic downturn, it’s harder than ever to find another job if you unfortunately get laid off from your pharmaceutical job. To that end I have laid out 7 things you should be doing diligently, every week until the end of the year. If you do this I assure you that you will not be caught with your pants down if the most unfortunate happens.

1. NETWORK – And I do not mean network with other pharmaceutical reps or managers necessarily. I mean network with reps or managers in the industry you want to get into. For example biotech, medical devices or another industry altogether. The time to get your ducks in a row is NOW. As a former District Manager, Brand Manager, and Director and even in my current role at corporate I have reviewed and interviewed hundreds and hundreds of people. The only people I interviewed were the ones who were sent to me by an internal person. Not from a Monster or The Ladders posting or one of the many online career websites.

2. RESUMES– Make it a goal to send out 3-5 resumes per week. This may not sound like a lot but in 1 month you will have sent out 12-20 resumes and you are bound to get 1-2 calls from that effort at the very minimum.

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As one of the largest commercial industries, the healthcare companies provided more than 14.3 million jobs to medical professionals in the past year; the number grows every year at a significant rate. This sector is ranked eighth among the 20 fastest growing businesses across the world. Companies dealing in this sector claim to generate 3.2 million new wages and salary jobs over the period of 2008 to 2018.

What benefit can it do to you? This shows that as a Medical professional, you will enjoy more career options and better job security and stability. Now, you will not be rationalized most likely, thanks to the advancements in the medicinal sector. The increased number of medicinal equipments and medicines   there is a continually increase in the demand of medical professionals.

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In India, Biotechnology sector is one of the fastest growing knowledge-based sectors. It plays a significant role in shaping the development of Indian economy rapidly. This is the most prominent branch of the future. Biotechnology is based on biology as well as subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry and engineering and it is used in agriculture, food science and medicine. United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity defines about this program,” Any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.” Biotechnology usually refers to genetic engineering technology of 21st century. There are many courses of Bio-technology i.e. B.Tech, B.Sc., M.Sc. etc. offered by several colleges and universities. In this regard, SGI (Sharda Group of Institutions) Institute also offers B.Sc (Bio-tech) program for those students who do not opt Maths as a subject in 10 + 2. The eligibility criterion for this program is 50 % marks in 10 + 2 with subjects Physics, Chemistry, Biology. This institute provides various facilities to its students such as superior labs and computer facilities, Competent & highly qualified faculty-mix of academics and filed experience, Industry visits, project, seminars, guest lectures, enriching academics and much more. After doing B.Sc (Bio-tech) course from SGI Institute, one can also make a good career in this field because it has become one of the fastest growing sectors in India. The student can get attractive package after doing this course. SGI (Sharda Group of Institutions) institute has well qualified and sincere teaching staff members that give their full assistance to the students. The management of the institute has also decided to update their knowledge and acquiring new skills so that students can learn more effectively. Every student is anxious about his future after completing his course and wants to get a good job in his particular field. So SGI Institute also assists the students for getting the placements. For this, it conducts various campus interviews with the leading companies of India for the placement of the student. At last, Sharda Group of Institutions that provides B.Sc (Bio-Tech) program also gives full assistance to the students for making career in this field. Therefore, it provides various facilities to them.

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Avian flu is a illness caused by a distinct kind of avian or bird influenza virus. Scientists have discovered that there are fifteen types of avian flu viruses that affect the bird populace. The existing outbreak of avian flu is brought on by the H5N1 virus.

The lethal H5N1 virus has caused the death or culling of an estimated two hundred million birds over a widespread of countries such as Cambodia, China (which includes Hong Kong), Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Thailand, Malaysia, Mongolia, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam.

The truth about plagues includes the reality that “no grand pandemic ever evolved divorced from significant socio-political upheaval.” SARS advanced a political agenda a lot more than a public well being emergency. If public well being officials earnestly intended to avoid these new emerging diseases, or successfully treat them at their roots, I repeated, they would study their obvious origins from the merged military-medical-biotechnology arena. A fundamental course in medical sociology merely justifies this utilitarian counsel.

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