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Biotech Career Fair at the 2007 BIO International Convention Offers Unparalleled Opportunities for Job Seekers.


Expanded Career Fair in Boston Features New Partners

WASHINGTON -- The fifth annual BIO Career Fair will take place on Sunday, May 6, 2007 at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation).
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 in conjunction with the 2007 BIO International Convention -- the global event for biotechnology. Featuring more than 45 potential employers, the BIO Career Fair provides a unique, complimentary, one-day opportunity for job seekers job seeker also job·seek·er
n.
One who seeks employment.
 to meet and network with international organizations in the life sciences sector. The 2007 BIO International Convention, sponsored by the Biotechnology Industry Organization Biotechnology Industry Organization or BIO was founded 1993 in Washington, DC. James C. Greenwood is BIO's current President. External links
  • BIO Website
 (BIO), will take place May 6-9, 2007 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center (BCEC) is the largest exhibition center in the Northeast United States, with some 1,700,000 square feet (15.8 hectare) of contiguous exhibition space. .

This year for the first time, the American Association American Association refers to one of the following professional baseball leagues:
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 of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS AAPS American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
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) and BostonWorks, a division of the Boston Globe, join BIO and the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MBC (Multimedia Benchmark Committee) A graphics benchmark that provides MPEG-2 and other tests. See GPC. ) as sponsors of the Career Fair.

"The BIO Career Fair is like no other biotechnology career fair -- it offers job seekers an exclusive chance to meet with potential employers from all over the world," said Robbi Lycett, vice president for conferences and conventions at BIO. "Partnering with AAPS, BostonWorks, and MBC allows BIO to increase the opportunities at the Career Fair, and continue to make it an excellent chance for career networking in the biotechnology industry."

The new partnerships will allow AAPS to manage the Career Fair on behalf of BIO, and for BostonWorks and MBC to work with the local biotech-rich community to attract both employers and job seekers. Interview rooms at the Seaport World Trade Center will be made available to participating employers on May 7, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Complimentary registration is required to participate in the BIO Career Fair.

John Lisack, Jr, Executive Director at AAPS adds, "The BIO Career Fair will be the sixth event we have managed in partnership with other associations. We feel that BIO will greatly benefit from our expertise in managing events such as this and are pleased to have been selected for the fifth annual BIO Career Fair."

The Career Fair at the 2007 BIO International Convention will offer the following new features:

* Free seminars on "Marketing Yourself to Your Future Employer" and "Moving Your Career Forward" for job seekers.

* Free resume posting on both the BIO Career Fair Web site and the Boston Globe Web site. Additionally, a recently announced partnership between Boston Globe and the Internet job search engine Monster.com will provide Career Fair participants with additional features; more details on this opportunity will be made as they become available.

* Participating employers will be given free advertising space in the Boston Globe.

Additional information about the BIO Career Fair, as well as resume posting, pre-screening, and expedited registration is available for all job seekers at www.biocareerfair.org.

For more information on exhibit space sales, please contact Chris Reed Chris Reed (Japanese: クリス・リード) (born July 7, 1989) is an American-Japanese ice dancer who currently represents Japan. He competes with his sister Cathy Reed.  with the AAPS at reedc@aapsa.org or 703.248.4773.

The 2007 BIO International Convention, will take place May 6-9, 2007 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The global event for biotechnology is expected to draw more than 20,000 international attendees, as well as 300 public officials from more than 30 countries, and will host more than 1,800 exhibiting companies for four days. The 2007 BIO International Convention will showcase the biotechnology industry and its global impact.

Advance media registration for the BIO International Convention is now available online. Registration is complimentary for credentialed members of the news media. To register, please visit www.bio2007.org/Media. Reporters and editors working full-time for print or broadcast news organizations may register on site with valid media credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. . All freelancers, college and online publications are strongly encouraged to register in advance by Friday, April 20, 2007.

About BIO

BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies Top 100 Biotechnology Companies
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, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and 31 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of health-care, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology Environmental biotechnology is when biotechnology is applied to and used to study the natural environment. Environmental biotechnology could also imply that one try to harness biological process for commercial uses and exploitation.  products. BIO also produces the annual BIO International Convention, the global event for biotechnology. www.bio.org
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