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Innovation Team Director finds right mix of theory and application to inspire creativity

Harvard Professional Development

Innovation and Educational Research, Director, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. For much of my career, I contributed to pharmaceutical and biotech drug discovery as a scientist, team leader, and scientific program manager. How has the program helped your career development? Wells, Ph.D. Boston, MA. Empowering.

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How to Nail a Great Internship

On The Job

That means interns are put through a program that exposes them to a wide variety of experiences at the pharmaceutical and health care company so they can be evaluated for their skills. Our internship program is a core component of our talent pipeline strategy," she says. It's a way to identify our future leaders."

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We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs.

Penelope Trunk

'Saving lives' (as is the case in your example with the pharmaceutical company above etc) is the means to making a profit and not the ends of their work. There was so little opportunity for true growth or development but I kept telling myself that I should be happier being at a non-profit and not "working for the man."

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