Answering the BIO ‘help wanted’ ads
Among the Oklahomans who came to San Diego for the giant BIO 2008 International Convention this week was one who was seeking a job. His name is Fadee Mondalek and he is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Oklahoma.
Mondalek met prospective employers such as Johnson and Johnson, Merck, the Mayo Clinic and the Food and Drug Administration at the BIO Career Fair that was held the day before the convention officially opened. Biotech representatives from countries such as New Zealand, Canada and Scotland also were on hand to meet with potential job candidates such as Mondalek.
“A lot of people really got interested when I started describing what I do,” Mondalek told me when I met him at an informal dinner Monday night for the Oklahoma delegation.
“I handed out my resume to a lot of people and they asked me to e-mail an electronic copy to them so they can send it to other people.”
The Scots and the New Zealanders seemed especially interested in bringing in scientific talent to bolster their medical research industries, said Mondalek, who is a native of Lebanon.
For instance, the New Zealand representative promised to quickly cut through the red tape for anyone with scientific training who was emigrating to that nation.
“The lady there said if you are in the bio field you can get a visa in two weeks,” Mondalek said. “Basically it sounded like she’s saying just come there and don’t worry about anything, we will give you citizenship just like that.”
Mondalek said he has worked toward his doctorate under the guidance of University of Oklahoma researcher H.K. Lin, who is also among the Oklahoma delegation at the BIO conference.
Jim Stafford
Business Reporter
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