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Online Career Service Turns Focus to 'Switching Gears'

Thursday, May 29, 2008 General News
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SANTA CRUZ, Calif., May 28 Bio Career Center(http://www.biocareercenter.com) an online job board and careers tool site forlife-science professionals, has partnered with Turning Points ResearchInstitute who has developed Career Navigator -- a new product to help those inthe life science sector transition within their fields with success -- tolaunch this new online product to its community.
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"Career Navigator has been used in career courses for years in manyuniversities," said Nick Folger, president of Bio Career Center. "Onlyrecently has it become available online, and we are excited to be a part ofits launch into the postgraduate life sciences field."
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Career Navigator offers a deep, internal look at values, knowledge,experiences and mission to those changing professional directions. It is astructured self-assessment tool that leads to a career plan, goals and missionstatement. Career Navigator includes a companion book and a 1 year renewablesubscription to the user's data. This organic, reflective tool helps withongoing interviewing, branding and career change by peeling back personal andprofessional layers to create a vision of future direction and purpose.

"We believe that personal qualities, values, success themes and personalmission are crucial elements to navigating life transitions. Career Navigatoroffers a systematic approach to understanding life themes, taking control ofthe next chapter, and being the hero of our life story," said Mike Ballard,executive director of Turning Points.

About Bio Career Center

Bio Career Center features a jobs board that gathers the life sciencespostgraduate and clinical communities of each member school into one place, astaff that liaises with employers, and deep and rich content that focuses onthe many career options for life sciences M.S.'s, Ph.D.'s and M.D.'s. Thecompany has 13 higher learning institutions including University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, Cornell, Stanford, University of Pennsylvania,University of Washington and Vanderbilt University. Bio Career Center can beaccessed via member (university) Web sites or athttp://www.BioCareerCenter.com. The service is free to students and alumni ofmember institutions.

About Turning Points Research Institute

Turning Points Research Institute is a family-run social enterprise thatproudly offers online planning tools, books and group curricula to thosenavigating life transitions. Our mission is to help clients discover theirmeaning & purpose -- to add "juice" to their careers and their lives. Over thepast 25 years, hundreds of participants have attended Turning Points trainingsand seminars through university career centers, alumni associations, communitycolleges, coach training programs, and retiring senior groups.Bio Career Center Contact: Ms. M.C. Eckard 877-862-4656, Ext. 108 [email protected] Turning Points Research Institute Mr. Mike Ballard 720-641-5919 [email protected]

SOURCE Bio Career Center
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