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Ask HN: To HN people searching for biotech jobs

by tima101 on 2/14/22, 5:32 PM with 3 comments

I've built a simple job board for biotech startups (smaller and younger biotech companies): https://workinbiotech.com

If you are seasoned biotech worker or young graduate searching for a job in biotech:

1. Do you actively select smaller companies when looking for a job or size does not matter to you?

2. Do you find companies' size and funding information useful on a job board?

3. I found that there are very few companies with size 251-500 employees. For those looking to work in smaller companies, do you find 250+ employee companies too big?

4. Would you sign up for a weekly newsletter that send you the most recent jobs for selected categories?

5. Would salary range be useful to you as a candidate?

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Question to broader HN community, how would you go about gathering salary information for biotech companies without crowdsourcing from employees?

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Thanks!

  • by kevinskii on 2/14/22, 6:31 PM

    I gave quick answers to your numbered questions in a separate comment. Regarding your "question to the broader HN community" about getting salary info, maybe the best way is to ask companies to provide it themselves, and offer evidence that this will lead to a higher number of quality applications (assuming it does).

    Crowd-sourced salary info is really useful for the industry as a whole, but not for specific companies. It's common for salaries to vary by up to 2X for people at the same grade level.

  • by kevinskii on 2/14/22, 5:44 PM

    Great website! I will take a closer look later. To answer your questions:

    1. Do you actively select smaller companies...? No, size does not matter.

    2. Do you find companies' size and funding information useful...? All info is useful, but I wouldn't consider this absolutely essential.

    3. ...do you find 250+ employee companies too big? No.

    4. Would you sign up for a weekly newsletter... Hell no. Sorry.

    5. Would salary range be useful...? Definitely.