Still attempting to pivot out of academia and into a pharma consulting, real-world evidence, outcomes research, medical writing or data science role
It's not a crisis right now, but the job I'm in won't last forever, it turns out
I'm actually hoping to get a job with a big pharma company, so if anyone here lives in that world or can help me get in, would appreciate very much
Also, 
no need to reply if you're going to tell me about how bad big pharma is
I've got enough applications and rejections that I can do a Kaplan-Meier survival analysis
Long-rank test p-value is 0.035, indicating that the curves are different overall
HR for rejection in applications to non-Medical Science Liaison (MSL) roles compared to MSL as baseline is 3.65 (95% CI 1.02 to 13.16, p=0.047), indicating faster rejection
Definitions:
- MSL: Field-based Medical Science Liaison roles focused on scientific exchange with healthcare professionals.
- RWE: Real-world evidence, HEOR, epidemiology, and safety surveillance research roles.
- Trials: Clinical research and CRO roles involved in study execution and trial coordination.
- Other: Roles that don't fit neatly elsewhere, including patient engagement, science communications, and medical education.
Job search milestone: sent out 50 applications as of today
(I started censoring applications at the 90-day mark, assuming that 90 days with no word is a quiet rejection)
65 applications sent out so far (the graph looks different now because I changed the graph's week bins to start on Monday. I had messed them up before and they were starting on Thursday or something.)
I have had 2 job interviews this week, and I'm feeling optimistic
The job application survival curves have progressed a bit
The MSL, Trials and Other curves look more or less the same
Medical Writer jobs is fresh, so there's no rejections yet
New is the RWE rejections, which seem to come a bit faster than the bulk of the rejections in the MSL curve
It's still the type of job that seems like the best fit for me
I just got rejected after the second round of interviews :/
Back to square one
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