{"id":1574,"date":"2016-03-31T11:42:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T15:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/?page_id=1574"},"modified":"2018-05-04T14:15:55","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T18:15:55","slug":"career-tracks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/career-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics --><br \/>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=UA-117784070-2\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script>\r\n  window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];\r\n  function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);}\r\n  gtag('js', new Date());\r\n\r\n  gtag('config', 'UA-117784070-2');\r\n<\/script><br \/>\nBiomedical careers\u00a0have been separated into seven broad and overlapping tracks. Skills required for these tracks have been collected from current job postings\u00a0in each field.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/career-tracks\/academic-research\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Academic Research<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/career-tracks\/business-administration\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Business &amp; Administration<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/career-tracks\/communication\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Communication<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/career-tracks\/academic-research-2\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Industry Research<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/career-tracks\/law\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Law<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/career-tracks\/policy\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Policy<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/career-tracks\/teaching\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Teaching<\/a><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.burning-glass.com\/products\/labor-insight\/\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Labor Insight<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><sup>TM<\/sup><\/span><\/a><\/span> was used to generate job market trend data for biomedical professionals with doctoral degrees.<\/p>\n<h5>Summary<\/h5>\n<p>Of the 7 career tracks examined, this is the percentage of jobs in each:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Pie-Chart.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Pie-Chart-636x636.png\" alt=\"Pie Chart\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2855\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Pie-Chart-636x636.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Pie-Chart-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Pie-Chart-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Pie-Chart.png 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Core Skills<\/h5>\n<p>These skills are essential to most biomedical career tracks:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Career-Track-Skills.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Career-Track-Skills-636x234.png\" alt=\"Career Track Skills\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2852 size-medium\" width=\"636\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Career-Track-Skills-636x234.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Career-Track-Skills-768x282.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/best\/files\/2016\/03\/Career-Track-Skills.png 941w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on the career tracks above for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biomedical careers\u00a0have been separated into seven broad and overlapping tracks. Skills required for these tracks have been collected from current job postings\u00a0in each field. Academic Research Business &amp; Administration Communication Industry Research Law Policy Teaching Labor InsightTM was used to generate job market trend data for biomedical professionals with doctoral degrees. 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