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What job can molecular PHD. do after graduation? Can they go to medicine company?

I'm an undergraduate student in China and my major is biological science. I want to apply for a molacular biology PHD in the USA. But I have no idea about what I can do after graduation of PHD? Is that OK for me to apply for a job in a medicine company after graduation from PHD? What kinds of work can I do in the medicine company? Is that OK if my research field is narrow? Thanks.

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1. You may be able to do this, but don't count on it. It depends on the project that you work on, who's lab you worked in, how successful you are in your project, and ultimately what sort of job you are after. Basically, if you want to get a very high level position right after graduation then you must work very hard, an have a bit of luck. You will require a well crafted medical type project. A narrow scope project is just fine, just let it be in animals or a model that medical people use. The best project will also let you demonstrate that you have learned many different types of skills. You will need several well written first author publications in high quality journals. This is how you demonstrate what instruments and protocols you are familiar with. If possible be a member of a high profile lab that has great respect in the field you study in. This is hard to accomplish at this and failing to accomplishing all or some aspect of this may not necessarily be due to lack of drive. As much as I hate it, there is a certain amount of luck involved in this as well. Getting a good project that lets you run far and develop marketable skills is not always easy. The art of balancing that with the need to study and learning new skills can still hamper progress even if you are fortunate. This is unfortunately very true if you have limited english skills. Poor or strongly accented english can easily be over come in a few years, but it will hamper your rate of learning and at first and may even limit your ability to cooperate with your peers. The effect of this is that most people will require post-doctoral work for a few years to develop a more impressive CV (curriculum vitae) before finding permanent employment. This is basically true of all science career paths. Post-doctoral work is not typically well paid, but its manageable if you have a simple life. Once you have had a successfully post-doc I am sure you will find employment achievable. There is a good demand for research provided that you achieve a skill that is just a bit better than the average. Expect job acquisition to also rest on your interview skills. The good CV will get you in the door, but then it is your person that will win the job. Quiet introverts tend to need to work on the art of the interview. Companies interview differently than do government or education institutions. Apply when you are ready (near the end of a project), but beware, start early it can easily take six months to a year to find a very good position. Apply often and in many (10-20) places. It is better to turn down good jobs than to have to take a bad offer in desperation. You may get rejections due to poor fit or bad interview skills. Be polite, but ask why you failed and learn from this. Use this information to improve your job search. Good Luck