Posted by: HappyFace May 23, 2008
Lab assistant or Lab technician?
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EutaKeti,Which city and state do you live in?????Research Tech is what most Bachelor holders qualify for. Research Tech has different levels likeRT I, II, III. It depends on your work experience to which level you qualify for. For example,if you are a fresh out of college Bachelor Degree holder without any out of college experience,you qualify for the RT I position. After you work in RT I for about a year or even less than ayear, you will qualify for RT II level, and further experience qualifies you to RT III. Research Associate is a position higher than RT. RA is atleast Master with some experience. RAs havehuge research responsibilities and carry out many experiments in lab that would require a well-trained person to do so. After RA comes, Post Doc position, which only PhD holdersqualify for. The definiton of the RT and RA above is a standard defition for these two positions used inLife Science/Science Research Field. However, each position definition may change dependingon the employer and some employers do not care much about what level or what position are you.As long as you meet their basic requirements or if you convince them that you are ableto do what they expect from you, you are good to go. Like ss47k has suggested above, many hospitals ask for license although a few may not ask. It will be probably easy and fast for you to apply in Research Facilities (both Hospital researchcenters and Educational/Instutional/Independent/Private Research Centers) or at companies, which involve Chemistry and Biology like Food Manufacturing COmpanies, Beverage Companies, Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals and so other companies.You can also apply jobs through recruiters; infact it will be easy to land jobs if you go throughrecruites. Some of the good Scientific Recruiters are:Kelly ScientificAdecco TechnicalsOn Assignment Lab SupportK Force ScientificAerotek ScientificMan Power Professionalsor google "Scientific Recruiters" in your area and you get some more results. Go and meet therecruiters, don't just send your resume online. If you need some more help, post in this thread. Good Luck! 
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