Career opportunities for Bioscience graduates

Career opportunities for Bioscience Graduates

There are many students who wish to pursue their career in Bioscience after plus two. Before you proceed you must know what are job opportunities in this field apart from the research program (Ph.D.) and Govt jobs.

For those who have done B.sc / M.sc, of course, going for PhD will be the best option. But there are many students who cannot afford to PhD or the circumstances don't allow them or simply they just like to go for the job. So I will discuss here the other possible career opportunities in the private sector.

1.Medical coding: This is one of the best options for bioscience especially physiology, microbiology, biotechnology graduates.

Fresh graduates without any professional medical coding certificates also can apply for this job. There are multiple MNC who hires the fresher medical coder. You can apply through an online job portal.

For better growth in the medical coding field, professional certifications are necessary. Eg. CPC, CCS from AAPC and AHIMA

2.Medical adjudication & medical billing: This is another option for bioscience graduates. It is also called a medical claim examination for adjudication. Medical billing includes data entry, processing and sometimes calling. Though from another field also people can apply for this but knowledge of anatomy physiology diseases will always have added advantages. There are a number of outsourcing companies who hire fresh graduates.

3. Clinical data management jobs: This is another best job option. But getting into this job is not easy for freshers. The leading company for this is Quintiles. There are also other MNC who offer jobs in clinical data management for Bioscience freshers.

4. Jobs in the food industry: Graduates/postgraduates in Biotechnology or food technology or microbiology can apply for these jobs.

5. Medical representative: Though from any background people can apply for it but with a background from bioscience will always have an added advantage for career growth in this field.

A medical representative for medical instruments also a good option.

How to apply for jobs:

First, upload your resume in online job portals. eg. Naukri, monster, times job, indeed, etc . when uploading your resume in the headline add the keywords which job you are looking for. eg. “medical coding”, “medical billing”, “Clinical data” etc.

Also, post your resume on the particular company website in a career option. Search the company names on google. Go to their website. There will a career option to apply for.

Mail your resume to the Company email id.

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