survey on European Job Migration by YEBN (Young European BiotechNetwork)

["Dagmar M. Meyer" <dmeyer@DROPMEmariecurie.org>]

Dear All,

the Young European Biotech Network (YEBN) has just launched a survey on
European Job Migration in the area of biotechnology, which might be of
interest to some of you. If you are working in this area, please see below
for more details.

The webpage of the survey is
http://www.yebn.org/portal/index.php?module=pnesp&func=view&sid=81

Kind regards,
Dagmar


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Questionnaire on European Job Migration

"Brain drain" and "off shoring" - terms we all know only too well, terms
with hard-hitting consequences for thousand of young biotech researchers,
scientists and technicians from across Europe.

Since European job migration is a key concern of YEBN and its members, we
have decided to embark on the European Job Migration project. Over the
next few months we intend to communicate with over 1000 young European
biotech professionals from all fields of specialisation. We want to
investigate their current career situation with the help of a
questionnaire.

Our aim is to bring the key problems encountered by Europe's young
researchers, scientists and technicians to light and to identify the major
stumbling blocks for those considering a future in biotech research and
development.

The goal is to identify areas and actions that should be considered by
Europe's decision makers in order to improve innovation and research
performance in Europe's biotech sector. Furthermore, we intend to make big
progresses toward a Europe being "the leading knowledge-based economy in
the world".

By presenting the questionnaire, this project was launched at The World
life Sciences Forum BioVision 2005. Whether you are a young researcher, a
scientist or a technician, please take 5 minutes to fill in our survey and
help us to "Mitigate the Migration and Buck the Biotech Brain Drain".