ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses various careers in biotechnology and explains how one can get a suitable position in the biotechnology industry. It describes the status of job openings in the academic and industrial sectors involving biotechnology and shows how jobs in academic institutes are different than those in companies. Institutes and universities offering undergraduate to doctoral degrees in specialized fields of biotechnology have dramatically increased around the world. North America, which includes the United States and Canada, has the largest number of biotechnology institutes and universities in the world, where thousands of students are pursuing their education in various fields of biotechnology. European countries have also shown great interest in biotechnology education and research. Challenging career opportunities are available in specialized fields of biotechnology where candidates can work in the domain of drug discovery to find new treatments for various dreaded diseases. A biotechnology company offers many of the same career opportunities as any other manufacturing business.
