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Advancing Your Career as a Woman in the
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Anabella Villalobos, Ph.D.
Pfizer
Teri Quinn Gray, Ph.D.
DuPont
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Advancing Your Career as a Woman in
the Pharmaceutical/Chemical Industry
Anabella Villalobos
November 10, 2011
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Where to Start?
• Build a track of accomplishments
• Tell your story
• Define your career aspirations
• Ask for what you want
• Build a network of mentors
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Establish a Track of Accomplishments
• Scientific
• Leadership
Look for opportunities to build your
credibility
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Build Your Scientific Accomplishments
• Be known for delivering on your projects
• Advance new scientific thinking and
directions in your discipline
• Present and publish your work internally
and externally
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Develop Your Leadership Skills
• Step up for opportunities to lead teams in
your work place
• Volunteer to lead sessions in internal or
external conferences
• Seek feedback
• Attend courses to enhance leadership
skills
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What Should You
Keep in Mind When
Looking to Build
Your Track of
Accomplishments?
Play to your
strengths and/or
passions
This will make the
job fun and
successful, and
build your
confidence
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… And Be Ready to Take Risks
As you build your track of
accomplishments, you will need to take
risks and leave your comfort zone to
build your confidence, broaden your
experience, and expand your skills
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Building Your Confidence To Take Risks
• Prepare and Plan

Define your critical success factors (CSFs)
in advance

Read relevant materials ahead of time

Solicit feedback on work product with
plenty of time to modify
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Poll Question #1 - Confidence
How many times have you held back on
asking a question just to have someone else
ask the same question?
1.
2.
3.
4.
All the time, I never ask questions
Many times
A few times
Never, I always ask questions
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Poll Question #1 - Confidence
How many times have you held back on
asking a question just to have someone else
ask the same question?
Preparation and planning will increase
your confidence, visibility, and credibility
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Tell Your
Story!
As you build a track
of accomplishments
and increase your
confidence, learn to
tell your story.
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The Art of Telling Your Story
• When you have an exciting result, tell others
about your accomplishment – Your
enthusiasm will be genuine.
• When you give a presentation about your
work, present the facts, but also let others
know how you accomplished the results.
• An interesting reference:
Peggy Klaus, Brag!: The Art of Tooting
Your Own Horn without Blowing It
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Define your Career Aspirations
Think about what you would like to
accomplish as you advance your career

Roles and responsibilities

Career track

A new career direction?
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What Can Help You Accomplish
Your Career Aspirations
• Courses and Training – Internal/External
• Sabbaticals – Work on a different
department for a set period of time
• New responsibilities in terms of meaningful
projects for your organization
• Network of mentors, sponsors
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Ask for What You Want
Now that you have defined your career
aspirations and potential opportunities to
advance your plan, you need to ask for what
you want!
Others cannot read your mind, so be ready to
share your career plan with your supervisor
and solicit feedback
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Be Ready To Act
• You own this plan and it works both ways

Sometimes opportunities come your way,
sometimes you need to look for and create the
opportunity
• Be realistic – It might take some time
• It might take you into a different department
and/or organization
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Poll Question #2
As a woman, what has been the most
challenging area for you to accomplish?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Telling your story
Defining your career path
Asking for what you want
All of the above
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Building a Network of Mentors
• Mentors are critical for advancing
your career

They can broaden your perspective
and experience (e.g. your career
plans, personal challenges)

They can be strong supporters and
enable your career advancement
(sponsors)
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How to Identify your Mentors?
Look at your current network of relationships
Other
Organizations
Networking
Organizations
Other Units
Your Unit
You
Your
Community
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Creating Your Network of Mentors
• Identify those who can provide advice and
perspective in areas that may be outside your
expertise – Your own ‘Board of Directors’

Who do you look up to that would be a good fit
for you?

Think about your career plan – Who can help?

Is there a gap and do you need to build new
relationships?
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Leverage Mentoring Organizations
• Take advantage of mentoring set-ups
in your organization
 Women’s
 Mentor
network groups
match programs
 Linked-In
 ACS
membership
• …or Create one!
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Poll Question #3 - Mentors
Taking stock of your network of relationships,
how many mentors do you currently have?
1.
2.
3.
One mentor
Multiple mentors
Never had a mentor
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Poll Question #3 - Mentors
Taking stock of your network of relationships,
how many mentors do you currently have?
1.
2.
3.
One mentor
Multiple mentors
Never had a mentor
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Life Work Balance
There is a personal answer to life work
balance issues
• You must define your balance – What would
work for you and your family?
• Most companies have flexible work
arrangements. If necessary, find one that
would work for you and your job needs.
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Marie Curie – Nobel Prize Winner
In 2011, we celebrate the International Year
of Chemistry
Marie Curie
• 1st Nobel Prize – Physics 1903
• 2nd Nobel Prize – Chemistry 1911
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Poll Question #4
How many women have been awarded a
Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
1.
2.
3.
4.
One
Three
Four
Ten
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Poll Question #4
How many women have been awarded a
Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
1.
2.
3.
4.
One
Three
Four
Ten
Marie Curie
1911
Irene Joliot- Curie
1935
Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin
1964
Ada Yonath
2009
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My hope is that it will not be
another >25 years before the next
woman is awarded a Nobel Prize in
Chemistry!
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Bringing It All Together
• Build a track of accomplishments
Always play to your passions and strengths
 Be ready to take risks

• Tell your story
• Define your career aspirations
• Ask for what you want
• Build a network of mentors
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Questions
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Q&A
Advancing Your Career as a Woman in the
Pharmaceutical/Chemical Industry
Anabella Villalobos, Ph.D.
Pfizer
Teri Quinn Gray, Ph.D.
DuPont
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