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Propel Careers is a life science search and career development firm focused on connecting innovative, entrepreneurial companies with like-minded professionals.

Our primary service offerings include job placement, networking events, career guidance, and mentorship programs. Propel Careers is engaged across all areas of life sciences, including therapeutics, medical devices, healthcare IT, diagnostics, consulting, venture capital, and investment banking. Our mission is to enable the critical human resource connections required to advance the life science

industry as a whole as well as the growth and advancement of the companies and individuals we work with. Our expansive industry contacts, knowledge and experience working in the life science industry set us apart from other firms & offerings. Our team brings more than 40 years of collective experience working in a range of life sciences business, including start-ups, venture capital, and commercial organizations. As a result, we are able to act as a hub making critical connections between academic institutions, industry, investors, service providers and talent. To learn more, visit www.propelcareers.com.

05/07/2026

Propelling Careers Podcast episode 104 covering Defining career and professional success is live on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/2BZudFxHMA7Xzqe7gNAjVE?si=wJw1Ci8IRyeJSbt1WI4DWg) and Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/propelling-careers/id1747039410?i=1000766619678)

In episode 102, the topic of defining success came up while we were discussing Jim’s recent talk at Wheaton College. Since this is such an important topic, and one that can be very personal and individualized, we decided to do a podcast focused on defining success. We hope you enjoy listening.

Why we feel this is important

How do you know where you’re going if you never define the destination?

What is important to you personally?

What is important to you professionally?

Keep in mind, what Success looks like might change over time as your career and life develops

Separate happiness from success

Separate self worth from success

Define what success looks like for you - what are your guiding principles

Build in accountability

Celebrate success otherwise it feels like you’re constantly chasing

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

04/13/2026

Propelling Careers Podcast episode 101 covering Advice for building your personal brand on LinkedIn is live on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ZYvUiHLw9QtieBg25kGmi?si=uuZBsSmrRfCuhKm8kX6fgw) and Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/propelling-careers/id1747039410?i=1000760751845).

In this episode, Jim and I focus on advice relating to building your personal brand on LinkedIn. In Feb 2026, I gave two talks at the Transition to Industry Event organized by the Torrey Pines Training Consortium including one on building your brand on LinkedIn. This podcast covers questions that I received during this talk including ones below. That event was developed for early career scientists who are thinking of transitioning to a career in industry. We hope you enjoy listening.

What should I do with my profile if I am not actively looking for a job at the moment

For mid-career professionals who are quietly exploring industry roles, how do you balance visibility with discretion?

Does it matter how many connections a person has on LinkedIn?

Is the summary/about section absolutely necessary in LinkedIn?

I’ve noticed these LinkedIn research summaries highlight recent or most current roles. How would you incorporate skills learned in past experiences (undergraduate or prior) briefly in a personal summary

How important is using a work banner or emojis in a profile? What is actually necessary for a personal brand?

Could writing your hobbies into the LinkedIn profile sometimes also come off as unprofessional?

Do you recommend listing certifications related to things you are interested in on LinkedIn? Will it give you a leg up?

How often do recruiters contact grad students and postdocs? I've heard it's more common at higher levels

Does the recruiter see our job score?

Do recruiters see How many jobs we applied for

Can recruiters see how many responses we got back?

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

03/27/2026

Propelling Careers Podcast episode 99 covering Informational Interview Questions is live on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/3OIcoKAa8l6s7U8lIxNut3?si=VPw3qOLcQ3avWncivqWX7g) and Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/propelling-careers/id1747039410?i=1000757766249)

In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on advice relating to informational interviews. Lauren recently gave a talk at the Transition to Industry Event organized by the Torrey Pines Training Consortium. This event was developed for early career scientists who are thinking of transitioning to a career in industry. Lauren, along with other panelists with extensive industry experience shared our insights and provided guidance to help clarify the pathway to establishing a successful career in industry from academia. Lauren gave two talks there - one on advice for networking and informational interviews and one for developing your brand on LinkedIn. This podcast will cover questions that came up from the audience regarding informational interviewing talk. A future podcast will cover questions that came up from the developing your brand on LinkedIn talk. We hope you enjoy listening.

There were a few hundred people in the audience, mostly graduate students and postdocs, from a range of institutions including Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Scripps Research and University of California San Diego and a few others.

Lauren’s best tip for informational interviewing
Jim’s best tip for informational interviewing
For people you informational interview, is it a one time thing or do you try to meet multiple times?
What method works best? Phone, video, in person?
If you do this in person, who pays for the coffee/snack if there is one?
Do you send a resume or LI profile ahead of time?
Should we send information to the person ahead of time on what we are looking to learn in the informational interview?
Are any questions off limits to ask
Advice to keep in touch after an informational interview

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

03/19/2026

Propelling Careers Podcast episode 98 covering networking advice is live on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iwovc9xHBxM1yB5E9wWaU?si=NiTFyoyFQHWpfsfWTAwAcA) and Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/propelling-careers/id1747039410?i=1000756180305)

In this episode, Jim and Lauren focus on advice relating to networking. Lauren recently gave a talk at the Transition to Industry Event organized by the Torrey Pines Training Consortium. This event was developed for early career scientists who are thinking of transitioning to a career in industry. Lauren along with other panelists with extensive industry experience shared our insights and provided guidance to help clarify the pathway to establishing a successful career in industry from academia. Lauren gave two talks there - one on advice for networking and informational interviews and one for developing your brand on LinkedIn. There were a few hundred people in the audience, mostly graduate students and postdocs, from a range of institutions including Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, Scripps Research and University of California San Diego and a few others. This podcast will cover questions that came up from the audience for the networking. A future podcast will cover questions that came up about informational interviewing and also from the developing your brand on LinkedIn. We hope you enjoy listening.

Jim’s best tip(s) for networking Jim

Lauren’s best tip for networking Lauren

What is the best way to connect with people you meet in a networking event?

What is your opinion about going to vendor shows? Do you have advice on how to approach this?

Advice to communicate what you are looking for from networking

Is it better to contact people by using your current work/academic email address, or by your personal email ? What about text messaging?

How exactly do we “connect” with pretty much strangers? Via LinkedIn or referrals or other?

How do we follow up from interactions

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

12/10/2025

Propelling Careers Podcast episode 85 is live “Leveraging the holiday season for your networking” on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/45HwDVZsoh5GDw8B5BFreF?si=wfJCymn3RCCVVjxiwgpX9Q) and Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-85-leveraging-the-holiday-season-for-your/id1747039410?i=1000740675703)

Given the holiday season and the various networking opportunities that come with it, Jim and I thought we would do this episode to provide advice for how to network during these various events/activities. We will cover advice for how to connect with your current network and build yours also. We hope you enjoy listening.

Be authentic as you engage with people

There are many different events and opportunities to engage with and build your network

Advice to prepare for different types of events

Networking can occur in various forms – in person networking, online, email, informal events, etc

Advice for how to engage with a potentially large cross-section of people

Thoughts on individual outreach vs general messages to your network

Other ways to engage your network - sending holiday cards / emails / annual summary email / notes

Leveraging LinkedIn to engage your network

Your elevator pitch

Leveraging this time for informational interviews

Advice to follow up

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

12/04/2025

Propelling Careers Podcast episode 84 is live “Lessons learned on recent recruiting - Part 2” on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1oYV0RjPtsodPEmisqeqNj?si=eTD8LlNJSGiXgsxFTWcUMg) and Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/propelling-careers/id1747039410?i=1000739702399).

This episode 84 is a follow up from the last episode, episode 83. In this episode, we share a few more lessons learned during the last few months of recruiting that I have been involved with. Jim and I hope that you find these two episodes helpful especially if you are in a job search. We hope you enjoy listening.

• Timeline wise - things sometimes move really fast
• If you cannot move quickly / start quickly, let the organization know
• Interview fatigue is real – how organization try to address it
• Candidates need to ensure they are prepared for interviews
• Questions candidates asked, and perhaps should not ask, during interviews
• Candidate correspondence matters

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

11/25/2025

Propelling Careers Podcast episode 83 is live “Lessons learned on recent recruiting - Part 1” on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qccGEoQ1INSLTXvMXSmTt?si=ff429f85253c48ad) and Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/propelling-careers/id1747039410?i=1000738183935)

The last few months have been really busy for Lauren with the recruiting work that she does for entrepreneurial life sciences companies. In this episode, Jim and Lauren share a few lessons learned over the last few months, to help others who are on the job search (or who are in the process of hiring). We hope you find the advice in this episode helpful and hope you enjoy listening.

So many applicants – advice to stand out
Some orgs hiring a few people per role…. so not all “roles are posted”
Advice to understand what job titles could be a fit and how to broaden what you consider
Insights on referrals
LinkedIn outreach

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

11/18/2025

Propelling Careers Podcast episode 82 is live on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AHSzAKvMDc7RduKvIOqmr?si=b5be1417d71f4db5) and Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/propelling-careers/id1747039410?i=1000737243873).

This episode focuses on ways to help your network help you especially if you are in a job search. We put this episode together to provide advice to make it easier for people to help you and we cover tips including these below. For many people, this might be their first real job search so they might not have thought about these tips before. Even for seasoned people, this job market is different than previous ones, so they may find these tips helpful also. We hope you find the advice in this episode helpful and hope you enjoy listening.

Why are we doing this episode
Be specific in your ask, Don’t be so vague
Be open to feedback
Have details in your LinkedIn profile
Leverage LinkedIn to identify potential connections
Provide info about your background to your contacts when making connections
Revise Materials and Send ahead
Don’t put time pressure on the person you are asking to help you

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

11/04/2025

Propelling Careers Podcast episode 80 is live on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/5cdpImNGzs7dPTR9hkEjlg?si=359f0a01817a4b2f) and Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/propelling-careers/id1747039410?i=1000735229787)

This episode will continue from episode 79 to continue to focus on advice on questions Jim Gould, PhD and I get often about career readiness, self-advocacy, and how to mentor up. Both episodes 79 and this one, are Inspired by a recent Q&A session Jim had at B*H. We hope you find the advice in this episode helpful and hope you enjoy listening.

How should postdocs handle mismatched expectations between themselves and their PI or institution?

What are some practical ways to navigate competition in academia, including in-lab competition, while maintaining collaborations and a supportive network?

How can postdocs manage career uncertainties, especially when deciding between academia and industry?

What are some red flags that indicate a postdoc is at risk of burnout, and how can they proactively prevent it?

How can institutions better support postdocs in maintaining a healthy work-life balance?

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School, launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice we provide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!

06/20/2025

We have a few spaces left for our career advice focused webinars coming up next week and the week after - these are virtual and open to anyone - we have started to host these ourselves to provide guidance to the many people looking for career advice.

Developing a Career Search Strategy: Advice to Identify Opportunities
June 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developing-a-career-search-strategy-advice-to-identify-opportunities-tickets-1405712226109?aff=oddtdtcreator

Looking Your Best on Paper - Building a Resume and Cover Letter
June 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/looking-your-best-on-paper-building-a-resume-and-cover-letter-tickets-1405711162929?aff=oddtdtcreator

How to develop and engage your network for your job search
June 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-develop-and-engage-your-network-for-your-job-search-tickets-1405661745119?aff=oddtdtcreator

Leveraging LinkedIn: Build, Brand, and Boost Your Profile
June 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/leveraging-linkedin-build-brand-and-boost-your-profile-tickets-1416887541779?aff=oddtdtcreator

Acing your Interview: Answering with Confidence
July 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/acing-your-interview-answering-with-confidence-tickets-1416874302179?aff=oddtdtcreator

Developing a Career Search Strategy: Advice to Identify Opportunities
July 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM EDT
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developing-a-career-search-strategy-advice-to-identify-opportunities-tickets-1416914733109?aff=oddtdtcreator

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