CAREER RESEARCH
jessie driver
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

salary

• The average salary for a Molecular Biologist in British Columbia is on median, 74k
• With more experience, 105k

job prospects/outlook

• Best locations: Nunavut, PEI, Nova Scotia
• Could do academic research or work for government, law and business

benefits

• Can conduct personal research, develop new tests, etc
• Room for discovery and self direction

important skills

• curiosity
• patience, resilience
• pro-activity
• be inquisitive
• teamwork
• formal writing skills

drawbacks

• long days
• finding companies to fund research projects
• at a desk a lot
• hard balancing life outside work

the perfect person

• inquisitive
• likes lab work
• fine with long days
• wants a challenge
• tackles challenges well
• organized
• understands it's demands

education requirments

• university
• a bachelor's degree in biology or in a related discipline
• a master's or doctoral degree in biology

am I a match?

• yes
• 91%
• my Interest Type (the Designer) is definetely a good match

compatibility

• I scored a somewhat or definetely on all aspects of the compatibility test

why?

• i chose to look into this job because I have a high interest for anything biology related. More specifically the little things that make up our universe, like cells. I thought that molecular biology would be an interesting job to look into since it checked off both those aspects on my list.