Colorado BioScience Association Hosts Second Annual Career and Resource Fair, April 28, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds

Denver, CO, April 25, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) is hosting its second annual Career and Resource Fair Wednesday, April 28, from 1:00 to 4 p.m. at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The event will bring together students and job seekers looking to learn more about bioscience industry employment and training opportunities in the state. The announcement is made by Denise Brown, CBSA Interim Executive Director, who says the fair is being held in response to company growth and workforce demands in Colorado's bioscience industry.

“Colorado’s bioscience cluster continues to grow and develop, bringing additional job opportunities to the state. The industry is a desirable one in which to work, due mainly to its focus on creating life saving therapies and devices and providing meaningful career paths. We believe our Career and Resource Fair will help provide those with an interest in the industry more background information and possibly open doors to a new career,” Brown explains.

Companies attending the fair are seeking to fill internship and full-time positions in a variety of functional areas including research & development and business development.

Exhibitors at the upcoming CBSA Career and Resource Fair include:
Accera; Aerotek, Aerotek.com - Allos Therapeutics, Allos.com - Baxa, Baxa.com - CaridianBCT, CaridianBCT.com - Colorado Histo-Prep, HistoPrep.com - Colorado State University Continuing Education, Learn.colostate.edu - Community College of Aurora, ccaurora.edu - Kelly Engineering, kellyengineering.com - Kelly Scientific, KellyScientific.com - LABS, Inc., labs-inc.org - Novus Biologicals, NovusBio.com - Sharklet Technologies, Sharklet.com – and University of Colorado Denver, ucdenver.edu.

About Colorado BioScience Association

The CBSA supports the economic development of Colorado through the creation of a premier bioscience cluster within the state. Representing more than 400 members, the CBSA facilitates growth of the bioscience industry in Colorado through advocacy, representation and service. Poised to become one of the most exciting and advanced bioscience clusters in the country, Colorado is currently home to a thriving industry community of biotechnology, medical device, pharmaceutical, health care providers, research institutions and those businesses providing critical services and products to those companies. For more information about Colorado's dynamic bioscience cluster, visit the CBSA at http://www.cobioscience.com.

CBSA also is found on these social media sites:

Twitter: http://twitter.com/COBioscience
LinkedIn Group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=98468&trk=anet_ug_grppro
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/ColoradoBioScienceAssociation
News Feed: http://coloradobio.blogspot.com
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/COBioscience

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Contacts:

Kathryn Bailey, Director of Operations and Communications, Colorado BioScience Association, 303-592-4089 or KBailey@cobioscience.com

Maggie Chamberlin Holben, APR, Absolutely Public Relations - http://www.absolutelypr.com - 303-984-9801, maggie@absolutelypr.com