Career opportunities for top experts presented at Novartis Career Breakfast

In discussions with leaders and HR managers from Novartis units in Slovenia, the participants of the Novartis Career Breakfast learn about the many opportunities they may meet in a high-tech pharmaceutical company, some of them are also given an initial job interview. The experts who study or work abroad usually decide to return when they realize that they will be able to pursue their professional ambitions also in their home environment. At the event, they have the opportunity to learn about the excellent career opportunities in their home environment and gain a very tangible insight into the wide range of challenges that experts at all Novartis divisions in Slovenia face.

»At this fourth Novartis Career Breakfast in a row, we presented the guests numerous opportunities that are often a key factor that leads to a decision to return to their home environment. The number of participants confirms that we are on the right track and that it is our duty as an employer to appropriately address those human resources that we need and want. Therefore, we will continue to look for innovative ways of how to present job opportunities and particularly opportunities for pursuing career ambitions in our company and thus retain domestic knowledge and talents in Slovenia,« said Samo Roš, member of the Board of Management and Director of Human Resources at Lek.

In the pharmaceutical industry, new career opportunities are continuously emerging and enabling young professionals to grow and develop. To provide such opportunities at home is a challenge. The Novartis Career Breakfast is an event where the participants can obtain first-hand information from the employees: »I had some interesting informal discussions and got acquainted with the work in individual departments; it was probably this that influenced my decision to find my future job at Lek,« said Rok Gaber, PhD, a scientist at Drug Product Development BPD Mengeš, one of the fifteen past participants who have been recruited at Novartis in Slovenia through this initiative.

Rok Brišar, PhD, a technologist at Drug Substance Bioproduction Mengeš, remembers: »Novartis Career Breakfast is a great opportunity to meet company’s executives and make contacts that help you in your future career. I returned to Slovenia because I want to do things I like doing and learn as much as possible through my work. Lek or Novartis in Slovenia certainly enables this. I have identified a number of opportunities to work in various fields as well as for my development and learning. These opportunities are extremely broad as we are a stable and growing company, integrated into the Novartis international network which I like in particular. Conditions for professional and personal growth are good, and a favorable balance between work and private life contributes to our work motivation.«

The event at the Mengeš site has been organized for the fourth time in a row, this time it has brought together more than fifty participants.