This presentation about working in human resources (HR) for the pharmaceutical company Roche was given as part of the 2013 season of Careers After Biological Sciences talks at the University of Leicester, UK For more information about careers that can follow a degree in one of the biological sciences, see www.biosciencecareers.wordpress.com

1. A Reflector’s Path to HR
(Taking a fridge full of Drosophila for a walk along the way!)
Employee Benefits Associate
Roche Products

2. About Roche
• Roche plays a pioneering role in healthcare
• An innovator of products and services for the early
detection, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
diseases
• Improving people's health and quality of life
• Roche is providing the first products that are tailored to
the needs of specific patient groups
• Our mission today and tomorrow is to create added
value in healthcare by focusing on our expertise in
diagnostics and pharmaceuticals
Life writes the questions
We pursue the answers

3. About Roche
• Roche is the world leader in in-vitro
diagnostics and drugs for
– Cancer
– Transplantation
• autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases,
virology, metabolic disorders and diseases of
the CNS
• Group Sales up 4% to 45.5 billion CHF in 2012
• 80,000 Employees worldwide

4. What I do
• Employee Lifecycle
– Attract
– Retain
– Motivate Talent
– Retirement
• Analyse/Report
• Align to Business Objectives

5. A brief history of how I got here
HR?
HR?
HR?
HR!!
Hi-Po

6. A few tips
• Don’t be afraid to try something and it not work
out – it’s all experience!
• Be true to yourself
• Become CIPD qualified
• http://careers.roche.com/unitedkingdom
• www.PersonnelToday.com

7. Questions?

8. We Innovate Healthcare
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