Librarian

EMPLOYER:

Fuld and Company

LOCATION: 

Cambridge, MA

SALARY:

N/A

 

Fuld and Company (www.fuld.com), the leading Competitive Intelligence consulting firm headquartered in Cambridge, MA, seeks high energy, self-motivated librarian with knowledge in business and the pharmaceutical/healthcare sectors. This position will support the range of industries covered by Fuld’s consulting practices, including pharmaceuticals and healthcare, business and financial services, and technology and manufacturing.  The position offers a flexible schedule.

Major responsibilities involve business reference assistance, pharmaceutical/healthcare research and literature searching using a variety of commercial databases and Internet resources.  Experience with Factiva or Dialog is a must; experience with pharmaceutical databases is a plus.  The librarian is expected to manage multiple projects that vary in scope and topic. Qualified candidates will: be investigative in nature, be problem solvers, possess great attention to detail, be able to meet short deadlines.

Additional responsibilities include maintaining and editing the Internet Intelligence Index (www.fuld.com/i3) and the Pharma-Healthcare I3  (http://www.fuld.com/fuld-bin/f.wk?fuld.pdoc.gen+@TARGET=RXI3) portions of the Fuld website.  Tasks include identifying useful Internet resources for the site, writing reviews, and verifying older resources posted to the site.  Additional responsibilities include administrative work, company projects and special projects with company executives.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain first-hand experience in a prominent competitive intelligence firm while developing greater expertise with commercial databases, pharmaceutical tools and business resources on the Internet used in this field. 

Applicants must:

  • have an MLS or MLIS degree or equivalent experience

  • have significant experience with Factiva or Dialog

  • have demonstrable skills to perform literature searches using Boolean logic 

  • be knowledgeable in the pharmaceuticals/healthcare fields

  • have excellent skills with Internet research and database searching

  • have business experience

  • be well organized

  • be able to manage multiple projects with varying deadlines

  • have expertise with Windows Office products

  • have superior writing abilities

 Please send resumes to careers@fuld.com.