1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a Research Study Coordinator do? |
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 What field is your job in?
Cancer Research
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What is your job title?
Research Study Coordinator
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Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
I work for University of Maryland. It's a school system.
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How long have you been employed in this position?
2 months
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How many hours do you work a week on average?
40
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Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
I schedule appointments with participants. I conduct interviews, draw blood and take urine samples. I also do data entry.
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What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
13,000
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What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
33000
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Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
Health, dental, vision, pension plan
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Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
well
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2. Work environment! |
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Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
In my office there are 7 workers total. The principle investigator of our study works in the basement, we don't seem him. The other supervisor works from home so it's usually 5 of us. We all work together to recruit people and schedule appointments. This job is great, the only thing I dislike is when we don't have anything to do. There are days when we are waiting for results or reports and are bored.
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Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
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Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
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Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
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Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
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3 Income
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1 Work Environment - co-workers
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2 Work Environment - supervisors
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7 Benefits
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6 Hours
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8 Level of responsibility
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5 The actual "work" you do at your job
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4 Job Title
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3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
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If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
I would recommend that they get a degree in the sciences. This job is not hard but it takes special people and alot of the information we read is very scientific in nature (pathological reports).
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What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
Interpersonal skills: Important because we interact with various populations of people every day and if you are not a people person or have good social skills this is not the job for you. Phelebotomy skills: You have to draw blood. Comfortable working with biological materials such as blood and urine since you have to collect specimens and transfer them to the lab.
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Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
Yes I feel that a bachelor's or previous experience would be benefical.
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What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Interviewing and research may seem boring at first but once you began to make findings and piece together what factors lead to certain situations, it will become very exciting.
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