Welcome to “3 Questions with …”, a recurring feature on the Career Center blog. We’re asking alumni of all graduation years and career interests to share a bit of their experiences and advice.
Chelsea Wang, ’23, Insight Associate, Inspired Health
1. In just a few sentences, please tell us about your current job/graduate program/vocational endeavor.
I am an Associate at Inspired Health, a Boston-based insight consultancy that designs qualitative and quantitative research programs to support the innovation, sales and marketing of medicines and medical devices for some of the world’s leading healthcare companies. While every project and day looks different, a few of my daily responsibilities could include checking survey data, listening to interviews with surgeons, communicating with vendors, data analysis, and writing reports.
2. How did your time at Tufts influence your career journey?
As a Community Health and Biotechnology student, I knew I wanted to work in the Healthcare space post-grad; however, I did not necessarily want to be working in a hospital or a lab. After going to a few Career Center events and career fairs at Tufts, I learned that there were many different career paths and roles I could pursue. This exposure to a variety of companies helped me realize that some of the work I wanted to do included data analysis, facilitating brand-consumer relationships, and working in a collaborative environment, and I found that market research and Inspired encompassed these.
3. What advice would you offer to a student who wants to pursue a career path like yours?
My advice to anyone wanting to pursue a career path like mine is to keep an open mind and pin down the skills you have, want to develop, and want to apply to your job. While I wasn’t very familiar with market research before my job search, I found that my past experience and interest in research and data analysis through my Community Health and Biotech curriculums lined up well with market research. Market researchers come from a variety of majors and backgrounds, and the role entails a balance between analytical and interpersonal skills. If you like to work collaboratively, think critically about themes or anomalies in data, learn about diverse topics and the way people think, I would recommend exploring a role in market research.
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