How to break into biotech ER

Hello. Does anyone have any insights or advice? 
 

I have been trying to break into biotech ER without any success for a while. I have a PhD in chemistry and work for a big pharma.  Most of the biotech ER jobs require PhD in biology and my resumes seem to be screened out right away or they just want biology background exclusively. I have no problem understanding molecular biology or any kind but I don’t understand why they are so restrictive on this. 
 

Thank you all. 

 
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Curious how networking plays out after showing them your model+write-ups, do you ask them for a referral or they initiate to refer? Or is it for sole purpose they recognize your name when they interview?

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If the team you networking with has a job post out there (on LinkedIn, etc.), ask if you could be considered (what you got to lose?). If not, try your best to keep the convo going to stay top of their mind (shooting interesting article over and share what you think about the article, implications on the stocks in the space). When they do hire, they already know you are passionate and competent, should flow naturally from there.

 

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