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- The most common career steps to get to Laboratory Manager are Business Owner, Research Assistant and Lecturer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Business Owner, the most common step before Laboratory Manager, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Laboratory Manager, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Laboratory Manager.
- While Business Owner is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Laboratory Manager that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Laboratory Manager career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Laboratory Manager so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Mid role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider business owner or research assistant as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to laboratory manager. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Business Owner isn't from the same job family as Laboratory Manager, Scientist - General, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Research Assistant also being a common career path to Laboratory Manager.
What should I know about the career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Laboratory Manager are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Animal Science, Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Neurobiology, and Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Food Science. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Business Owner being the most common role to and from Laboratory Manager. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Laboratory Manager is part of the Scientist - General job family which has a limited number of unique role types (36) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Laboratory Manager are Lab Manager.
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