Looking for a job in the bioscience field? Job fair today

The city of Mason and Mason pharmaceutical company AssureRx Health are holding from 2 to 6 p.m. today an Ohio Biomedical and Pharma Career Fair.

It is one of three job fairs to be held in partnership with industry trade group BioOhio statewide; the other jobs fairs will be in Columbus and Cleveland next week, said event organizers.

Southwest Ohio is a budding bioscience industry hub. These companies will participate in today’s hiring event: Advanced Testing Laboratory, Aerotek Scientific, Alliance, Amylin Ohio, Aptalis Pharma Inc., AssureRx Health, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Forest Pharmaceuticals, Lab Support, Medpace Inc., and Patheon Pharmaceuticals.

The job fair is at Mason Municipal Center Atrium and Community Room, 6000 Mason-Montgomery Road.

To register for the event, go online to: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e75xxgko6afa25d6&oseq=&c=&ch=

According to BioOhio, there are 1,281 bioscience related organizations employing 60,636 people in the state at an average wage of $75,523.