I would love to have some talented staff with degrees! I have a staff of
around 22 people but I am currently the only HTL (I have a BA in Biology). I
do not have anyone else who is even eligible to sit for the HTL exam. It would
be very nice to have someone to share the load with!
A friend
Yes this is a common problem, although I am not sure desperate enough would
be appropriate verbiage. As histologists over the years we have learned to
cope with and being highly resourceful. I have also resorted to the same idea,
hiring both AS and BS individuals filling positions and
Hello,
Last week a I visited Pittsburgh and had a chance to talk with a fellow
histologist there. He remarked on the dire state his lab is in with respect
to finding qualified histologists to employ; and that the lab was now
considering hiring B.Sc. graduates and training them up in sectioning
We have had this problem for years. We are more than willing to train someone.
We are a small lab so a bigger concern is if they will fit in with the rest of
us personality wise. Not that we just hire anyone willy-nilly, but many people
with BS's have some lab experience/background anyway. We
