Career Day offered doctoral candidates in the field of life sciences the opportunity to meet people representing various professions and organisations, to learn how to effectively and professionally introduce oneself in academic settings and how to update CVs and LinkedIn profiles in concordance with the latest standards. The day started in the University of Helsinki with parallel LinkedIn and pitching workshops and continued in the invited experts’ companies in the afternoon. The day concluded with a CV workshop. In total around 40 students took part in the activities throughout the day. The event was organised by the Doctoral School in Health Sciences together with the students’ own BiotechClub.