Lots of people would like to try all types of new and innovative things at work, but not everyone is lucky enough to work at a place that encourages true, outside-the-box thinking. But, as the Missouri Colleges Fund scholars found out during their Novus International Undergraduate Networking Day, that kind of behavior is heartily encouraged.

Joedd Biggs is a junior majoring in bio-chemistry at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri (in the Kansas City area). He was interested to see what the industrial chem research lab at Novus looked like… a lot like the ones he studies in. He thinks the tour will give him a better understanding of how these research labs work in the real world.

But the big thing that struck him was how the company was so caring about its employees and how much free rein those employees got in doing their jobs.

“It seems like there’s an ability to do whatever the heck you want to! If you want to do it, you can… which is good!” He says he finds that free-thinking atmosphere encouraging. Biggs says he also admires the value Novus puts on hard work and teamwork.

While Biggs liked Novus, as a bio-chemistry major looking at a possible career in the medical field, he was really looking forwad to our next stop after I talked to him: Pfizer.

You can hear my whole conversation with Joedd here: JoeddBiggs1.mp3

2009 Novus International Undergraduate Networking Day Photo Set