Careers FAQs

As a member in the Global Talent Hub, you’ll receive customized job and event alerts via e-mail based on your set preferences and interest by simply providing some brief details about yourself.

Once you’ve completed our Global Talent Hub form you will be added to our database and will begin to receive relevant communications related to your areas of interest.

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Signing up for job alerts will enable you to take advantage of our revolutionized job alert system. You will receive customized job alerts based on keyword and location search criteria via e-mail.

Please note, there is no separate registration process to sign up for job alerts. Simply enter your e-mail address and click on the “Get Alerts” button to sign up.

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This site is updated daily to include open jobs from the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies around the world. Use the Search Jobs toolbar at the top of each page to search by keyword and/or location. Type search words into the “SEARCH JOBS BY KEYWORD OR LOCATION” entry field on each page. Or, use the navigation menu to explore careers by function, student, business, or country, then pick a category and press the “View All Jobs” button. You may also opt to upload your resume and let our technology match your qualifications to relevant job openings. From there you’ll be able to refine your search based on your specific interests.

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When you apply for a job you will create a Career Profile in our system, and you’ll be asked to upload your CV/résumé using one of the following:

• File Upload

Acceptable CV/résumé file formats include: Microsoft® Word (.doc and .docx); Plain Text (.txt); Rich Text Format (.rtf); Hypertext Markup Language (.htm or .html); and Portable Document Format (.pdf).

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After you’ve applied, we will send you an e-mail acknowledgment that your information has been received.

Our recruiters do their best to review the candidate pool for open positions in a timely manner. Due to overwhelming responses to certain positions, it may take several weeks for the recruiter and/or hiring manager to complete this process. We appreciate your patience during the review process and invite you check in on your application at any time via Shine, our Candidate Experience portal. Also available in our Shine portal, you can find an array of content to help you successfully navigate your job search at J&J.

If you are selected for an interview, you will be contacted by a recruiter who will outline the next steps in the process.

If you are not selected to move forward in the recruiting process, you will be notified by e-mail, phone, and/or postal mail. You still may be contacted about other opportunities that align with your profile or interests. You can update your profile at any time.

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After conducting a job search on our Careers site, you have the option of setting up alerts that will send you automated e-mail alerts about job opportunities related to your search. Click on “Get Job Alerts for This Search” and enter your e-mail address in the “Get Future Jobs Matching This Search” area and click on the “Get Alerts” button to begin to receive automatic e-mail alerts about job opportunities.

The e-mails you receive will help you to identify new jobs you may be interested in. You will need to apply for a specific job opening to be considered for a job within the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.

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If you’ve agreed to receive e-mail notifications from us, then you’ll first receive a confirmation e-mail that allows you to update your job alert preferences of function and location as needed.

You will then begin to receive messages about new job openings that align with your profile or interests within 24 hours of their posting. These automated alerts will ONLY be sent to you if you signed up to join our Global Talent Hub or agreed to receive e-mail notifications on your Job Application.

The e-mails you receive will help you to identify new jobs you may be interested in. You will need to apply for a specific job opening to be considered for a job within the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.

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Your Career Profile provides us with general information about your background and interests. When we consider your application toward a specific job, we need more detailed information that will help us assess your skills as they apply to the requirements of that job.

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Because of the high number of candidates who typically apply for posted jobs, we recommend you respond quickly to positions that interest you. Jobs are posted for a minimum of 1 week, though it may be longer. Once the posting period has expired, you will no longer be able to apply for the job.

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If you’re not able to find the job number for a specific job, this means that position is no longer active and you will not be able to apply for it.

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In general, jobs that appear on this site are open and active, even though the interview process may have already started.

If you don’t find a position that was previously shown on the site, then it is filled or is no longer available.

You can also check the status of any job you’ve applied for by starting a Job Application, then clicking your username and then clicking on Completed Applications at the top right-hand side of the page.

The current status for all jobs to which you’ve applied will be shown on the page. You cannot check your individual applicant status on a job.

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You can check the status of your application via Shine, our Candidate Experience portal. In addition to providing full transparency to your status, the Shine portal also provides relevant articles and videos to help you prepare and find success within each stage of the process.

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To stop receiving news, updates, and other communications from our Global Talent Hub, simply click on the “Unsubscribe” link provided within the e-mail you received.

If you want to opt-in/out for using your data to send you personalized information about future job opportunities, career tips, or other news, click here.

For additional information, please read our Privacy Policy

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To request the deactivation of your account on this site and removal of your Job Application from our system, please contact us and complete the request form. Your request will be reviewed as per applicable law, contractual obligations, company policies and standards.

U.S. residents who wish to exercise their privacy rights, please follow these instructions:

1. If you applied for an open position with Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, please click here.
2. If you applied for an open position with Consumer Companies, please click here.

The interview process is one of our best opportunities to get to know the potential of a candidate, and for the candidate to get to know our people and our businesses. In most cases, candidates will meet with the hiring manager or sometimes with other team members.

You’ll be asked questions about your academic and work experiences, and you’ll have a chance to ask some questions of us. It will be most helpful for you to know about our Family of Companies and, in particular, the specific company that’s interviewing you.

You should also have a good sense of what value you think you may bring to our business and be prepared to offer examples of your past achievements or successes. Remember, if you are under consideration for an active job opening, you can access several interview-preparation resources in Shine, the Candidate Experience portal.

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In most cases, the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies does not offer visas or work permits. You will need to be authorized to work in the country where the job is based unless otherwise stated in the job description.

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In most cases, candidates must be authorized to work in the country they are applying to. Applicants must be fluent in the language of the country where a job is based.

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Signing up for our Global Talent Hub allows you to receive customized job and event information via e-mail, as well as news and updates from Johnson & Johnson based on the preferences you share with us. Our recruiters may reach out directly to you about opportunities that match your experience and interests.

Additionally, you can sign up for Job Alerts. After conducting a job search on our Careers site, you have the option of setting up a Job Agent that will send you automated e-mail alerts about job opportunities related to your search. Simply enter your e-mail address in the “Get Future Jobs
Matching This Search” area and click on the “Get Alerts” button to begin to receive automatic e-mail alerts about the job opportunities.

The e-mails you receive will help you to identify new jobs you may be interested in. You will need to apply for a specific job opening to be considered for a job within the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies.

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No. If you are already a member of the Global Talent Hub you do not need to sign up every time you apply for a job.

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To stop receiving news, updates, and other communications from our Global Talent Hub, simply click on the “Unsubscribe” link provided within the e-mail you received.

If you want to opt-out of using your personal data for future career opportunities, career tips, or other news, click here.

U.S. residents who wish to exercise their privacy rights, please follow these instructions:

1. If you applied for an open position with Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies, please click here.
2. If you applied for an open position with Consumer Companies, please click here.

To exercise your privacy rights for other jurisdictions, please go to contact us section below, select Inquiry Type “Other”, fill in the rest of the required information, and specify your request in the message field.

Please note that your request will be reviewed and may be denied as per applicable law, contractual obligations, company policies and standards.

For additional information, please read our Privacy Policy.

Yes, and we hope we’ve made this easy for you to do!

While viewing a job description, click on any of the social media links beneath the “Share this Job” heading toward the upper right of the page.

Note: Your friend (or referral) must visit our site and apply for the position in order to be considered for hire.

Thanks for sharing!

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If you’ve been referred by one of our employees, you will receive an e-mail acknowledgment. That e-mail will invite you to apply for the job you were referred to. Please follow the instructions that appear in the e-mail you received so that the employee who referred you receives credit for doing so.

You must complete a Job Application for that job in order to be considered for hire. After that, if your information is identified as a match for the job, you’ll be contacted by one of our recruiters.

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You cannot check your referral status on a job; however, you can check the status of your application via Shine, our Candidate Experience portal. In addition to providing full transparency to your status, the Shine portal also provides relevant articles and videos to help you prepare and find success within each stage of the process.

When you are referred, you must complete a Job Application for the job you were referred to via the referral invitation email, being careful to follow the instructions.

From the Job Application, click on your username and then click on Completed Applications at the top right-hand side of the page.

The current status for all jobs to which you’ve applied will be shown on the page.

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Yes. By completing a Job Application on our system, your background will be considered (and potentially selected) by recruiters throughout the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies for up to 12 months.

To increase your chances of being considered for future open jobs, we recommend that you return to this site and apply for new positions that interest you. You should also be sure to select the automatic e-mail notification option within your Career Profile.

Also, signing up for our Global Talent Hub allows you to share your background and experience with recruiters for consideration. You may also receive news and updates about career tips and opportunities based on the preferences you share with us.

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If you are already a member of the Global Talent Hub you can click on “JOIN OUR GLOBAL TALENT HUB” on the careers.jnj.com home page and submit an updated profile form to adjust your preferences in the Global Talent Hub.

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Problems with access to our site can usually be fixed by adjusting your browser settings. To protect user privacy, our site requires 128-bit encryption.

Your browser security settings should be configured to have PCT 1.0, SSL 2.0, and SSL 3.0 enabled.

If you are having a problem during login, you may have a password problem. Refer to our solution for "My password does not work…” in this FAQ section.

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You are not entering the correct password.

At the login page, enter your user name, then click “Forgot Your Password.” You’ll be asked to re-enter your user name and your e-mail address. Click “OK.” Within a few minutes, you’ll receive an e-mail that will include a new access code and a link to a page where you’ll be able to reset your password.

These steps will work for either your Talent Community login or your Job Application login.

Note: After a few unsuccessful incorrect passwords, your account will be locked for just a few minutes. After that time frame, your account will automatically unlock and you will be able to use the password reset functionality. Once you successfully reset your password, you should receive an e-mail with your temporary password and log-in instructions.

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Our Global Talent Hub and Job Application systems each require a separate registration process. You will be asked to enter a username and password to register for the Job Application system. You may sign up to the Global Talent Hub with a username and password or through selected social media accounts. The information you provide to the Global Talent Hub will not automatically transfer to the Job Application system.

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You can access your Job Application account details by following these steps:

1. Visit the Career.jnj.com Login page
2. Click “Forgot Password.” You’ll be asked to enter your e-mail address
3. Click “Submit.” Within a few minutes, you’ll receive an e-mail that will include a link to a page where you’ll be able to reset your password.

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Check with the campus career services office at your university to see if and when Johnson & Johnson companies will be visiting your school. As a student, the best way to find a job within our companies is to meet us at a campus event.

In general, we recruit graduating students for full-time jobs between August and November each year. Internship and co-op candidates are recruited between December and January.

If Johnson & Johnson companies are not scheduled to visit your campus, you can explore and apply for student job opportunities on this site during those periods.

Yes. Many of our companies around the world have internship and co-op assignments for students who are currently enrolled in undergraduate, MBA, and advanced-degree programs.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the country where the job is based and must be fluent in the language of that country.

Recruiting for these programs usually takes place during December and January each year. Visit your campus career services office to find out when Johnson & Johnson companies will visit your university.

Almost all of our short-assignment jobs for MBA and advanced-degree students are internships. Our co-op assignments are reserved for students working toward BS or BA degrees.

MBA or advanced-degree applicants must be authorized to work in the country where the internship is based and must be fluent in the language of that country.

Recruiting for internship programs usually takes place during December and January each year. Visit your campus career services office to find out when Johnson & Johnson companies will visit your university.

Internship assignments are normally from two to three months in length and usually take place during the months of June, July, and August. We attempt to accommodate a student’s specific academic schedule when possible.

As a student, the best way to find an internship or co-op assignment within our companies is to meet us at a campus event. Check with the campus career services office at your university to see if and when Johnson & Johnson companies will be visiting your school. In general, internship and co-op applicants are recruited between December and January each year.

If Johnson & Johnson companies are not scheduled to visit your campus, you can explore and apply for student job opportunities on this site during those periods.

Each Johnson & Johnson company offers different housing options. Ask our recruiters about housing when you meet them at a campus information session or if you participate in an interview.

Assignment in these roles can vary across our companies and even among departments within the same company. Typically, internship or co-op assignments may include collecting critical data, analyzing information or research, completing projects, or creating new projects.

Co-op students will often have an opportunity to take a project from creation through implementation. Interns, because of the short-term nature of their assignments, may work on a more limited part of a full project. We’ll also provide a number of programmed activities that offer a broader perspective on our leadership principles, values, and longer-term business challenges.

We see successful internship and co-op employees as a valuable resource in our search for future leaders across our companies.

Recruiters and hiring managers within our companies expect many of the same things from internship and co-op employees as we do from full-time employees. We look for individuals who understand and align with our values and leadership principles.

We see successful internship and co-op employees as a valuable resource in our search for future leaders across our companies.

Visit our Student Opportunties page for more information.

Individual university policy will determine if students get course credit for an internship or co-op assignment within our companies.

Some schools have formal co-operative education programs in which students submit reports at the end of an assignment in order to qualify for credit. Other schools with less formal programs may review student requests for course credit on an individual basis.

Please check with your campus career services office or your academic advisor to determine your options.

Johnson & Johnson companies offer a wide range of enterprise leadership development programs (LDPs) as well as company-specific LDPs.

Visit our Student Opportunities page to get more specific information on the features and requirements for each of our programs.

You may address your cover letter to “To whom it may concern” or “Dear Sir/Madam”. As all inquiries are submitted online via our job application system, it is not necessary to include the address where the position is located.

No, you should not withdraw your application. Please contact us and ensure you provide the name of the J&J employee who referred you.

First, please be sure to check you SPAM folder in your email. If you still have not received the email, please be sure to apply for the role and send a request to contact us to confirm if you were correctly referred. Please be sure to include the name of the J&J employee who referred you.

If you would like to submit a privacy request, please follow the below instructions:

• If you applied for an open position with Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies in any country, please click here.
• If you applied for an open position with Consumer Companies in the United States, please click here.
• If you applied for an open position with Consumer Companies in other jurisdictions, please use the “Contact Us” form (select Inquiry Type “Other” and specify your request in the message field).

Please note that your request will be reviewed and may be denied as per applicable law, contractual obligations, company policies and standards.

The extent to which you may exercise your privacy rights (e.g., access to your personal information, correction, or deletion of your personal information) depends on the country of your residence and/or the countries where you applied for the position at J&J. At J&J we honor all rights granted through existing privacy regulation and provide access, update, and delete rights to job candidates globally.


Please note that your request will be reviewed and may still be denied as per applicable law, contractual obligations, company policies and standards.

Contact Information: name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, and other contact information

Application Materials: CV, résumé, and cover letter

Experience: previous work, practical and other relevant experience

Education: education, including level, type, subject-matter, degrees, diplomas and certificates, and institutions

Position of Interest: positions, roles and opportunities of interest, and if applicable, position offered

Skills: knowledge, skills, languages, and other competencies

Certifications: professional and other work-related licenses, permits and certifications held

Reference Details: information you provide relating to character and work references
 
Online Account Information: username and password to access the Careers Sites, application identifiers, internet protocol (IP) address and device identifiers that may be automatically collected

Communication Preferences: preferred communication method and language

Event Information: dietary restrictions, travel and accommodation details, government-issued identification to access one of our physical premises, and other details specific to a particular recruiting interview, meeting or other event

Work Authorization: Work authorization status and relevant visa or other immigration information

Conflict Check Information: Information on personal relationships and external board memberships to non-J&J companies, appointments, roles and other information that may present potential conflict of interest with Johnson & Johnson, only when requested in relation to shortlisted candidates

Other Information: Any other information you otherwise elect to provide to us (e.g., employment preferences, willingness to relocate, current salary, desired salary, awards or professional memberships)

Please refer to the “REASONS WE COLLECT THIS INFORMATION” in our privacy policy for more details on how your personal information is used in the job applicant process.

Johnson & Johnson shares personal information of candidates with its affiliates that are involved in evaluating candidates for available positions. Johnson & Johnson will remain responsible for personal information that is transferred and used by each entity. You can consult the list and location of our affiliates here: https://johnsonandjohnson.gcs-web.com/financial-information/sec-filings

We will limit access to such personal information to personnel that need to know the information for the purposes described in this Policy, including personnel in the recruiting, human resources, and information technology departments, in the department responsible for the position for which you are applying, or which may be of interest to you, or otherwise involved in the recruiting process. Johnson & Johnson also shares personal information with approved third-party service providers to facilitate the services they provide to us, including hosting and operating the Careers Sites, recruiting assistance, and background check processing.

Disclosing your personal information to us can include transferring your personal information to other countries, including to the United States or any other country in which we or our service providers have operations. For transfers to other countries, we have put in place adequate measures to protect your information.

We also use and disclose your personal information as necessary or appropriate, especially when we have a legal obligation or legitimate interest to do so:

• To comply with applicable law.
  
  • This can include laws outside your country of residence.
• To respond to requests from public and government authorities.
  
  • These can include authorities outside your country of residence.
• To cooperate with law enforcement.
  
  • For example, when we receive law enforcement requests and orders.
• For other legal reasons.
  
  • To enforce our terms and conditions.
  • To respond to subpoenas or other judicial orders from competent courts of law; and
  • To protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others.
• In connection with a sale or business transaction.
  
  • We have a legitimate interest in disclosing or transferring your personal information to a third party in the event of any reorganization, merger, sale, joint venture, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock (including in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceedings).

We will retain personal information for the period necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Policy. The criteria used to determine our retention periods may include one or more of the following: (a) as long as we have an ongoing relationship with you; (b) as required by a legal obligation to which we are subject; and (c) as advisable in light of our legal position (such as with respect to applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, audits, or regulatory investigations). We also follow our Johnson & Johnson’s Enterprise Retention Schedule, which provides for compliance with laws and regulations across the globe, while meeting local and country specific requirements.

We may remove personal information for inactive accounts from our database, subject to any applicable legal or regulatory obligations. Furthermore, Johnson & Johnson can delete personal information about you (including your CV/résumé) from our database at any time and without providing any reason. Therefore, please retain your own copy of the personal information provided to us.

For certain roles, we use automated tools to assist us in processing and evaluating job applications. These tools leverage complex algorithms and machine-learning technology to assist with the following operations.

These tools compare the information collected in connection with your application with the specific requirements and qualifications of the target role(s) in order to flag any missing qualifications and assign a ranking to your application. These rankings are then used to prioritize the review of applications and are visible to members of the recruiting team as one of several factors to consider in making decisions about whether to advance a candidate in the recruitment process.

• Minimum requirements: We use automated tools to determine whether, based on the information you have provided to us, you meet the minimum requirements for a position. For example, if the job requires three years of experience as a software developer, these tools will analyze the selections you make in forms you submit through the Careers Sites and/or the words and textual patterns collected in connection with your application to determine whether this type of experience is present or not. In some cases, these automated tools may lead to the rejection of your application without any additional review by a member of our recruitment team.
  
• Job match ranking: We use automated tools to assign a percentage value to your application that assesses how strong the fit is between your application and the requirements of the target role. Our tools may rely on several factors in assigning these percentages, which may vary per job. For example, for certain jobs specific practical experience may be of more relevance than certifications, for others it may be the other way around. Based on the analysis, our automated tools can provide a Johnson & Johnson recruiting employee with an overview of candidates that are potentially qualified for the relevant position. The Johnson & Johnson employee will then assess these recommendations and, based on our standard processes, move the candidate forward in the recruitment process.