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How To Prepare For Your Performance Review
So, this year’s performance review is right around the corner, and there’s a lot riding on this one, like that overdue salary increase you’ve been too afraid to bring up. However, there’s no need to panic. There’s still plenty you can do to prepare yourself. One of the most important things you can do to ensure your success with a company is to actively prepare for your performance review. Even if your company hasn’t structured in a self-evaluation step into their review process, this doesn’t mean that you have to play a passive role in simply taking feedback and direction from your manager. If you’re nervous about your upcoming performance review or what it might mean for your career, here are...
Critical Strategies For Developing Your Pharma Team
Effective teamwork is crucial for any pharmaceutical company. Whether it's an outstanding sales manager, establishing the company’s brand, or a medical advisor, managing clinical trials by company guidelines, everyone on your team needs to be engaged and focused on the same goals to facilitate excellent results. Finding the perfect blend of knowledge, skills and attitudes for your pharma team can help you to get ahead of the competition and achieve your goals faster. However, before you can start reaping the rewards of a high-performing team, you'll need to know how to set your employees up for success. Here are just some of the ways that you can develop a more cohesive community, making your company...
5 Hacks For Working With A Life Sciences Recruiter to Accelerate Your Career
A job search can be overwhelming and tiring, becoming a full-time job all on its own. Working with a professional life sciences recruiter might just be what you need to kick your job search into high gear. After all, recruitment consultants know about job openings that aren’t widely advertised and can offer valuable insight into current hiring trends and salaries for particular life sciences positions. However, using a recruiter doesn’t automatically guarantee you’ll easily land a job; there’s a lot more involved than just handing them a CV and hoping they’ll do their best to get you that amazing job. Finding the right recruiter who will be able to get you the best results, will require some effort on your part. With that in mind, here are...
5 Things Candidates Are Really Seeking from the Life Sciences Sector
How well do you really understand the needs and motivations of the life sciences candidates you’re working with? Perhaps not as well as you might think. At a recent recruitment expo, one of the speakers shared data from a very compelling study which revealed that what recruiters think candidates want out of a job is often quite at odds with what most are actually looking for. The research found that 70% of recruiters interviewed said that advancement was what candidates most sought in a role, followed closely by money and work-life balance. Interestingly, when the researchers asked candidates what they most looked for from employers, they cited the same three things, but in a...
Why You Need More Introverts in Your Life Sciences Team
There are many misconceptions around introverts in the workplace. Some business leaders assume that an introverted employee would be withdrawn, unable to work in a team, and painfully shy. While it's true that introverts perform their roles in a different way to extroverts, the truth is that the best teams need both types of people. While extroverts are likely to take more risks, introverts are more methodical in their work. 50% of the population may be described as "introverted" according to the Myers-Briggs group. Finding the right balance between introverted and extroverted staff members may be the key to the ultimate medical devices or pharmaceutical team. Here...
