Latest Recruitment Articles

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  • Biometrics: a 'cheat-proof' exam?
  • Biometric tools are being used more and more in pharma sales recruitment. But can science really spot talent?
  • [Published 28 July 2008 Source: Pharmafocus Author: John Hosken]
  • The organisational generation gap
  • Cross-generational communication within the workplace should be about individuals, not generalisations, says Tarquin Bennett-Coles
  • [Published 28 July 2008 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Tarquin Bennett-Coles]
  • Onwards and upwards
  • There’s no one route to your dream promotion in pharma, says John Hosken, but gaining the right qualifications, showing you can be a team player and being able to market yourself are all key skills.
  • [Published 09 May 2008 Source: Pharmafocus Author: John Hosken]
  • Should I stay or should i go?
  • There are no easy answers when it comes to timing a job move, says Tim Ewbank, but you can make yourself a more attractive candidate for that next job.
  • [Published 09 May 2008 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Tim Ewbank]
  • Eight ways to improve company culture
  • Fully involving staff in your business and giving them a sense of pride and ownership will provide motivation and, ultimately, success, says Chris Howe of ChangeMaker
  • [Published 07 January 2008 Source: ChangeMaker Author: Chris Howe]
  • Recognition, reward and development
  • Nycomed’s Operational Excellence Programme has paid dividends in many ways.
    Motivating employees and encouraging them to go the extra mile in their roles is a common objective of many workplace recognition programmes, both in the pharma industry and beyond. 
  • [Published 07 January 2008 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Helen Lawn]
  • Chains of communication: the vital links
  • Teaching managers to engage with their teams will get the message across
    The temptation with communication problems is to blame the managers and send them on a course, but in its report, Talking in the Dark, reputation management company CHA found the problem actually starts with a failure to engage managers in what their organisation is trying to achieve.
  • [Published 07 January 2008 Source: Pharmafocus Author: John Hosken]
  • Key People launch new website

  • Recruitment firm Key People has strengthened their online presence with a new, easy-to-use website that will provide candidates with faster access to new jobs.

  • [Published 25 April 2007 Source: Key People Author: Justin Gimblett]
  • Waking up to new ways of training
  • Pharma's use of sales and marketing training is moving out of the classroom and on to the PC, says John Hosken, but it still needs to prove its value in terms of return on investment. From sales forecasts to the marketing mix, from business information to regulatory project management, there are as many training courses, seminars and workshops available to the ambitious pharmaceutical employee as there are topics to be covered.
  • [Published 15 February 2007 Source: Pharmafocus Author: John Hosken]
  • Knowledge of probability
  • Good recruitment agencies find the right balance between client and candidate wants and needs. We all have expectations about our lives, from how long it will take to get to work to whether or not we’ll win the lottery. How we view those expectations depends on what we base them on, be it years of sitting in the same traffic jams or a rudimentary knowledge of probability.
  • [Published 15 February 2007 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Tarquin Bennett-Coles, UK Business Director for Clinical and Medical, DOCS International]
  • Developing home-grown talent
  • Leadership programmes can transform a company’s business success says Christopher Hudd.

    Finding commercial talent in the pharmaceutical sector is a constant challenge – it’s both expensive and time consuming – so once you have a good team in place, it is critical not only to keep them, but also to develop them.
  • [Published 25 September 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Christopher Hudd, Springboard Commercial Solutions]
  • Has pharma got the feel good factor?
  • Satisfied workers are the key to business success, but this requires insight into what people expect and an ability to give them what they want, says John Hosken.

    People are expecting more from their jobs than they ever have before. The concept of a job for life – or even for the next five years – is a thing of the past for many people. Benefits, seniority and years of service are counting for less and less, and few people expect to spend more than a couple of years in the same job.
  • [Published 25 September 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: John Hosken, Information Advisers]
  • How to make your move
  • The time to move on comes to most people in the course of their career path. Tarquin Bennett-Coles looks at ways to make the job-changing process as painless as possible.

    According to a recent survey, four out of every 10 employees are thinking about changing their job in the next 12 months. But do they really appreciate exactly what they’re letting theirselves in for before taking the plunge?
  • [Published 25 September 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Tarquin Bennett-Coles, Business Unit Director for Clinical and Medical, DOCS International]
  • Essential tools for tomorrow’s leaders
  • Experienced managers can benefit from tailor-made training courses says Aline Beresford

    All companies recognise the need to provide training to equip managers with the key leadership tools needed to coach, motivate and lead their staff to run their businesses more efficiently and effectively. It’s a simple process – all it requires is to book a meeting room, block out the time in everyone’s diaries, and invite a management training company to come and run a course. This wholesale approach means the entire department can be kitted out with the same skill-set all at the same time and, indeed, this may be a cost-effective option.
  • [Published 25 September 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Aline Beresford]
  • Women’s European pharma network launched
  • Over the years, the numbers of women taking up positions of authority in the pharmaceutical industry has grown considerably, and it is encouraging to note that we are approaching a better balance of male:female ratios within healthcare.
  • [Published 07 September 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Helen Clarkson]
  • The right stuff: execs with the Midas touch
  • Setting up a new biotech company is a major challenge. Christopher Coe and Alain Leclerc explain how to find that elusive executive with the ability to lead it into the future.

    Here’s a challenge: find someone with PhD-level scientific knowledge, a strong management track record and entrepreneurial flair. If there are no Stephen Hawking-Richard Branson hybrids in your contacts book, it quickly becomes apparent that locating executives for growing biotech companies is a major task.
  • [Published 07 September 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Christopher Coe and Alain Leclerc, Christian & Timbers]
  • Are you ready to become an interim manager?
  • The last few years have seen both dramatic and rapid changes in the adoption of interim management in the life sciences industries.

    Company managers are now embracing with enthusiasm the many ways in which flexible resourcing can add value to their businesses and, in response, there are corresponding changes in the typical profiles of interim managers available to provide solutions to clients.
  • [Published 07 September 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Keith Hobson, RSA]
  • The recruitment consultant – friend or foe?
  • OK, I admit it; I’m an executive search consultant. So there’s no point in you reading this article as I’m sure you know that I’m just going to tell you that recruitment consultants, as we are more commonly known, are all wonderful and should be used at every opportunity, right? Wrong. While I naturally want to make the case for the recruitment consultant as friend, there are times and circumstances when a recruitment consultant is not needed and could waste your time and money.
  • [Published 07 September 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Tarquin Bennett-Coles, DOCS International]
  • Ringing the changes in pharmaceutical sales
  • How do other industries approach concepts such as customer value and customer needs? Rik Burrage looks at where pharmaceutical sales managers could be picking up some tips.
  • [Published 07 September 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Rik Burrage , Grass Roots]
  • Calling up reinforcements
  • There is a wide range of applications for interim managers, says Liz Cole, and cost is not necessarily a barrier for companies wanting to engage their services.

    In the pharmaceutical industry outsourcing has never enjoyed greater popularity and all the indications are that this trend is set to continue over the next few years. The use of interim managers is no exception and, currently, all the major global players are making use of interim specialists in a wide range of roles for a number of different reasons.
  • [Published 19 July 2006 Source: Pharmafocus Author: Liz Cole, Client Manager, The Harten Group]

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