Employer Best Practices

Interviews are an important part of the recruitment process for any organization, but they can be especially critical in the biotech, pharma, and CRO industries.

For the BioPharma industry, which is notoriously competitive, the question is not whether to adopt a hybrid work policy, but which hybrid work policy is best.

The socio-economic environment has seen a major shift since the pandemic. Employees are looking for remote and hybrid opportunities and industries are looking for top quality talent.

A sure sign of a quality organization is the ability to measure its progress and success.  “In business, words are words; explanations are explanations, promises are promises, but only performance is reality,” according to Harold S. Geneen, CEO of International Telephone and Telegraph Corp.  With the continuous upward trend in productivity of the pharmaceutical industry, measuring performance has become more important.  This analysis provides a total picture of its current progress and shows opportunities for further improvement.

In today's highly competitive CRO job market, many qualified clinical team managers (CTMs) are vying for a small number of available clinical project management (CPM) positions. You could want that promotion for more exposure, monetary benefits, or because you're tired of being in the same spot. But how do you make yourself stand out to get that promotion?

A clinical trial manager is responsible for many tasks, including overseeing everything from creating a valid test to its administration, recruitment, logistics, and follow-up. Hence, specific abilities are required of the employee to carry out their job duties. Here are a few skills to help understand how great clinical trial managers stand out.

Forward-looking pharma companies understand the importance of incorporating millennial values in their hiring practices and the company culture. It is no surprise that the pharma industry is changing to meet these evolving dynamics.

Efficient leadership plays a huge role in bringing a clinical trial to fruition. Pharmaceutical companies are not immune to making mistakes and facing failures. Lack of funding, safety issues, and patient dropouts are some of the struggles clinical development teams face.

As McKinsey & Company notes, “It’s remarkable how much of a productivity kicker an organization gets from top talent. A recent study of more than 600,000 researchers, entertainers, politicians, and athletes found that high performers are 400 percent more productive than average ones.”

There is a shortage of talent in clinical research. However, recruiters for researchers in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry can use various strategies to overcome this shortage. The proper process allows you to reach the right talent and retain it. Understand the Reasons for the Talent Shortage Before you can overcome the talent shortage, you [...]