Employer Best Practices

Clear expectations, thoughtful compensation, and transparent communication help employers and candidates make confident decisions. A competitive salary opens the conversation. The full opportunity determines whether a candidate says yes. For life sciences professionals considering a move, the decision reaches beyond base pay. Equity terms, leadership expectations, workplace flexibility, and confidence in the company’s direction [...]

How AI can strengthen sourcing, candidate engagement, and hiring decisions—while keeping relationships at the center. Hiring in life sciences requires more than matching titles. It takes an understanding of the science, the company’s development stage, and what a new hire must accomplish. AI can help recruiting teams research talent, organize information, and reduce administrative [...]

Hiring Trends in the Biotech Industry The life sciences industry continues to evolve, with new technologies, regulatory changes, and workforce dynamics shaping hiring trends. Here’s what hiring managers, recruiters, and professionals should expect in 2025: 1. Increased Demand for Specialized Talent With advancements in gene therapy, personalized medicine, and AI-driven drug discovery, there is [...]

The Shift Back to the Office: Why San Diego Life Sciences Companies Are Rethinking Remote Work Over the past few years, the life sciences sector—like many industries—embraced remote and hybrid work models out of necessity. San Diego, a thriving hub for biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies, was no exception. However, as we move [...]

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.