General Science
Thoughts on advertising salaries
This is a slightly expanded version of the Sunday Times article (9th Oct) that we featured in. On a side note, ca. 12% of the jobs we advertise contain detailed information on the salary range on offer. “The need for good staff has never being more important and companies are going to greater lengths to [...]
Explain Yourself!
We see a LOT of CVs on a daily basis (I even see CVs in my sleep on weekends – OK maybe not!). Some points that occurred to me recently that are very important: -NEVER address an email to Sir / Madam or “To Whom it Concerns”. This is lazy. Go onto LinkedIn, find the [...]
What’s Hot – May
Wow, June is nearly upon – that was quick! It’s been a good month in Life Science Towers on various fronts, here’s a run down of the roles were working hard on currently: Health Quality professionals. We’re working exclusively with this Client to provide them with a number of people who have previous experience in [...]
Keeping your finger on the pulse (while not working)
So you’ve just graduated and are looking for your first job, or recently been made redundant? It’s important to keep that fire burning by staying in touch with current scientific issues. This will come across very well at interview when they ask you something along the lines of: “so what are your interests?” or “tell [...]
Would you fire this person?
I had an interesting online conversation with a friend who is based in the States last night.The chat came round to a lab supervisor who was upset that a person they had recently hired had “embelllished” and added details onto their CV. Essentially, they had lied in order to get themselves ahead of the pack. [...]
Career Advice from Industry Experts
I’ve tweeted and posted this on Facebook already (as well as blogged about it before), but I think it’s worthy of a lot more than that. All Life Science jobseekers should check out this video: HERE. It’s 4 Irish industry leaders: Owen Treacy (GM, Novo Nordisk Ireland), David Lloyd (Dean of Research, TCD), Joe Keenan [...]
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