LinkedIn Groups and work with Life Science Recruitment

Firstly, we’d like to wish all readers, clients and candidates a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Here’s hoping that 2012 brings a lot of good news for our little green isle. As huge fans and heavy users of LinkedIn, we utilise it’s various features a lot. One of these is groups. We have, in fact, [...]

What’s Hot – July

We’re flying through the Summer here in Life Science Towers, with plenty to keep us busy. Here’s our latest monthly round-up of some of our active jobs: I’m looking for Clinical Research professionals in many guises. From CTA to CRA and a Clinical Operations Specialist, it’s an area we seem to be seeing a lot [...]

Lessons learned from Jack White

Last night I had the pleasure of attending an interview with Jack White, guitarist form the White Stripes in Trinity College. A rock star in every sense of the word, he arrived exactly as one might expect him to, all black clothes, white rockstar boots and top hat. Some (I think!) white make up and [...]

What’s hot right now

I intend this to become a semi-regular (semi so I’m not nailing myself to the cross!) on what areas we are seeing particular levels of activity in. So let’s get started: Pharma / Medical Device Sales. My colleague Richard is always on the lookout for superb candidates who have extensive experience in these areas. All [...]

Staying Fresh

Given that so many Scientific jobs are being lost, combined with a large tranche of new grads coming out that are finding it tough to secure positions, I think it’s quite apt to given my own thoughts on how to stay relevant while looking for work.

Bettering yourself is KEY, you always need to think “how can I distinguish myself from the next person when it comes down to the interview?” “What are my personal USPs?” “Why should somebody hire me over that guy?”

There are a number of things you can do to while seeking out that new position:

The Web 2.0 Recruitment Era

Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Blogs, Technorati, MySpace, Social Media…. the list in endless… but what is all the fuss about and how can it find me a job, i hear you ask…

Web 2.0 is simply the catchy term for the next generation of internet technologies. In the same way mobile phones evolved from Analogue (088) to GSM (087) to GPRS the to 3G and HSPDA; from just making a standard call to making a video call, the internet is in a state of flux. A tidal wave of new rich applications are now available, enhancing the internet for the end-user. This has been made possible by the widespread peretration of broadband to the masses, combined with a reduction in the cost of computer hardware.

So how does it increase my chances of getting a job???