Recently, we have been working in conjunction with Clients on some more junior roles.
The majority of our roles are quite senior and we may not have more than 3-4 very suitable candidates for each, possibly even only 1 depending on the specificity of the requirements. However, for these recent Lab Tech roles, we have a large database of candidates who could potentially fill the role. So how do we choose? We ring as many as we can, and those whom we contact or those who call back, are inevitably the ones who get presented as profiles to our Client.
In a market like this, in which there are not many junior roles, there is a high level of competition for the ones that do arise. This is where RSS feeds come in. If someone subscribes to our feed, they will be alerted IMMEDIATELY as soon as we post a new vacancy (which is the initial step in the recruitment process). So if you are a candidate who is recently out of college or with a couple of years experience in a lab – you would be alerted as soon as the role is up. You could then contact us before we get a chance to get to you, by phone as this is the most immediate and effective. This would put you ahead of the queue, and gives you the best chance be out forward and to be itnerviewed. For roles where we are the exclusive provider for, we are not going to submit more than 4 closely matched CVs. As our Client will not have the time or inclination to see more than 4 people. Therefore as soon as those 4 interviews are arranged, we closed off the application process. This could literally happen throughout one working day. If your CV is 100% matched to our Client’s requirements but you were a few hours too late, then you could have potentially missed out on an excellent opportunity.
This market is tough, candidates need to be predatory and utillise all of the tools at hand. So if you’re on the lookout for a role, be it junior or senior (Junior Senior, whatever happened to them?!), the subscribe to the links below now. When something of potential interest does pass our way, give us a call – we’ll can update you on the role in the blink of an eye.
RSS. For information on using RSS feeds – see here
Facebook Fan Page (417 and growing!) – we post off of our recent jobs on our FB and Twitter page
Brian – bhc at lifescience dot com