Science Recruiting

Caroline
Ceniza-Levine

Networking From Scratch

A reader of my recent networking post gave me a follow-up challenge: I’ve been to so many lectures or read articles and they all say the same thing. Rely on your network or use your network to accomplish this or that. What they all overlook is explaining how you obtain that network in the first...


Thomas Patrick
Chuna

What About Headhunters? Pt. 4

Hello everyone! This month we are continuing the discussion about headhunters, and what they mean to you as a job seeker. In previous blogs, I made the following points about headhunters: 1) Headhunters really aren't the best place to focus most of your efforts as a job seeker 2) The best ...


Thomas Patrick
Chuna

What About Headhunters? Part 3

Hello everyone! I wanted to take the time to circle back and continue the discussion about headhunters, and what they mean to you as a job seeker. In previous blogs, I made the following points about headhunters:


Thomas Patrick
Chuna

What About Headhunters? Part 2

Hello Everyone! Last month, I mentioned that I will talk about the right way to approach, work with, and manage your expectations regarding headhunters, both independent, and their corporate counterparts. We'll start with the right way to approach one. The right way is to do you homework, and ...


Thomas Patrick
Chuna

What about headhunters?

Hello Everyone! This month I wanted to speak from some personal experience. I am part of a facebook group for professional recruiters, and it encompasses all types of recruiters: Internal, third party recruiters ( TPR) and anyone else that works on acquiring talent for companies. Myself, I hav...


Caroline
Ceniza-Levine

Five Ways To Manage Fear When You Stretch Outside Your Comfort Zone

I thought about writing about growth, since it’s spring, and growth is something that happens when you stretch outside your comfort zone. (I did write about growth for the 4/16 issue of the newsletter in case you missed that one!) But the flip side of the positive growth that comes when you stretc...


Melanie
Smith

My First Biotech Job Fair

I was at my first biotechnology job fair, managing the company booth, and was the only representative from the company able to attend that day. After setting up the table with all the marketing materials, company literature, job postings, excited to entice people to the booth, I began talking wit...


Melanie
Smith

Behavioral Interviewing: More than a Gut Feeling

Back in the 80’s and early 90’s, many hiring managers, recruiters/Human Resources staff, CEO’s and other management folks relied on their “gut feeling” when it came to interviewing prospective new hires. Some people even decided in the first 5 minutes of the interview, based on their gu...


Melanie
Smith

Job Loss and Coping with Change

Losing your job can feel a lot like dealing with a death or other devastating loss (the process can be very similar). There’s the financial aspect - you had plenty of money to feed your family, pay your mortgage, now you don’t.  The social aspect - you spent 8+ hrs/day with your co-workers, ...


Melanie
Smith

What Does a Biotech Recruiter Look For?

As a Recruiter reviews a resume, there are certain things that we typically look for and want to see in a resume, and certain things we just don’t want to see. I think when we first start reading a resume or cv, one of the first things to catch our eye is the format. Before we start reading thr...