More Goop! Is your company a good place to goop? I recently posted about what it’s like to go through the “goop” while adjusting to a new role. (Don’t know what I’m talking about? Catch up here. I’ll be here when you get back!) Luckily for me...
What’s Your Company’s Personality? As modern life-science career matchmakers, we focus a lot on personality fit. So of course, we ask our potential candidates many questions about themselves and how they handle all types of situations. We’re...
Life-Science Multipotentialite Have you ever experienced anxiety when a hiring manager asks you the classic question: what is your biggest strength? For some of us this answer might be fairly straightforward…and then there’s those of us who will just start...
Hiring Juniors: The “Secret” to Renewing Your Business When people hire us to hire their teams, they frequently stipulate that one of the most important criteria for our search should be years of experience. We get that: experience is key for successful...
Why Panic Hires Are Dangerous Business (and How to Avoid Them) What’s a Panic Hire? It’s someone you hire because you feel that you just need to have someone right now; the work won’t get done as long as the position is vacant. So you rush,...
Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill Have you read Modern Romance: An Investigation, comedian Aziz Ansari’s hilarious book about why modern dating is so difficult? If not, we really recommend picking up a copy for a laugh with some insight to boot – but to sum it...
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