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Spotlight on Pharmaceutical Manufacturing – An interview with Executive Director Business Development EMEA at LabConnect
Spotlight on Pharmaceutical Manufacturing – An interview with Executive Director Business Development EMEA at LabConnect
by Christine Sands
Posted in Pharmaceuticals, Spotlight On
From established corporate giants to innovative start-ups, our 'Spotlight On' series interviews individuals across the medical, pharmaceutical and scientific industries, revealing the driving forces behind their company's success. In this interview, I spoke with Ilka Reineman, Executive Director of Business Development EMEA at LabConnect.
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90-Second Elevator Pitch – Kayleigh Best
90-Second Elevator Pitch – Kayleigh Best
by Kayleigh Best
Posted in Meet the Team, Pharmaceuticals
It's about time we reminded you all which industries we specialize in... so how better to do this than to get our talented consultants to explain in our 90-second Elevator Pitch series! In this interview, we spoke to Kayleigh Best, Principal Consultant with 3 years of recruitment experience, focusing on Pre-clinical positions within the biotech industry, across the US.
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Creating Careers: Hitting record-breaking fees across the company
Creating Careers: Hitting record-breaking fees across the company
by Christine Sands
Posted in Pharmaceuticals
November is National Career Development Month, encouraging professionals to celebrate their own career development and focus on their future career choices. In this interview we spoke to Ben Conway – Managing Consultant of our pharmaceutical team. 
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Creating Careers: Manager to Divisional Director in 4 years
Creating Careers: Manager to Divisional Director in 4 years
by Christine Sands
Posted in Pharmaceuticals
November is National Career Development Month, encouraging professionals to celebrate their own career development and focus on their future career choices. First up, we interviewed Christine Sands – our Divisional Director of Pharmaceuticals.
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IWD 2022: “It’s all about work-life balance.”
IWD 2022: “It’s all about work-life balance.”
by Christine Sands
Posted in Meet the Team, Pharmaceuticals
For International Women’s Day, we spoke to three of our female senior managers to find out what it is like being a woman in recruitment, how male-dominated the field really is and what we can do to support women. Our second interview is with Christine Sands who heads up our global pharma team.
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2022: The state of play in the US job market
2022: The state of play in the US job market
by Andrew Maddison
Posted in Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals
In this article, we take a look at the state of investment in the market, the size of the talent pool and how this is impacting the job market in the US across the pharma, biotech and medical device industries.
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Addressing the post-Brexit hiring challenges of UK Qualified Persons
Addressing the post-Brexit hiring challenges of UK Qualified Persons
by Christine Sands
Posted in Pharmaceuticals
Before Brexit, the UK could hire QPs from any location within the EU, but now we can only hire QPs based in the UK – resulting in a lack of supply and a rise in day-rates and salaries. We spoke to the Vice President of Quality at a global biotechnology organisation about the challenges of hiring QPs within the UK, and how these might be overcome.
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What life science companies should consider for a US expansion
What life science companies should consider for a US expansion
by James Chippindale
Posted in International Expansion, Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals
Are you a life science company looking to expand into the US? To find out more about what you should consider, we interviewed Joanne Farquharson, President & Chief Executive Officer at Foothold America, a company that helps businesses around the world to expand into the US market.
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