Last month, a resume came through our portal from a Clinical Research Associate with four CRA positions on it. Under each position, she listed the same resume bullet points, word for word. Her resume gave our recruiters nothing to verify and no way to see what she had really done in any of those four roles.

Unfortunately, her resume isn’t unusual. For years, resume templates included a section titled Responsibilities, and many clinical research professionals filled it in by copying the job description. But that approach no longer works. A resume not getting interviews can have several causes, and a CRA resume built on duties and ‘responsible for’ tasks is one we see every day.

Today, hiring teams also screen a growing number of fake job applicants, including candidates created entirely by AI. A list of duties looks the same whether a real person or a fabricated one wrote it.

In our latest roundtable, our recruiting team talks through the difference between fact and proof on a clinical research associate resume. We share real before-and-after examples of achievement-based resume bullet points, explain what you can still include on a resume under a confidentiality agreement, and talk about how your resume bullet points shape the questions you are asked in an interview. I also explain what I call the Real 20, and why it matters to every qualified candidate.

This podcast reveals what the recruiters who review CRA resumes every day look for before they move a candidate forward.

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To Your Success,
Angela Roberts, Managing Partner of craresources