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Within this blog you will see industry updates, Job Seeker and Hiring Manager advice. Our content is still growing, but we want you to join us and help create the community you want to be a part of!Welcome to our blog!
Within this blog you will see industry updates, Job Seeker and Hiring Manager advice. Our content is still growing, but we want you to join us and help create the community you want to be a part of!craresources is truly unique in that placing CRAs is all we do. We understand the impact field monitors have to the success or failure of clinical studies and because of this single focus we are able to find the right fit for both the Client and the CRA.
Because of our extensive network within the CRA community, we are able to consistently provide quality CRAs to our Partners, making us a valued and key partner to our Clients.
Additionally, since the placement of Field Monitors is our sole focus, consistently having CRA opportunities available as you are ready to roll onto another project is typical for us.
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Why You Should Decline a Counter Offer
What is a counter offer? In the context of this article, we are discussing the receipt of a counter offer made by your current employer in a (sometimes) desperate attempt to keep you from resigning. In our recruiting world, we categorize job seekers into two types:...
Two Job Offers? How to Gracefully Decline One (or Both)
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish… Who doesn’t want to have to pick between two job offers? Celebrate…pat yourself on the back. Then dig into the dilemma of making a decision. If you have ever been fortunate enough to be in the situation where two or more...
Podcast: Secrets of the CRA Reference Check
Is the CRA Reference Check a Waste of Time? As a hiring manager - do you conduct reference checks? How about you Job Seekers out there...are you taking the reference check step as seriously as you should? This past newsletter was all about references. With the goal...
How to Recover from Getting Fired
I was fired once. When I worked for IBM, I was a project executive for a large client. The senior project executive and I butted heads over how to deal with a very high-touch client…and he decided to remove me from the project. AKA - I was fired from the project. ...
7 Big Mistakes in Employee Reference Checking
“We don’t do reference checks”, she said. I was floored… I had been speaking with the Director of Clinical Operations for a mid-sized Sponsor who had been struggling with extremely high attrition rates. Wanting to analyze their hiring process, the company had...
Podcast: Common Interview Fails and How to Avoid
Want to know why interviews aren't always effective? Interview fails aren't just made by the job seeker; hiring managers make them too. Our team held a quick round table on this topic and want to share our thoughts on interview dos and don'ts as well as the CRA...
The Importance of Strong Professional References
One of my top recruiters just dealt with a situation where someone refused to provide professional references. And not in a nice way. She was one of these ‘30 year’ folks who felt her time in the industry should speak for itself. But let me ask you this…regardless...
Why Interviews Won’t Identify Candidate Fraudulence
One of the clients we work with has a very tough qualification process. I appreciate their effort…after all, we have a tough process too. With that being said, even with their extra diligence, this particular client has still been plagued by fraudulent candidates...
CRA Interview Fail: Tactics to Recover
I was floored. I couldn’t believe she failed her interview so badly. She passed our competency assessment and CRA interview questions with flying colors. She was incredibly ‘buttoned up’ when interviewing with our internal team, gracefully walking that fine line of...
How to Prepare Your Hiring Team to Conduct Effective Interviews
Although often overlooked, using tools like an interview template as well as training your hiring managers to be strong interviewers is a critically important part of an effective CRA hiring process. Having well-trained interviewers will protect your company from...
Great CRA Interview but No Job Offer…?
…Seriously, it was one of the best interviews you have ever had with a company that you truly want to be engaged with. But you hear nothing… Or even worse, you get one of those very polite yet generic rejection emails. If you are getting interviews but no job...
What Makes an Honest CRA’s Resume Look Fraudulent
I was speaking to a highly experienced CRA candidate last week and noticed there was a slight discrepancy on his current resume as it related to the dates of his experience. We had an older resume that showed he shifted from a perm position into a consulting role in...
Identifying Fake CRA Resumes
I was speaking to a CRA candidate the other day and was impressed with how well he presented himself. Not only did he have a lovely personality, but his communication skills were also terrific, and he was nailing my competency questions. One of our clients is...
Why Your Attrition Rate is So High
Many organizations struggle to control their attrition rates, having a difficult time encouraging their team members to stick around. In a candidate-driven market, many companies attribute high turnover to the industry, while other organizations blame the individual...
Tips To Pre-Qualify Applicants Before The Interview
In this day and age, every minute is valuable, and in the role of a hiring manager there never seems to be enough time in the day to accomplish everything on our task lists. This is especially true when seeking to fill a new position. In today’s market, it isn’t...
The Post-COVID CRA Hiring Process: How Has it Changed?
The CRA hiring process has transformed, like work conditions, over the past few years. At the onset of COVID, we saw clinical research pause in many areas but then raced to restart once the industry learned how to adapt to the travel limitations thrust upon us by the...
How the Job Search Has Changed
The job search process, along with everything else it seems, has undergone an enormous amount of change in the last ten years. Job Seekers absolutely must rely on the Internet and mobile technology and this can be disconcerting for someone who is entering the job...
Job Description Requirements by Law: A Guide
Did you know that for most positions, there are no state or federal laws requiring you to have a job description? While there are no state or federal requirements to provide job descriptions for most positions, there are still job description requirements by law....
Why Your Resume Isn’t Getting Read
Not getting a response to your resume submission? Do you wonder if anyone is actually reviewing your applications? We hear the complaint often where job seekers feel their resumes and applications are being submitted into a black hole as they never get a response to...
How to Properly Address CRA Recruitment and Find Quality Candidates
Many recruiting companies take a cookie-cutter approach to recruiting, feeling that the act of recruiting clinical research professionals who will work on your clinical trials is much like recruiting for any other position. We disagree. As with other industries,...