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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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Podcast: CRA Careers and Entry Level Candidates
CRA Careers Available! New Year / New You / New Team... CRA Careers are available! The hard skills are teachable, but the soft skills are what is really important. Anyone looking to develop themselves into a mature CRA must focus on improving their soft...
Is it Smart to Apply to Multiple Job Openings With the Same Company?
I logged in this morning to find that one candidate had applied to every single one of the job openings we had posted on our website. 12 job applications. I guess in some respects I can understand the temptation to apply for multiple jobs at the same company; after...
How to Become a CRA
Want to know how to become a CRA? We understand that being a job seeker can be stressful; however being a newbie to the job force can cause even more stress. Many of today’s college and graduate students are setting their sights on Clinical Research Associate (CRA)...
The CRA Career Path and Public Speaking
A colleague of mine published an outstanding list of “Public Speaking Tips for New CRAs” and has given us permission to publish it. Elizabeth, thank you for your insights! The Art of Public Speaking By Elizabeth Weeks-Rowe Public speaking is a true passion of mine...
Podcast: Job Offers…the Secret of Rejections
No more calls. No more texts. We are breaking up. This industry is extremely small. The goal in every interaction should be to build a rapport...which will lead to a relationship...which will continue to grow your network. So in the effort of nurturing your network...
Thank you so much for…You
"Don we now our ugly sweaters....fah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah lah" I was thinking that Christmas is really the only time of the year where you can sit in front of a dead tree and eat candy out of a sock. It is a strange world we live in. But at the end of all of...
Why You Should Send Rejection Letters
I once posted a back office job that received 773 applicants. It took me several days to review the submissions in order to come up with a short list of the candidates that I wanted to speak with. I conducted a quick email prequalification process with 65 of the...
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...