by craadmin | Interview Tips, Podcasts
Keep Failing Interviews: “Why do I keep failing interviews?” she asked. I felt bad for her because she was an excellent CRA. But the reality is that she wasn’t failing her interviews because she lacked experience or competency within the role....
by craadmin | Hiring Managers, Podcasts
A Recruitment Agency: Candidates need them. Businesses need them…Recruitment Agencies are a critical part of any industry. But how do you recruit a recruitment agency? How do you evaluate recruitment agencies that are ethical as well as good at what they do? And...
by craadmin | CRA_Vetting, Podcasts
When your candidate pool is too large, you are at risk of missing the highest-quality candidates. I was speaking to an HR manager at a mid-sized CRO and she was in tears. Her operations team desperately needed CRAs for an upcoming project, but for each position she...
by craadmin | Networking Tips, Podcasts, Social Media
What is the best LinkedIn connection request message? Last week someone reached out to me with a simple question: Do you place Contract CRAs? This was definitely not the best LinkedIn connection request message to send me. Why? If this potential candidate had spent...
by craadmin | Clinical Research, Podcasts
This past week I had an individual contact me through LinkedIn asking to be considered for some of our open Clinical Research Associate positions. His foundations were terrific but he met none of the qualifications of our industry CRA positions. The rub…he...
by craadmin | Clinical Research, Podcasts
You have heard us say it before – Competent CRAs are great public speakers! But becoming an effective public speaker isn’t magical. We have addressed overcoming the fear of public speaking and why you should seek public speaking opportunities. Now we dig...
