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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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Are your CRA Applicants Lying to You? – A Checklist
Do you believe that Fake CRA Applicants really exist? If you are a hiring manager, I can guarantee more CRA candidates are lying to you than you realize. My goal is to provide Interviewers and Hiring Managers with a checklist of things to keep in mind when evaluating...
CRA Interview Questions – A Worksheet
Believe it or not, some CRA interview questions are the same regardless of the experience level of the CRA. And of course, CRAs at all experience levels find themselves in an extremely competitive job market. While the hard skills associated with the Clinical Research...
Why Work with a Niched CRA Recruitment Agency?
Several years ago, a small oncology pharma reached out to us in a panic. The interim analysis results from their large phase III solid tumor study showed the data was a mess, and they realized they needed to re-monitor their project ASAP if they hoped to move...
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: How to Decline a Job Offer…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 spirit of networking, let's...
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 CRA reference checks? How about you Job Seekers out there...are you taking the reference check step as seriously as you should? Our experience is that most CRA candidates don't take it...
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 Reference Check Mistakes
"Would you like to see the results of this candidate's reference check?" I asked. “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...
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 Failure: Tactics to Recover
I was floored. I couldn’t believe her interview failure was so extreme. She passed our competency assessment and CRA interview questions with flying colors. She was incredibly ‘buttoned up’ when interviewing with our internal team. She was also able to gracefully walk...
Interview Template for Hiring Teams: Conduct Effective Interviews
Why use an Interview Template? 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...