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Within the craresources blog you will see industry updates, Job Seeker and Hiring Manager advice. We want you to join us and help create the community you want to be a part of!Welcome to our blog!
Within this craresources blog you will see industry updates, Job Seeker and Hiring Manager advice. We want you to join us and help create the community you want to be a part of!We believe the most important role in this industry is that of a Clinical Research Associate. We ‘pound the pavement’ daily to find the best CRAs…and engage them.
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Podcast: Time Management Skills for CRAs
Time Management Skills: I have yet to speak to someone who admits they have weak time management skills. Everyone we interview thinks their ability to manage deliverables and calendars is stellar. They are not. Our data shows that the lack of organizational and time...
The Interplay Between a Digital Footprint and Personal Brand
Digital Footprint: What is a Digital Footprint? What is a Personal Brand? People are often confused about the difference between their digital footprint and personal brand. Most often, candidates believe they are the same thing. They are not. Both your digital...
Roundtable: How a Victim Mentality Can Sabotage your Job Search
Victim Mentality: All of us…me included…have been victimized. We have all been wronged. We have all been taken advantage of. Cards have been stacked against us in terms of illness, debt, or abandonment. Many of us have been abused, neglected, or otherwise mistreated....
Contract Vs Permanent Job Interview Questions
Job interview Questions: Candidates always want to know what job interview questions they should prepare for. What most job seekers don’t realize, however, is that questions and expected answers are likely to vary based on whether the position is a contract or...
Podcast: Is Candidate Fraudulence Causing Unintentional Discrimination?
Unintentional Discrimination: In today’s podcast, we team up with a tenured CRA professional and trusted colleague, Mashaan Guy, to discuss an undesired side effect of the candidate fraudulence we are experiencing in this industry. I am going to call this side effect...
Roundtable: Interview Technique-The Awkward Pause
The Awkward Pause: You have prepared for your interview by considering every possible question that may be asked. Although you are nervous, you feel ready. And then it happens, the silence is deafening…no one is talking. How do you handle the awkward pause? Are you...
How to Keep Organized at Work
Keep Organized at Work: According to research conducted by Zippia, 82% of people don’t have a time management system. Wow…how do these folks keep organized at work? My guess is that they don’t, and Zippia’s research agrees by confirming that only 20% of the people...
Roundtable: Digital Footprint vs Personal Branding
Digital Footprint: Candidates are often confused with the difference between their digital footprint and personal brand. More often than not, candidates believe they are the same thing. They are not the same. Neither a digital footprint nor a personal brand happens...
Podcast: Horrible Job Search Advice
Job Search Advice: I just saw another article giving horrible job search advice. It is plentiful…and I have found that jobseekers often find it difficult to sort through good versus bad advice. But one thing is certain, following the wrong advice will cost you when...
Podcast: How to Fine-Tune Your Career Trajectory
Career Trajectory: Career Trajectory Meaning A career trajectory refers to the path or progression an individual follows throughout their professional life. It includes the sequence of jobs, roles, and experiences that contribute to their personal and professional...
Podcast: Why Create Job Descriptions?
Job Descriptions: I feel most of our clients undervalue the importance of job descriptions. Most hiring managers view them as an advertisement…and since it takes a lot of effort to craft one, why invest the time? Especially since there are no state or federal...
Roundtable: Combating Job Search Anxiety
Job Search Anxiety: Job search anxiety is very common. There are typically three reasons why employers don’t respond to a candidate who applies for an open position: The candidate isn’t qualified (or isn’t as qualified as others), The candidate is overqualified and...
Are Backdoor Reference Checks Legal?
Backdoor Reference Checks: What is a Backdoor Reference Check? Backdoor reference checks are also known as backchannel, informal, quiet, or deep reference checks. In contrast to a traditional reference check, backdoor checks are conducted without the candidate’s...
Roundtable: How to Work With a Recruiter
How to Work With a Recruiter: Today’s roundtable is about how to work with a recruiter. And while we speak about working with a recruiter to obtain a new position, we also discuss how to continue working with your recruiter to transition into your role (if a perm...
The Value of a Well-Written CRA Job Description
CRA Job Description: “Angela, you know we don’t have a CRA job description,” my client said. “Just find me several great CRAs…you know what to look for.” She had a point. I and my team had provided CRAs to her for over a decade. So yes, I knew exactly what specific...
Podcast: Can You Count on Employment Check Results?
Employment Check: Many hiring managers feel employment verification and background checks are a waste of time and money. Alternatively, other clinical operations managers feel an employment check protects them from candidate fraudulence. Our firm feels performing a...
Is Lying on Your Resume Illegal?
Is Lying on Your Resume Illegal? It has been my observation that we are diving face-first into an employer-driven market. The shift from what has been a candidate-driven market has undoubtedly caused a lot of stress to many job seekers. Unfortunately, the highly...
Roundtable: Professional Networking = Small World Phenomenon
Professional Networking: Today’s roundtable is about how professional networking can create a Small World Phenomenon for you. And no, I am not talking about Disney World’s Small World ride. I am talking about the principle that Wikipedia describes where short chains...
Fake Job Applicants Can Pass a Background Check
Fake Job Applicants: As we continue the discussion on how to identify fake job applicants and applicants representing a fake background, I am constantly asked, “But why not just call and verify past employment?” Seems like a reasonable question, doesn’t it? Many...
Roundtable: What Not to Say in a Job Interview
What Not to Say in a Job Interview: It is standard practice for interviewers to open up the discussion with a question like “Tell me about yourself” or “Walk me through your resume.” I like starting an interview this way for a couple of reasons. First, answering this...