"Hiring good people is hard. Hiring great people is brutally hard. And yet nothing matters more in winning than getting the right people on the field."
~Jack Welch, former CEO, GE
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Hiring Boom may be on its way....
A hiring Boom may be on its ways...
http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/11/employment-pharma-oil-intelligent-investing-hiring.html?partner=yahootix
http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/11/employment-pharma-oil-intelligent-investing-hiring.html?partner=yahootix
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Positive Press for the Pharma World
Well they say when a door closes a window opens..... the flu pandemic has started to shed positive light on the pharma world. It is wonderful to read articles commenting on how the pharma and biotech industries can help curtail a flu pandemic.
Countless scientist spend untold hours and companies spend billions of dollars to search for the next cure for life threatening disease, this seems to have been lost in all the hype about drug prices. In a world were negative gets "clicks" people writing about the promise of an H1N1 vaccine and the good the industry does is a welcome breath of fresh air.
Please feel free to share your comments
Countless scientist spend untold hours and companies spend billions of dollars to search for the next cure for life threatening disease, this seems to have been lost in all the hype about drug prices. In a world were negative gets "clicks" people writing about the promise of an H1N1 vaccine and the good the industry does is a welcome breath of fresh air.
Please feel free to share your comments
Thursday, June 18, 2009
CNN Money Summit
CNN is doing a wonderful segment called the Money Summit
They spoke about the value of networking, volunteering and finding your passion, most importantly they spoke about the value of education.
If you are over the age of 25 and hold a Bachelor's Degree unemployment is only 4.76%, the only time I have seen that shown on tv.
They spoke about the value of networking, volunteering and finding your passion, most importantly they spoke about the value of education.
If you are over the age of 25 and hold a Bachelor's Degree unemployment is only 4.76%, the only time I have seen that shown on tv.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
10 tips to prepare for an interview
10 tips to prepare for an interview
In a tight job market, gaining an advantage on your competition is crucial. Here are some proven methods to distinguish yourself from the next candidate.
1.Research the company. Review their website; look at recent press releases, financial information, etc. Review the job details. If you are working through a recruiter, make sure they provide you with a job description, qualifications, and who you will be interviewing with. Also, ask them for any specific tips or advice about the meeting. They often have insights based on their relationship with the company.
2. Bring additional copies of your CV and be prepared to take notes. Take notes throughout the interview so you can reference them during a second interview or follow up.
4. Dress professionally. Even if the day-to-day dress code is more casual, wearing business attire is a must for the initial interview.
5. Arrive about 10-15 minutes early
6. During the interview:
-Be courteous to everyone that you meet; including security and administrative staff. Your interview begins as soon as you drive into the parking lot.
-Be thoughtful and concise with your answers. If you need to take a few seconds to digest the question before answering it, you can repeat back the question.
-Maintain eye contact. Looking around the room or at the floor can give the impression that you are either not confident in your answers or not interested in the process.
7. Sell yourself. This is the time to present your case for why this company should hire you. Discuss specific achievements, projects that you have led, deals that you have closed, changes you have implemented, etc. Always be truthful and prepared to show the value that you can bring to the team.
8. After the interview:
Send everyone you interviewed with a “Follow-up” note or email. Make sure the note/email is brief and conveys that you appreciate their time and are interested in moving to the next step. Try to use specific things mentioned during the meeting.
9.Be patient. We all want instant gratification after an interview, but the process takes time. Hiring manager’s will often discuss interviews with other managers/employees. This can take time…especially if managers travel or if there are other candidates to interview. If you found the position through a recruiter, follow up with them. They will get feedback for you ASAP. Being patient can be tough part when you are looking for a new job but it is necessary.
10. At this point, you have prepared properly, performed your back on the interview, and have sent a follow-up note. RELAX!
Interviewing for new opportunities can be a stressful situation and sometime is skill set different from the position you are interviewing for, but if you follow these steps, you have given yourself that best opportunity to get the position!
Good luck!
In a tight job market, gaining an advantage on your competition is crucial. Here are some proven methods to distinguish yourself from the next candidate.
1.Research the company. Review their website; look at recent press releases, financial information, etc. Review the job details. If you are working through a recruiter, make sure they provide you with a job description, qualifications, and who you will be interviewing with. Also, ask them for any specific tips or advice about the meeting. They often have insights based on their relationship with the company.
2. Bring additional copies of your CV and be prepared to take notes. Take notes throughout the interview so you can reference them during a second interview or follow up.
4. Dress professionally. Even if the day-to-day dress code is more casual, wearing business attire is a must for the initial interview.
5. Arrive about 10-15 minutes early
6. During the interview:
-Be courteous to everyone that you meet; including security and administrative staff. Your interview begins as soon as you drive into the parking lot.
-Be thoughtful and concise with your answers. If you need to take a few seconds to digest the question before answering it, you can repeat back the question.
-Maintain eye contact. Looking around the room or at the floor can give the impression that you are either not confident in your answers or not interested in the process.
7. Sell yourself. This is the time to present your case for why this company should hire you. Discuss specific achievements, projects that you have led, deals that you have closed, changes you have implemented, etc. Always be truthful and prepared to show the value that you can bring to the team.
8. After the interview:
Send everyone you interviewed with a “Follow-up” note or email. Make sure the note/email is brief and conveys that you appreciate their time and are interested in moving to the next step. Try to use specific things mentioned during the meeting.
9.Be patient. We all want instant gratification after an interview, but the process takes time. Hiring manager’s will often discuss interviews with other managers/employees. This can take time…especially if managers travel or if there are other candidates to interview. If you found the position through a recruiter, follow up with them. They will get feedback for you ASAP. Being patient can be tough part when you are looking for a new job but it is necessary.
10. At this point, you have prepared properly, performed your back on the interview, and have sent a follow-up note. RELAX!
Interviewing for new opportunities can be a stressful situation and sometime is skill set different from the position you are interviewing for, but if you follow these steps, you have given yourself that best opportunity to get the position!
Good luck!
Friday, May 1, 2009
Pandemic sheds a positive light on Pharma
I do not typically re-post articles but this is a great one!
No pharma-haters in a pandemic
By Tracy Staton
It's not often that we see a headline like this one: "Big Pharma Can Save Us." Perhaps it takes the threat of a pandemic to remind folks how much good the pharma business can do--and does. For whatever reason, today's wave of news on H1N1 influenza A (as we're now supposed to call it, per WHO) is full of good tidings for drugmakers. Some of the "pharma-comes-to-our-aid" variety; some of the antiviral sales-boost variety, the sort we simply read as "cha-ching!" And presumably anti-flu drug makers Roche and GlaxoSmithKline do, too.
Along those lines, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the feds will buy another 13 million treatment courses to replenish the Strategic National Stockpile and beef it up a bit more. That's $251 million worth of drug-buying, HHS said in a statement. "The...additional treatment courses will allow us to ..further ensure we are prepared to provide the American people with the treatments they need to stay healthy," Sebelius said.
Meanwhile, many governments and government agencies have fallen behind on their own stockpiling efforts, the Washington Post reports. Twenty-seven U.S. states and the District of Columbia are short a total of 10 million doses. And federal agencies, which are expected to maintain their own supplies of antivirals, to make sure they--and society--continue to function in a full-blown pandemic, haven't accumulated the drugs they need. For instance, the Postal Service, which could be essential in a pandemic, has no antivirals. None. Maine has none either, and it already has three confirmed cases of the new H1N1 virus. If you look globally, dozens of countries aren't prepared with supplies of antiviral meds. Millions more treatment courses would be needed to supply patients in a "full-blown crisis," the Post points out.
No wonder Roche and GlaxoSmithKline are ramping up production of Tamiflu and Relenza. And no wonder a Forbes columnist is waxing appreciative of drugmakers today. Antiviral meds are the key tools for public health officials trying to slow down the virus's spread long enough for vaccine makers to do their thing. Indeed, some 400,000 of the treatment courses HHS has deployed are now en route to Mexico, in an effort to trip up H1N1. "Flu viruses don't stop at the border, and it is imperative we do whatever we can to slow the spread of the virus," Sebelius said.
If a new wave of H1N1 hits in the fall--which is what happened with the 1918 pandemic--it could come roaring back stronger, virologists are saying. With this new strain spreading in Asia, where highly pathogenic H5N1 is active, there's the potential for it to pick up genetic material that makes it more virulent. That would be the "full-blown crisis" the Post mentioned. You can bet that even more people would be crying for pharma's help then. Let's hope we don't have to get to that point for another round of feel-good news.
Please feel free to share your comments…
No pharma-haters in a pandemic
By Tracy Staton
It's not often that we see a headline like this one: "Big Pharma Can Save Us." Perhaps it takes the threat of a pandemic to remind folks how much good the pharma business can do--and does. For whatever reason, today's wave of news on H1N1 influenza A (as we're now supposed to call it, per WHO) is full of good tidings for drugmakers. Some of the "pharma-comes-to-our-aid" variety; some of the antiviral sales-boost variety, the sort we simply read as "cha-ching!" And presumably anti-flu drug makers Roche and GlaxoSmithKline do, too.
Along those lines, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that the feds will buy another 13 million treatment courses to replenish the Strategic National Stockpile and beef it up a bit more. That's $251 million worth of drug-buying, HHS said in a statement. "The...additional treatment courses will allow us to ..further ensure we are prepared to provide the American people with the treatments they need to stay healthy," Sebelius said.
Meanwhile, many governments and government agencies have fallen behind on their own stockpiling efforts, the Washington Post reports. Twenty-seven U.S. states and the District of Columbia are short a total of 10 million doses. And federal agencies, which are expected to maintain their own supplies of antivirals, to make sure they--and society--continue to function in a full-blown pandemic, haven't accumulated the drugs they need. For instance, the Postal Service, which could be essential in a pandemic, has no antivirals. None. Maine has none either, and it already has three confirmed cases of the new H1N1 virus. If you look globally, dozens of countries aren't prepared with supplies of antiviral meds. Millions more treatment courses would be needed to supply patients in a "full-blown crisis," the Post points out.
No wonder Roche and GlaxoSmithKline are ramping up production of Tamiflu and Relenza. And no wonder a Forbes columnist is waxing appreciative of drugmakers today. Antiviral meds are the key tools for public health officials trying to slow down the virus's spread long enough for vaccine makers to do their thing. Indeed, some 400,000 of the treatment courses HHS has deployed are now en route to Mexico, in an effort to trip up H1N1. "Flu viruses don't stop at the border, and it is imperative we do whatever we can to slow the spread of the virus," Sebelius said.
If a new wave of H1N1 hits in the fall--which is what happened with the 1918 pandemic--it could come roaring back stronger, virologists are saying. With this new strain spreading in Asia, where highly pathogenic H5N1 is active, there's the potential for it to pick up genetic material that makes it more virulent. That would be the "full-blown crisis" the Post mentioned. You can bet that even more people would be crying for pharma's help then. Let's hope we don't have to get to that point for another round of feel-good news.
Please feel free to share your comments…
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