By industrydoc,on February 1st,2009 Becoming an Investigator for a Drug Company –Part 3 For Part 1 –click here. For Part 2 –click here. Now comes the best part –how to determine how much you should get paid. You DO realize the sponsors pay you money to be an investigator in a clinical trial, don’t you? . . . →Read More:Becoming an Investigator –Part 3 By industrydoc,on February 1st,2009 Becoming an Investigator for a Drug Company –Part 2 For Part 1 –click here What are the duties of a Clinical Investigator? It really is not that hard to be an investigator. If you have even the slightest ability toward following a rigid procedure properly,can afford your staff’s time to perform the . . . →Read More:Becoming an Investigator –Part 2 By industrydoc,on January 9th,2009 Headhunters serve a function. To any business or industry player,headhunters are the best way they have to fill positions,usually for higher level positions. You don’t use headhunters to fill secretarial or lower administrative slots –the standard newspapers,online applications and word of mouth works well for most lower level entry positions. The garden variety . . . →Read More:Headhunters –the real scoop By industrydoc,on January 8th,2009 Whenever anyone starts thinking about finding a new job or career,they usually wonder about getting help from an employment agency or a job search firm - in other words a headhunter. Headhunters are professionals that place individuals with companies seeking candidates with specific capabilities or skills. Before I give you my opinions,the best descriptions . . . →Read More:Headhunters –a primer By industrydoc,on January 8th,2009 Finding a Position on Industry Websites Believe it or not,alm0st all open industry positions are publicly posted on their websites. The first reason for this is compliance with the various HR regulations that mandate making available all positions to existing employees (it promotes internal promotions and may have EEOC connotations;whatever the reason . . . →Read More:Searching on Industry Websites By industrydoc,on December 18th,2008 How are your computer skills? Seriously. You will be expected to know your way around a computer if you get an industry job. This means not having to call your assistant or IT every time you can’t perform a certain task. So,what software can you use? In industry,that means Windows,probably XP Pro, . . . →Read More:Computer Skills By industrydoc,on December 12th,2008 This post is not so much an instruction in how to use these forums but how NOT to use the online job forums. There is an incredible amount of hype and hyperbole associated with these animals,and the one underlying truth is that they rarely help anyone find a job (notwithstanding the hilarious Super Bowl . . . →Read More:Online Job Forums and Bulletin Boards By industrydoc,on December 12th,2008 Becoming an Investigator for a Drug Company –Part 1 Of all the things you can do to get introduced to industry,becoming an investigator for a clinical drug trial is probably the easiest. It will get you exposed to industry,you may get to network with some of the major players,and you . . . →Read More:Becoming an Investigator –Part 1 By industrydoc,on December 12th,2008 Master of Business Administration. It just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? Well as I said in my opinion those three letters will do more to advance your career that anything else. Why? Because in lots of cases the people you want to work for will have them and it shows you are part of . . . →Read More:Getting an MBA By industrydoc,on December 10th,2008 This post discusses online applications (also known as electronic CV’s). It is extremely important that you do not confuse this with the online job hunting sites like Monster.com. That will be the topic of a later post. For better or worse we now live and work in the electronic information age. So in order for HR to justify . . . →Read More:Online Applications &CV’s (Electronic CV’s) | A sample text widgetEtiam pulvinar consectetur dolor sed malesuada. Ut convallis euismod dolor nec pretium. Nunc ut tristique massa. Nam sodales mi vitae dolor ullamcorper et vulputate enim accumsan. Morbi orci magna,tincidunt vitae molestie nec,molestie at mi. Nulla nulla lorem,suscipit in posuere in,interdum non magna. | |