As the years have progressed, we at the Life Sciences Division at TRG have noticed that more often than not, clients have become much stricter in the requirements that they require from a candidate in order to advance someone through…
Author: Shawn Barley
Don’t Have Champagne Tastes with a Pepsi-Cola Pocketbook
As hiring continues to heat up in the life sciences, we have noticed an emerging trend as of late: there is a price mismatch between the skill sets our clients are looking for and how much they are willing to…
Staying Competitive In a Candidate-Driven Workplace
The overall economic picture continues to brighten for the life sciences. In August, 169,000 jobs were added to payrolls of employers according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Furthermore, the National Venture Capitalists Association found that VC money flowing…
Living In A Candidate Driven Marketplace
Currently, economic signs for the Life Sciences are starting to look up. Just today, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added 162,000 jobs in July. Furthermore, the National Venture Capitalists Association found that VC money flowing…
The Danger of Delay
Currently, economic signs for the Life Sciences are mixed at best. On the one hand, the economy added 165,000 jobs in April and revisions of previous months made February 2013 the largest single month net job gain since mid-2005 according…
Don’t Be Fooled
With the headlines about a more sluggish employment number of 88,000 jobs added and an overall unemployment of 7.6%, most employers think it’s still an employer’s market. The facts, however, are something quite different. As this article states, good talent…
Professional Labor Market Continues to Heat Up in the Depth of Winter Cold
As of late, we at The Richmond Group have noticed something: that those A players-those that could transform your company – are really hard to come by. As this article states, those unemployed in the technical fields, such as the…
He Who Hesitates is Lost
The talk of mergers and acquisitions like GSK’s recent takeover of Human Genome Sciences (HGS) still fills the September air, and the robust hiring in July may have cooled according to the latest unemployment report. But those life science companies…
Solving the Employment Paradox
As we enter the dog days of summer, economic signs point to the fact that the US economy is heating up along with the weather. Just this morning, US government figures noted that 163,000 jobs were added in July, although…