Image: The Muse The “Employment History” section of your CV should be far more than dates and a list of the duties of your job. By adding in specific achievements, tangible details and transferable skills, your previous employment section can be a highly persuasive section of your CV, even if you’re making a [...]
How do I get a job in the pharmaceutical or medical device industry with no experience?
How Do I Get a Job in Pharma With No Industry Experience? Contents You need to aim for the right jobs Know what the job advert is REALLY telling you When to pick up the phone Tips for a “no experience” application When you’re missing an “essential” criteria How [...]
Working In Ireland’s BioPharma/MedTech Industry? Now’s the Time to Negotiate
Ireland’s BioPharma/MedTech manufacturing industry is extremely strong right now. Arguably, the strongest it has ever been. All the signs of continued growth are extremely positive, just check out the graph above showing steadily rising job vacancy numbers since 2015. With the lockdown due to Covid this year, numbers did drop, but they began [...]
Applying for jobs but it’s just “not working”? Here are 10 possible reasons why
Image: cnbc 10 Reasons Why Your Job Hunt Might Not Be Working Big companies take their time There were lots of candidates / someone better qualified You aren’t applying for enough jobs You’re applying for the wrong jobs You not “out there” in the right places You’ve not followed [...]
5 Key Takeaways from NIBRT’s “Careers in Biopharma” Event
Last Saturday, 11 top pharmaceutical companies and over 500+ prospective employees attended NIBRT’s annual Careers in Biopharma event in Dublin. Now in its 6th year, this is the number 1 pharma careers fair in Ireland. The day consisted of presentations from companies and an exhibition where job hunters could talk directly to [...]
What Types of Jobs are there in the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industry?
What Types of Jobs are there in the Pharmaceutical Company? There are a huge variety of job roles available from laboratory-based research and development, clinical trials, regulatory affairs, manufacturing, engineering, quality assurance, quality control, validation all the way through to marketing, sales and distribution. Almost any skill set will find a [...]
15 Top LinkedIn Groups for CSV Professionals
Computer System Validation professionals are often part of a small team. Sometimes they're the only person with CSV responsibilities within their company. This means that networking with other professionals in similar roles can be difficult, but extremely important. LinkedIn is the "professional" social network. As such, it's a great place to start [...]
9 Top “Soft” Skills that CSV Job Adverts Want
There are 4 main areas to consider when you’re analysing your suitability for a job: Education Employment history Technical Skills "Soft" (or Transferable) Skills It’s usually pretty easy to see if you stack up against the first 3. But what about soft skills? That’s not always so clear cut. So whether you’re [...]
7 Mistakes Of Career Change Job Hunting
One Of The Biggest Challenges With Career Change Job Hunting... ... is that everyone thinks they already know what they're doing. Because who doesn't know how to write a CV, right? Firstly, everyone thinks they know how to write a CV… they often don’t. And secondly, a successful modern-day career change [...]
What Challenges Will I Face Finding A Job?
One concern we often hear from people considering a move into pharmaceutical or medical device manufacturing is not knowing how difficult will it be to get a job. Of course answering that is very difficult since it will depend on a whole host of factors - your previous experience, how good your [...]
What Practical Help Will You Give Me To Find A Job?
“Will I definitely get a job?” is one of the most common questions we get asked. First up, let us be clear, we won’t find you a job, an internship or a work placement. What we WILL do is give you all the training you need to be job ready. And we [...]
How Long Will a Successful Career Change to Pharma Manufacturing Take?
Before we take a closer look at exactly how long a career change into pharmaceutical manufacturing will take you, you might want to check out our article on the minimum requirements needed to make this change, to see if you are suitable. How Long Does A Career Change Take? [...]