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November is National Career Development Month, encouraging professionals to celebrate their own career development and focus on their future career choices. First up, we interviewed Christine Sands – our Divisional Director of Pharmaceuticals.

Get to know the people behind the profiles in our ‘Meet the team’ series. Chris Pickles joined Invenia Group as Director two years ago and supports the growth and development of the business across all areas, from culture and hiring to business development and driving revenue.

Particularly in big sports leagues, managers may have hundreds of millions to play with when it comes to building their team. But, without wise investment in the right team, a big budget may not translate into results.... so what can start-ups learn from sports teams?

For International Women’s Day, we spoke to three of our female senior managers to find out what it is like being a woman in recruitment, how male-dominated the field really is and what we can do to support women. Our second interview is with Christine Sands who heads up our global pharma team.

Alvogen was looking to hire a Senior Director/Vice President - Business Development to focus on the US generics market. After one day, we presented a shortlist of 4 candidates to Alvogen and in less than 4 weeks, an offer was accepted by a candidate.

Before Brexit, the UK could hire QPs from any location within the EU, but now we can only hire QPs based in the UK – resulting in a lack of supply and a rise in day-rates and salaries. We spoke to the Vice President of Quality at a global biotechnology organisation about the challenges of hiring QPs within the UK, and how these might be overcome.

In the US, we are beginning to see the start of the predicted ‘turnover tsunami’ and it might not be long until we see something similar across Europe and the UK. But why is this happening and what can employers do to not only retain existing employees but to also attract those individuals looking for a change of career?

An established pharmaceutical company in Europe that develops, manufactures and markets generic medications planned to continue its growth strategy by opening a new subsidiary to target the US generics market. To develop and commercialise a portfolio of generic drugs to market, the company needed a US General Manager.

Have you ever felt like you are out of your depth or can’t do the job you’ve been hired to do? Do you worry you will be discovered at any point as a ‘fraud’? You may be suffering from impostor syndrome: a phenomenon where an individual doubts their skills, talents, abilities, and accomplishments in the face of obvious success.