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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.

As part of our ‘Female Leaders: Inspiring Together’ series, we interviewed Céline Crochet – Services Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific – who told us the achievements she is proud of as a manager and how she manages to balance her career with being a single mum.

As part of our ‘Female Leaders: Inspiring Together’ series, we interviewed Karine Strabach – European Sales and Marketing Manager for Dakewe – about her career journey and why we need more role models for young women to be inspired by.

As part of our ‘Female Leaders: Inspiring Together’ series, we interviewed Irit Paz – Senior Business Development Manager for Takara Bio Europe – about why she decided to go into a sales role and how she feels flexible hours can help women progress into management and leadership positions.

As part of our ‘Female Leaders: Inspiring Together' series, we interviewed Fabienne Pierrot – European Finance Director for Thermo Fisher Scientific – about what she is most proud of in her career, and why she feels many women won’t apply for jobs they are 90% qualified for.

As part of our ‘Female Leaders: Inspiring Together series, we interviewed Carole Dupont – EMEA Senior Manager Direct Sales at Takara Bio Europe – about the barriers she faced trying to move into a sales role and why being organised is really the key to achieving work-life balance.

As part of our ‘Female Leaders: Inspiring Together series, we interviewed Sandrine Letellier – Vice President Global Marketing AWC at ConvaTec – about how she uses humour to deal with the barriers she has faced and how she rationalises self-doubt using methods from her scientific training.  

As part of our ‘Female Leaders: Inspiring Together’ series, we interviewed Tracy Andrews – Field Marketing Manager at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences – about her transition from scientist to marketing manager and why she feels being taken seriously is a big barrier for women.

Companies who had paused their roles are now rushing to hire having been without the talent they need for quite some time. But in which areas are we seeing the most opportunities, has lockdown changed employers’ perceptions of remote working and what can you expect from the interview process?