Inside Careers Corner

What this team does

Finds people for clinical research jobs and helps people find the right job.

Works for CROs, sponsors and sites, inside a company or at an agency.

Knows what a role really needs, which is not always what the advert says.

A day here

1. 8:30A sponsor needs two senior CRAs in a region with almost none free.
2. 10:00Call a coordinator who wants to be a CRA. She has four years and great references.
3. 11:30The hiring manager says no because she has never monitored. You ask for an interview anyway.
4. 14:00Interview prep with her: what CRAs actually do in week one.
5. 16:30The manager says yes to a junior CRA role with training. You call her first.

Roles, junior to senior

• Recruitment coordinator
• Recruiter
• Senior recruiter or account lead
• Resourcing manager

1. Recruitment coordinatorInterview scheduling, offers and keeping candidates informed.Communication
2. RecruiterFinding and screening people for clinical research roles.Communication
3. Senior recruiter or account leadA client's hiring plan and the hard-to-fill roles.Communication
4. Resourcing managerMatching people already inside a CRO to the studies that need them.CommunicationStudy Conduct and Operational Execution

Who they talk to every day

• Terminal C
• Project Tower
• Site 204
• Welcome Center
• Company Row

Words you will hear

Req

An open job a company has approved to hire for.

FSP

Functional service provider. A CRO supplying a team that works inside the sponsor's systems.

Bill rate

What a client pays per hour for a contractor.

Utilisation

How much of someone's time is billed to studies.

Line manager

The person you report to day to day.

Backfill

Hiring someone to replace a person who left.

Common moves in and out

Recruiters arrive from agencies, HR and sometimes from CRA or coordinator jobs.

From here they move to resourcing, talent leadership or into clinical operations.