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Do you read work certificates? Obligatory in the DACH region, not common worldwide. What hasn't already been written in and about reference letters
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Weihnachtspost 2023
Recruiting gifts for Christmas Help Christmas again? 2023 is getting shorter every day! But you still have a lot of work left?
Active sourcing? Easy! Think like a fish
Which is easier? A) To select the 10 most suitable from 100 applications? B) Tick the best 10 out of 100 matches on linked-in? Easy, right?
Industry Cult in Life Sciences Recruiting
Industry cult! This buzzword just caught our eye in the highly regarded study by HR Today and von Rundstedt. Because it is so relevant to our life science industry.
Artificial Intelligence: Our tools for your talent sourcing
Your staff, the most important resource! People with talents, skills and experience, professional goals and motivation. Your company wants to attract talented people and get them excited for your common goals. A classic procurement process: What can AI contribute here?
Successful Recruitment with «Life-Science-Only» strategy Win the War-of-Talents with gloorlang
Energy crisis, inflation and recession in 2023. Since autumn 2022, threatening scenarios have kept the economy in suspense. Large-scale job cuts at the tech giants in the USA, shaky stock prices, uncertainty in planning for the current year 2023.
Christmas 2022
Were you afraid of Santa Claus as a child? Did you wait with curiosity, excitement and a good portion of respect. Did your heart beat, the moment he stood in the door with his big book, his helper Schmutzli and an even bigger jute bag?
Active Sourcing for Talent Acquisition - 5 golden rules against skills shortage
The demand for active sourcing services for specialists will remain at a high level in 2022. But when you finally identify those people for whom you’ve been searching, they jump away or slip through your fingers. Does that sound familiar to you?
gloor&lang Life Science Recruiting Capabilities
gloor&lang Quarterly report 2022 : Time for a Recruiting update!
7 tips on how companies can find highly qualified specialists more easily
It sounds absurd: On the one hand, the Swiss market is desperately looking for skilled workers. On the other hand, well-qualified specialists and managers often apply for jobs for months without success.
How you might reduce the shortage of skilled professionals in your company
Those who recognise the problem, and draw the right conclusions, reduce their economic risk.
War of Talents
The rapid recovery comes almost unexpectedly, and massive pent-up demand with it. Life-science professionals who were already in demand are becoming a scarce commodity. With the success of pharma and biotech, capacities are being built-up and expanded.
Endlich wieder in die Bar!
Finally! The bars are open again. Even as a teenager, I liked to stand behind the bar rather than in front of it. I also liked standing in the lab as a chemist. Mixing, shaking, trying - until it fits! There are more parallels than you would think between my childhood dream of owning a cocktail bar and my agency in life science recruiting.
Open up the hidden job market for yourself - Let yourself be approached!
Again, I hear the stories of the hidden job market. Job consultants think this is the absolute gold standard. "Activate your network of relationships" they say, doors will open that you have never thought off. And: I have to go one better here: Let yourself be approached! You'll be amazed at the jobs you'll be put on the radar for.
ACTIVE SOURCING TO FILL CHALLENGING POSITIONS
Pharma, Biotech & Medtech Active Sourcing from gloor&lang You have challenging positions to be filled in the pharmaceutical and biotech fields and not the suitable candidate? We approach carefully identified candidates directly for your project!
That’s how you find the adequate manager
Identify potentials and talents: three useful milestones for efficient decision making “How do you determine whether a candidate has the required leadership skills”, asked a client during a briefing. Which I answered with a question: “Who has to be leaded where?” The key aspect being: what type of manager do you need and for which tasks? Which goals does the company wish to achieve in the mid-term?
Cheers to Science! Everyone and all media talking about clinical trials
I watch the media discussions on the effectiveness of the new vaccine candidate with incredulous astonishment. Vaccinations started more or less quickly in various countries.
Algorithms in candidate selection: 5 tips for you in dealing with candidate software
In the future, I read in a recent article of the Bertelsmann Foundation, more than 70% of companies will use software for the selection of future employees. The screening of hundreds of applicants for job advertisements is too time-consuming. In economically challenging times, one can even speak of a flood of applicants.
2021 recruiting: know more thanks to market mapping
Who is available where, and at what price? These questions crop up a lot for you and for us. That is why gloorlang AG optimised a system last year that has the answers faster, better and cheaper than ever before.
2021 and the doorway effect
Advent is a time of many doors. An Advent calendar builds up our curiosity and expectations. Do you have resolutions and hopes for 2021? Then push open the door to the new year boldly and expectantly!
Masks in job search: 5 tips on how to search properly
Search programs and masks for job search help you to filter specifically and get exactly the results you want. This leads to good hits, but can also limit the results. You will be provided with information about the things you are interested in, but at the same time you will receive little new impulses and you might miss important results. This also applies to your job search. Here you get some tips on how you can find even more suitable results for your job search on the Internet.
So, how is the home office working out for you? The crucial new question
The home office is with us again and still here! It is all the rage: in job interviews, candidates increasingly ask for or insist on this information - while many HR managers are reluctant to answer. I have noticed that this desire on the part of the employees is becoming a crucial new question in recruitment.
5 good reasons for working with specialised recruiters
Focus on Life Science professional and managerial staff Economic slump and uncertain prospects on the one hand - new recruiting needs and strategies on the other. Times are changing but what stays the same is the "War of Talents". In fact, it has increased. Since June 2020, gloorlang has experienced increased demand for local available candidates with know-how in specific qualification areas of the pharmaceutical and life science industry. Swiss medium-sized companies are often themselves suppliers of an international clientele, able to gain new customers with Top Technologies and agile customer service approach. In this fight for the best talent gloor&lang acts as your explorer and back-up! As specialised recruiters & head-hunters, we react tactically smart to your current needs.
Job search: How to read, understand and interprete of job ad’s
To read between the lines Of the many tools used in recruiting and talent acquisition, the job ad is the most visible. But the job ad is also a tricky tool, because the communication is time-delayed.
Job ads: Read between the lines
Not only are reference letters peppered with hidden messages, also job ads can turn out to be deceptive. We have learned how to check the fine details of language usage in working certificates and written referrals and thus track down the secret messages.
Short Stories in the job interview? Prepare yourself!
Great! You have a face to face job interview ! Now you can show what you are able to. But which questions you will be confronted ?
Five tips: Navigate safely through your job opportunities
You are looking for a job and are applying for several positions. Unfortunately, the application processes do not run parallel to each other, but rather in different speed. At one company you already have an invitation to the second interview, while others are taking time after the first telephone interview.
Unlocking: Forward with Renewed Strength
Support of foresighted clients: The coronavirus pandemic did not prevent us from being entrusted with various search mandates. We were indeed surprised at first, but quickly realised that this was the result of our clients’ farsightedness, confidence and ability to dare.
When you stop learning: Leave the comfort zone!
Finally, with the bright summer days approaching, we enter a new beginning: the world after Corona. Back to a part of normality. Many of us have mastered the exceptional situation well, with adaptability and discipline.
Perspectives on and of Managers
A career as challenging mountain tour: entry, break and summit. "What my boss does, I could do myself as well," says the ambitious candidate in an interview. "What does he do"? I ask curiously.
Buzzwords on the resume: The ticket for your show_Talent Training
A resume lives: from the buzzwords. No, not the empty buzzwords and hackneyed phrases. Buzzwords are meaningful,
Tailor-made personnel search: But quickly, please!
"We are looking for a Head Quality", says the customer on the phone. He sends us the job description, asks for an offer, and expects to receive the first suitable profiles in the same move.
Job search after the lockdown: Is the hidden job market a way out?
Are you job hunting? At the moment there are fewer vacancies, but more job seekers compared to the same period last year, April 2019, the media is writing.
Career Development: Specialist or Manager Multi-skilled profiles_Talent Training
The following choice of personal development strategy has been a hot topic over the past decade: specialist versus management career paths. Both career models are being assessed and weighted up.
Coronavirus and Scientists: Youth gets Fascinated_Global Industry Impacts_3
Who knows more about Virology Everyone who reads newspapers knows why the name coronavirus: from Latin corona ‘crown’, in reference to the crown-shaped aspect of the virus under an electron microscope.
Benefit from the Know-How of an Experienced Headhunter
Current figures send shivers down every employer’s spine. The coronavirus crisis already cost 22 million Americans their job within four weeks. US unemployment rate has more or less tripled. In Switzerland, unemployment also surged as of mid-March as a result of the declared state of emergency. Early April, the impact on the labour-market is dramatic.
Vaccines Wanted: Suddenly, everyone is talking about vaccines_Global Industry Impacts
When will there be a vaccine? All of the sudden, vaccine and vaccination are on everyone’s lips: in the short term, vaccination provides the individual with little tangible benefit.
Ibuprofen versus Latte Macchiato: Global Industry Impacts_1
The Federal Council is rationing Ibuprofen
Merry X-Mas and Happy New Year
Thank you all for the exciting projects, contacts and collaborations in 2019!
Life Science Skill Need
Life Science Skill Need influencing entry salaries: Supply and Demand in the USA and in Europe.
Employee, 55+, looking for...
Yes, it does exist! It: discrimination of candidates over 55...
New Internet presence for gloor&lang Life Science
Reduced to the Max – Focus on Services. This was our motto of the complete modernization that led to our brand new homepage.
Job search using AI – an intelligent approach
Artificial Intelligence can facilitate job seeking. It nevertheless has pitfalls. Those who use AI for their job search should therefore do it as smartly as possible. Read more to understand what is at stake.
Magical entertainment in the Circus Conelli
This year, we took time to attend the magical Circus Conelli gala show at Bauschänzli in Zurich.
In the frenzy of virtualitiy
First a flirt, then a deep dive: the «War for Talents» is now being fought by means of virtual applications - with a lot of fake. This does not go without unlikely and comic situations.
Top application: How to write an impressive letter of motivation
In the end, only the CV counts for an application. And yet it has to come with a personal letter. The famous «Letter of Motivation». This is an opportunity to score more points which cannot be ignored. What usually strikes me about letters of motivation:
Sherlock Holmes Adventure Room
The team of gloor & lang: on track of the best Sherlock Holmes Adventure Room
CV 4.0 – A Skill Sheet
Today, CVs are increasingly being sorted by standardised software. And recruiters are overwhelmingly selecting according to skills and experience. Therefore, restructure your CV as a skill sheet!
Hats off – Spare yourself the graduation!
Graduating at doctorate level may be supportive to a career - however, it has lost significance as the Anglo-Saxon business model is gaining more and more influence. Its high scientific value is undisputed, as confirmed by the recent contributions published in Computerwoche and on academics.ch, the online portal for scientific jobs.
Temporary assignments for specialists and executives: why not?
«Temp staffing», «Contractor», «fix-term contract»: these are the new key trend terms in the ads published on job search sites. Learn here about the risks and opportunities of these new work models!
Salary: How much can it be?
You are almost there: your «dream job» is within reach. Your second interview is coming up and you are carefully preparing for it. Every single information is valuable and the nagging question arises as how much the company has budgeted for this position - If the salary issue has not yet been discussed, it will without doubt come up this time: How much can it be?
Tips for applicants: what now? Who contacts whom till when?
You are looking for a job and have mastered the first hurdle: you are now sitting in the company you wish to work for and discussing about your dream job. You of course feel somewhat nervous at the beginning of the interview, which gradually gets better during the discussion. You reach calmer, safer waters, provide convincing examples, feel understood and in good hands. What now?
Life-Science Pros do not slip trough our net
We highly value authenticity, credibility, effectiveness and discretion
Decide without doubt
Are you spoiled for choice with the many job offers you received? Carry out a benefit analysis!
Thorough command of phone interviews – Sovereign troughout the interview with these 10 simple tips
Countless books deal with the job interview - which is not the case concerning phone interviews: guides on this topic are scarce, even though they often constitute a decisive screening:
No more dithering! Little dramas just before signing the contract
What kind of person are you: ditherer or opportunist? Narcissistic or intuitive? A brief typology.
Beware of unconsidered action! 5 good reasons not to change jobs yet
When career is a roller-coaster of emotion…
What we can learn from the Federal Council - 5 tips for an authentic communication
It is on everyone’s lips: the involuntarily comical speech of Federal Councillor Schneider-Ammann has gone viral.
A little boost to professional success – 10 tips for your career
gloorlang wishes you every happiness in 2016 – in your private matters and occupational career
«Avoid Zero Match – the HR struggle against empty sets!» HR challenges with Life Science Profiles
Life Science Recruiting is like set theory: the tricky search for the perfect overlap is a thrilling exercise. Mathematical understanding can be useful – there is however another decisive factor: the knowledge of human nature.
Proactive job interview: 5 rules against arrogance, overselling and missed opportunities
We are looking for smart candidates. That means: It is not a question of finding the most qualified candidate. No. A recruiter is looking for the candidate with the maximum overlap. It depends on many criteria, that go beyond specific and precise skills.
Risky job-interview: How to deal mith gaps and inconsistencies in your resume?
Gaps and inconcistences in your resume: two lines for the river, on one side, a box for the candidate, a pennant for the interviewer waiting and observing on the other side.
Life-Science Professionals: True abilities versus the «Selfie» culture
Life Science Professionals can be odd sometimes. The current 'selfie‘ culture requires, however, a positive self-exposition. Yet it impairs the perception of the candidates‘ key quality: their true abilities.
Guilt and atonement by Life-Science staff shortage
Who actually bears «guilt» for the lack of Life-Science staff? Basically: we all do. The problem has many reasons but it can simply be remedied by bringing a committed employment agency in.
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