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I spoke with a candidate the other day who has attended several interviews over the last few months (going back to before the pandemic) and still has not been able to secure a role. I was intrigued because he has a strong CV, and I was interested to explore the specific areas where he has been struggling. When I mentioned competency-based questions, he said he always struggl...

Do you want to join a company that is just about to take off...? There will be two groups of life science recruiters in 3 years’ time: those who joined Next Phase and those who wish they had joined Next Phase. Do you ever sit in the office and wonder what it would be like to have joined a highly successful recruitment company from the start? An opportunity where you can shap...

20 years ago, almost to the day, I sat down with my personal tutor, an eccentric, opinionated yet wise man called Father Hunwicke, to discuss my UCAS form. We were starting to look at my university applications and personal statement. I thought I had done a reasonably good job with the first draft, listing out my interests and summarising the things we had been studying in o...

Cell & Gene Therapy; “It’s no longer something people read about in the paper and think will never happen, like just 5 years ago. It’s here, it’s happening, right now” – a high-impact quote during the 2019 World Advanced Therapies and Regenerative Medicines Congress in London a few weeks back. These are very exciting times for our world. However, as with any major industry e...

Introducing the Next Phase Referral Scheme! We are always interested to speak with new talent within the life science industry. If you know any friends, family or colleagues who you think could be interested in having a discussion with Next Phase, then we would love the opportunity to discuss our range of options in the Life Science industry. If you provide us with the conta...

Going for a job interview is nerve-wrecking, no matter how many times you may have done it before. When preparing candidates before their interviews, I observe a whole variety of reactions when I asked the question, “How are you feeling about going for the interview?”. Some are nervous, some are confident, some seem completely non-plussed. There isn’t a right or wrong way to...

In nearly 14 years of recruitment, I have reviewed my fair share of CVs and have become somewhat immune to certain phrases (is there anyone out there, for example, who isn’t able to work both alone and as part of a team..???!!!). Similarly, I have read a great number of job descriptions and listened to the types of questions that candidates usually ask once they have read th...

…has been my regular reaction to the latest discoveries, treatments and advances in technology that I read about every day as I attempt to build my knowledge of the mind blowing world of drug discovery. Since joining Next Phase Recruitment back in July I have come to realise just how much work is going into trying to treat and cure a massive range of ever morphing diseases, ...

In this three part blog I have investigated the devices on the market in the area of fertility and the abundance of technology now available for women to become more engaged in and to take greater ownership of their own fertility. I have looked at fertility enhancement and pregnancy prevention and the regulatory backlash for devices categorised in the latter. In seems only n...

Last month, Steve Smith (Head of Rare Diseases) and I attended the 3-day World Advanced Therapies and Regenerative Medicines 2019 congress in London. As recruitment specialists within the Advanced Therapies sector, it is so important for us to keep up with the ongoing innovations and changes within this incredible industry. What was immediately apparent to us was the collabo...