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Employees in Life Sciences – what you need to keep them happy

Just like in any other company in any other industry in Life Sciences you’re usually better off keeping your talent happy. In order to achieve that you need an understanding of what your employees are like and what drives them. Not that Life Science employees are overtly special or different but – thanks to the distinct requirements of the industry – they often emphasize certain tendencies over others just because of the nature of the industry. And they get hired and potentially leave their employer because of them. So which of these traits are e

Updated 4 years ago

Outcomes in Healthcare: the payer perspective (UK)

The UK national health service (NHS) is held in high regard by the public. Yet it is also overly bureaucratic, costs the taxpayer billions and is heading towards bankruptcy as a result of increasing demand and decreasing money. The NHS is facing the same pressures as any other state health service provider such as:an increase in lifestyle-related conditions such as heart diseaseincreasing public expectationsthe impact of social inequalitypeople living longerhuge variations in stand

Updated 4 years ago

Developments in German Pharmaceutical recruiting

When you’re working with executive talent in the Life Sciences, it’s always good to keep an eye on the numbers. That’s why we took particular interest in a report from Vacancysoft on the pharmaceutical recruitmen

Updated 4 years ago

5 secrets to successful executive search

Since GenSearch is obviously dealing with the topic on a daily basis, we thought it’s maybe time to give away some insights into what we’re really doing and how it works. Executive search is a highly advanced form of recruitment and follows some rather different rules than average recruiting. Executives are not just like any other candidate and finding the perfect fit can make a huge difference in a company’s success. Do you want to hear (or read) some secrets?1 Do candidate

Updated 4 years ago

“When you run a company every day is a challenge”

Executives up close - Interviewwith Gerhard KLEMENT (CEO and Owner CellworX Pte Ltd.)Nationality: German, living in SingaporeSharing some in-depth insights into executive careers in the Life Sciences we’re kicking off our interview series “Executives up close” with the very passionate and impressive Gerhard Klement from CellworX Pte Ltd.</spa

Updated 4 years ago

The Healthcare Value Chain – what will it look like tomorrow?

Interesting times are ahead of us in the Life Sciences. A lot of things have been said, a lot of trends tossed around, but when you want to prepare yourself for the upcoming changes, you really need to look deeper and concern yourself with how the Healthcare Value Chain is going to change you and your company. Because the trends are here already, now it’s time to take them on.Power is shifting – but where?If we talk

Updated 4 years ago

Employer Branding? What’s it to you as a CEO?

I certainly hope it’s an awful lot! I may not be the first one to break it to you but I took the time out of my (and your!) schedule to remind you of how important your Employer Brand should be to you. Not to your Marketing Peeps, not to your HR department but to you! As a leader you should be in control of your Employer Brand at any given time. Who are the people in your company working for? And do they know that? Can you afford to not know the answer to these questions?Your

Updated 4 years ago

How digitalization will change the life sciences industry

Another interesting event crossed my way recently and shed some light on the ever „hot“ topic of digital transformations and changes in Healthcare, Pharma and Med&Biotech. „Medizin Innovativ - MedTech Summit 2016“ in Nürnberg/Germany took a very close look at

Updated 4 years ago

Do executives really still need to network? Yes they absolutely do!

With just another GenSearch Life Science Talk in the bag, I got to thinking about networking. Why is it important to keep hosting and attending industry events and is there a point where you’re done with it? To give the answer up front: no, there is no such point. Throughout your career

Updated 4 years ago

Leadership principles that never get old

There are trends over trends popping up in leadership discussions and most of the times, what was thought to be good leadership gets somehow turned around. You are now supposed to be authentic and truthful, which aren’t exactly traits the traditional leader was seen as having. But besides all the trends and the billion Dollar leadership coaching industry, there are indeed some examples of leadership principles that have survived over time and thus seem to still be of great value.<strong style="background-color: transparen

Updated 4 years ago