Recruiting

There is something of a recurring theme among the life science, healthcare and biopharma industries: shortage of skilled employees will lead to a decrease in innovation.

For years, the biggest employers of science and engineering PhDs has been academic institutions. For example, according to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)’s biennial Survey of Doctoral Recipients, academia employed 11 percent more PhDs than the private sector in 1997.

Do you know what employers in the life sciences industry value when it comes to hiring the best candidate? They look for the qualities mentioned in the article.

New Year, fresh start? Could be. WalletHub recently compared more than 180 cities across the U.S., using 30 key indicators to evaluate their job strength. Some of those factors were job opportunities, employment growth, monthly average starting salary and employment outlook.