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Number of New Job Opportunities on the Up

Category: , , Posted: May 4, 2012

Despite the recent announcement that the UK economy has returned to recession http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17836624, Reed have released their latest Job Index figures and all the signs appear good.Comparing March 2011 to March 2012 their results showed an 11% increase in new job opportunities being listed on their site, as well asRead more »

Amelia’s Miracle

Category: , , Posted: April 24, 2012

Whilst we have not selected a Charity of the Year this year as our staff did so much for Kent Air Ambulance in 2011, I wanted to post some information about this amazing cause which I found out about through a good friend.Amelia Saunders is 3 years old and hasRead more »

We are hiring !

Category: , , Posted: April 12, 2012

We are looking for several new Pelicans !We offer a 'grown up' but 'dress down' environment in central Tunbridge Wells, and a genuine career path to Team Management (if that's what you are looking for !). We will support your development with an annualised individual training budget and ongoing in-houseRead more »

European KOL and Stakeholder Engagement Summit – Berlin

Category: , , Posted: April 10, 2012

Andrew Wise, Principal Consultant on Blue Pelican’s pharmaceutical division attended eyeforpharma’s European KOL and Stakeholder Engagement summit, 21-22 Feb in Berlin.The conference aimed to cover the most important issues within the KOL space to help industry medical affairs professionals build transparent, compliant and successful relationships with medical and non-medical KOLs.AndrewRead more »

Should you accept a counter offer ?

Category: , , Posted: March 28, 2012

So you've updated your CV, contacted a Recruiter who specialises in the types of roles you are looking for (naturally), applied for several positions with clients you aspire to work with, attended multiple interviews and finally, weeks or months later, secured an offer for your dream job.Brilliant !!But now you need to resign from your currentRead more »

Andrew Wise wins Clinical Recruiter of the Year

Category: , , Posted: February 20, 2012

Andrew Wise, Principal Consultant in Blue Pelican’s Pharma Division, has won the coveted PharmaTimes Clinical Recruiter of the Year 2011 award, beating off stiff competition from consultants in other leading recruitment agencies and in-house recruiters from CROs. The Pharmatimes award was created in 2007 to recognise the specialist work done byRead more »

LinkedIn or LinkedOut?

Category: , , Posted: February 15, 2012

If a Recruitment Consultant invites you to connect with them on LinkedIn, do you accept, ignore or report as spam ??We put this question to all the candidates we spoke with over a two week period, and the results were:    64.5% Yes 8.5% No 27% Yes but.......(only if I alreadyRead more »

Are the ways you search for jobs set to change ?

Category: , , Posted: February 1, 2012

Is the increasing speed and comprehensiveness of Google’s indexing and ability to intelligently respond to complex Boolean search strings changing the job hunting landscape? A number of people we’ve spoken to have suggested the first thing they do when looking for a new position online is to search the desired job title and location via Google. ThisRead more »

The 5 Hardest Jobs to Fill in 2012

Category: , , Posted: January 27, 2012

An article posted on LinkedIn by Keith Cline in December suggests that the 5 hardest jobs to fill this year will be Software Engineers and Web Developers, Creative Design and User Experience, Product Management, Marketing, and Analytics. http://linkd.in/yL1v4U Whilst this article has a US bias we are seeing a similar trend inRead more »

Over £5.5k raised for Kent Air Ambulance !

Category: , , Posted: December 23, 2011

2011 saw Blue Pelican support Kent Air Ambulance as their charity of choice. Over the course of the year each consultant has taken it upon themselves to do something good, giving up time, money, sweat and tears in order to raise as much money as possible for this worthy cause.Read more »




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