hey guys ECR G here and today we're
gonna be talking about why it is so hard
to break into the clinical research
industry hey guys today we're gonna be
talking about why it is so hard to break
into clinical research and I know a lot
of you guys may be having trouble with
this not really understanding why it's
so hard or how it can be so hard what
there's so much demand for certain jobs
in the industry but today we're going to
be talking about a lot of the confusion
in clinical research and why it's very
hard to break into the industry actually
one of the main reasons is it's not your
fault it's the recruiters fault who post
on the job postings confusing things
about jobs for instance you may see I
know I've seen a bunch that there are
entry-level jobs they literally say in
the title an entry-level to me means no
experience necessary or just a
bachelor's degree or something like that
they literally posting entry-level jobs
but in the description you need two and
three years experience now that is very
confusing to someone who's new to the
industry and wants to break in because
they think entry-level means entry-level
no experience necessary and I know that
could be confusing for a lot of people
so make sure you check your descriptions
or check the video in which I talk about
how to use indeed to break into the
clinical research industry will link
that below so confusing posts by
recruiters is one way that it it can
make it difficult to break into the
clinical research industry especially if
you have no background knowledge about
breaking into the industry or no one's
guiding you along the way and that's one
of the reasons why I helped create this
channel and hope you guys find a lot of
value in that navigating you through
breaking into the clinical research
industry so if you see those confusing
posts by recruiters and hiring managers
I would just apply anyway and let them
decide if they want to bring you to the
next level or not so just apply anyway
and let them figure out if your
experience qualifies or not but to me
entry level means entry level no
experience and I think
that that could be confusing for a lot
of people the second reason why it may
be hard to break into clinical research
in addition to the unclear job postings
are some recruiters is that your
expectations of getting into the
industry may be skewed you may think
because there's a lot of job openings
because it seems like the industry is
doing really well and it is doing really
well has done for a very long time I
mean just like any industry has its ups
and downs but overall it's been a very
strong industry and you may think
there's a since there's a bunch of job
openings that it should be easy at the
end to the job and I was right there
with you but the truth is is that they
really want someone with clinical
research experience so the easiest way
to break into the industry is to get
some experience somehow whether that's
whether that's go start from the bottom
somewhere and apply for entry-level jobs
so apply beneath where you are if you're
coming from a managerial position in
another industry just start from the
bottom either in a clinical trial
assistant role a project coordinator
role a role like that or a clinical
research coordinator role those roles
are good role is to get your foot in the
door and break into the clinical
research industry but you really have to
take a step back and audit what you're
doing to get into the industry are you
just blasting out emails to recruiters
and expecting them to respond to you are
you just banging away on monster and
indeed or are you connecting with
friends to see if they could help you
get into the industry using your network
really you should be doing all three but
you have to really audit what you're
doing and understand it's gonna take a
lot of applications into the industry
people ask me all the time you know I've
applied a bunch but I'm having a really
hard time to get into the industry and I
asked them how many jobs they applied
for and they say something like ten I
applied to over 200 jobs to get into
this industry
just to get I mean I had a few offers
but let's say I had three offers so 200
jobs for three offers it was a lot more
than 200 actually because I'm only
taking into account one site that I use
I'm not taking into account all the
individual sites and all the individual
applications I submitted so it's
probably more on lines of 240 250 jobs
but you have to apply to a lot of jobs
to get the industry and you have to be
very vigilant and consistent about your
application process every day you need
to go on to the CEOs website and see
what new job offerings they have every
day you need to go on monster and indeed
and see what new jobs they have because
it's the people that apply earliest that
get the resume seen that a recruiter
will hit them up immediately and next
thing you know they're in there for an
interview it can happen very quickly
I've applied for a job on Monday gotten
a call back that same day had an
interview set up a couple days later
Wednesday Thursday so you really have to
be vigilant about it you really have to
want it to get into this industry I know
people who have been applying to get
into this industry in a hub mind you
where a lot of CEOs are located and
they've been applying for years 1 year 2
year and still haven't gotten into this
industry so you've really got to be
focused and dedicated it's almost like a
second job just just applying so you
really need to take that into
consideration audit what you're doing
and make the necessary adjustments if
you need any tips you can watch some of
my other videos on how to get into
clinical research I've done a couple
videos on there so I would refer to
those I have some good strategies and
techniques there to get into clinical
research so use those to your advantage
also comment down below send me an email
you can ask for personal tips and
questions so we'd love to hear your
thoughts on the application process and
some things that maybe we haven't
thought of that that have worked for you
so that's the best the second thing
alter your expectations on what what you
think will get you into the clinical
research industry
another reason why it may be hard for
you to get into the clinical research
industry is your resume probably sucks
unfortunately recruiters only look at
your resume for probably less than five
seconds so that's not much time
so you need to make sure that the most
important information really screams out
to the recruiter that you want them to
see when they look glance at your resume
you want them to say okay this person's
got this experience in this experience
let's bring them in for interview a lot
of what's on a resume is fluff and what
you really want to do is little that
down to the high-yield points about your
career and really focus on that and
hammer them home for when people read
your resume they know exactly what
you're about
we'll do a tutorial on that sometime
about how to make your resume stand out
for the clinical research and how to
narrow it down but also another key
thing you need to do is really filter
your job experience and translate it
into clinical research terms so clinical
research really is about data management
being able to balance competing were
close balanced your priorities so these
types of things need to be on your
resume one of the techniques I use is
look at people's resumes that are
already in the clinical research space
use some of the same term of terminology
once again data management protocols
SOPs G CPI CH so even though you may not
have had direct experience with that
these terms need to have a way on your
resume they need to find their way onto
your resume and some some way or fashion
it could just be you may have some
general knowledge of it too a lot of
people put just general knowledge of G
CPIC H cuz don't forget when you submit
your resume online to a portal they run
it through a software that determines
how many keywords you have and then they
will beat out some of the applicants
just based off key words alone
I'm sure you've applied to jobs before
and you find that you get an automated
message a couple of days later that just
looks like nobody even read the thing
you just get an automated message saying
you weren't accepted and that really
sucks
so you need to make sure that you have
some keywords in there that really
scream out
or two and we'll do a video on that as
well about some good keywords to put on
your resume but that's one of the
reasons why it's really hard your resume
sucks and you've got to work on it it
takes time and practice but you've got
to work on it once again if you want
your resume to be reviewed we'll
probably do some live reviews we'll put
out on the channel - if you want your
resume to be reviewed you can email us
at elite clinical group at gmail.com
links in the description and we'll
review your resume we'll put it online
for everyone to to look at and maybe
they'll review as well of course we'll
keep your information hidden and private
just look at your work experience and
we'll look at how to translate that so
that's another reason why it can be hard
to break into clinical research
something else that you may not have
thought about that can be holding you
back from a career in clinical research
is where you live your location now if
you don't live near a bunch of CEOs and
you want to work in a CRO
it's probably your best bet to move to a
location with some headquarters of CEOs
there and for those that you for those
of you that don't know a CRO is a
contract research organization sometimes
referred to as a clinical research
organization that's what that stands for
and if you're not around them it's gonna
be very hard for them to want to move
you or support someone who's relocating
for entry-level position now if you're a
project manager probably director or CRA
or somebody who can work remotely this
is not much of an issue for you but if
you're trying to break into the research
industry entry level you're not gonna be
a remote employee your first year that's
gonna come with the experience so you're
gonna have to either move or find
something else I'm you can work at the
site level you have some clinical
research sites around you and so a study
coordinator position might be best for
you to apply for
but that's only for the entry-level
folks the truly entry-level folks the
ones with no experience but if you're
above that and you're trying to apply
for a job like CRA or project manager if
you have some clinical research
experience then location won't be as a
big deal for you
some great places to live if you want to
break into clinical research is some
places with a lot of CEOs or research
sites so I know Los Angeles San Diego
area is great they have a lot of sites
out there they have some CEOs out there
that have buildings raleigh-durham in
North Carolina is amazing for clinical
research you've got a lot of
headquarters that are based in Raleigh
we got quintiles you've got I know
Chiltern I know parks l have buildings
out in Raleigh
PPD so you really got all of the CEOs
out there that's a great hotspot
I know inventive is in Boston so you got
some sites there as well some CEOs so
you've really got a look at your
location and see what opportunities
there are because there are better
places to move such as LA San Diego and
Raleigh North Carolina if you're on the
East Coast that are great for CEOs but
any place with a bunch of hospitals I
know Raleigh Durham they have a bunch of
hospitals in that area you got Chapel
Hill and Duke Medical Center they do a
lot of clinical research and clinical
trials so those are great places to live
if you want work on the site level to
really at all levels Raleigh is great
and the last and final reason I'll give
today as to why it's so hard to break
into the clinical research industry is
timing you have to look at when you're
trying to apply and get into the
industry if you're looking in December
that's when you really try hard it's
very hard to break in in December the
end of the month October November
December because a lot of people are on
holidays yeah think about that people
are what their families are not really
hiring a bunch or focusing on that
budgets are closing down for the year
people are gone all the time so it could
be very hard to break in at that time
also January can be tough budget start
to open up February March April right
before summer is a good time people are
very much happier in in the summer
months so use that to your advantage
people are much happier and more night
and nicer so definitely use that to your
advantage use some psychology here
people are about to go on summer
vacation so they're excited about that
use that to their advantage summer time
it can can be tough but I still think
it's I got in during the summer time I
started in June so right before summer
or summer time depending where you're
located or what you're talking about
but timing timing is everything so apply
it throughout the summer really don't
really expect anything come October end
of October November but apply throughout
the summer so you've got about eight
nine good months to apply in February
and and just hit it hard
use those months to your advantage and I
think good things will happen for you if
you use those this tactics I out late in
this video some of the other videos I've
mentioned and just be become more aware
about why it's Hardy and into clinical
research industry and use those use that
knowledge to your advantage
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