The Med-Tech Talent Lab

Are you still on track with those New Year's resolutions that you told yourself were so important to commit to? If you need a little "boost" or a nudge to get back on, or stay on track for that matter, check out this episode with Ms. Heather Thompson! Heather is the Senior Manager, Regulatory Affairs at Sysmex Inostics, Inc., a business unit of Sysmex Corporation focused on molecular diagnostics....

Joining me for this episode was a tenured, recruiting veteran in her own right, Ms. Lesley Hackett. Lesley is a Sr Talent Acquisition Partner for Relievant Medsystems, a privately held medical device company with headquarters in Minneapolis, MN. Based on two decades of research the company has developed the Intracept Procedure — a minimally invasive procedure that targets the basivertebral nerve f...

How do you know when and if it's the right time to make a career move? We do a deep-dive into this very topic on this episode featuring our friend and colleague Nick Zweig, the Director of Talent Acquisition at Collegium Pharmaceuticals.

In this final, 2022 episode of The Med-Tech Talent Lab podcast we went around the room sharing stories of candidate/company placements that stood out this year. Stories of candidates who had no idea they would embark on their dream job just 45 days after meeting the recruiter to those who decided to leave their organization after a decade plus of service to their current employer. Each story had i...

You're fairly confident you're ready to hire someone in January 2023 or ready to make a career/job change, but you are starting from ground zero with no momentum? On this episode of the live sessions of the Med-Tech Talent Lab we outline a few must-use strategies that will help you go from zero to full-on momentum right through the holidays. Take some effort on your part? Of course, but the divide...

During this live session of the Med-Tech Talent Lab we discussed the rapid enhancements happening in Artificial Intelligence and what it's use, and place, may be in recruitment as it stands today and as we embark on the future. Some highlights of what we discussed: -Amazon's current use case for Artificial Intelligence & our take on it for the recruitment industry at large -What AI is great fo...

For the 3rd and final part of this mini-series, I was honored to be joined by Mr. Tim Harrah, the Vice President of R&D at Cynosure. Tim is no stranger to formal education having earned a BS degree from John Hopkins in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from Tufts University. Tim worked for many years, approximately 13, at Boston Scientific rising up through the ranks fro...

In this episode, as a part of our Wednesday live sessions that we host each week at 11am Pacific/2pm EST, we broke down a recent article posted by Forbes on the major talent trends to watch for in 2023. Some highlights of what we discussed: -What does the future of remote work look like? -Managing Security & Accountability in a remote workforce environment -Online collaboration vs full-on Meta...

For part 2 of this mini-series, I was honored to be joined by Mr. Brad Carlson, the General Manager & Global R&D leader at LivaNova. Brad has spent the last 12+ years in the Med-Tech industry holding roles like VP of Engineering, VP of R&D, VP of Innovation Strategy, and General Manager from some of the world’s leading Med-Tech companies like Danaher, Envista Holdings, and now LivaNova...

On this live session of The MedTech Talent Lab podcast we discussed how hiring, or as a candidate interviewing, right through the holidays can be your very best competitive advantage. While others are slowing down and packing it in early, you have a great opportunity to keep your hiring processes moving, hire top-tier talent, and get them onboarded ready to go right after the first of the year. Wh...

So you want to know what it takes to become the "top dog" of your functional area? I had the opportunity to run a 3-part series with 3 well-respected R&D Executives, the first being Mr. Patrick Stephens, the Vice President of R&D for Shockwave Medical. For the last 20+ years Pat has worked across the design and development of novel medical devices for both start ups and established compani...

Bruce McKean a 25+ year veteran of Regulatory Affairs & Quality within the Med-Tech space. Bruce spent much of his career focusing on Quality Management & Regulatory Compliance with Federal and International Regulations for Electromechanical, Implantable, and Software as a Medical Device products. He spent the vast majority of his career with Philips, starting as a Quality Engineer but ris...

When we talk about insightful feedback/actionable feedback from your hiring teams we are referring to feedback from the hiring manager or interview panel that you can leverage to move forward one way or the other. Interested in candidate A? Why... Not interested in candidate B? Why... Rather than taking the yes/no feedback at face value, it's important to dig, dig, and dig some more. Why? So that...

Mr. Joe Bertulli is the Director of Talent Acquisition at Anika Therapeutics. Joe has been in the recruiting and talent acquisition world for at least the last 14 ½ years both on the agency side as well as obviously from a corporate standpoint. He has had the opportunity to work for companies like Monster, Adele EMC, Perkin Elmer in our industry and of course for the last few years, Anika Therapeu...

According to a recent KPMG study, 91% of CEOs expect a recession in 2023. Further, according to Intuit. over 80% of large US corporations plan to increase flexible workforce with approximately 40% being comprised of contingent workers. In this episode, which was part of the weekly live sessions of the Med-Tech Talent Lab, we dove into the pros & cons of contract/interim/contingent staffing for...

Ever so often you meet someone who simply stands out from the rest. For me, recently, it was Mr. David Alsop, the Vice President of Human Resources at Ultradent. If you read any of the content David puts out, especially on LinkedIn, or you look back to past interviews or speaking engagements David has done, you'll see that he truly is all about authenticity. I'm so excited to release this episode...

As a HR or Talent Acquisition professional....If you've ever been frustrated by hiring managers rejecting candidates you thought were qualified, or being unresponsive to your request to interview your candidates this episode is for you. Similarly, if you are a hiring manager who has been frustrated with a HR/TA team who just doesn't seem to get what you are looking for, this episode is most certai...

I was pleased to be joined by Mary Brogan, the Head of Talent Sourcing at Intuitive Surgical for this episode. Mary comes to the show with over 20+ years of talent acquisition, recruitment, and staffing experience. She has had the opportunity to work for a variety of companies across many industries. The likes of Fidelity Investments, ADP, & Northrop Grumman to name a few all hold places on he...

When we talk about branding and the importance of branding for recruitment purposes I think many often confuse Corporate Branding with Personal Branding. In essence, Corporate branding is what you think of when we talk about fancy brochures or expensively produced videos with corporate logos and possibly green screens, etc. On the flipside, personal branding is authentic, bare bones content about...

How do you know if you've been successful in building trust with candidates? How do you go about building this trust early and often throughout your interview process, or even before they enter into your process for that matter? In today's dog eat dog world where talent has choice, especially in Med-Tech it's critical to build this trust to that you can leverage it when it comes time to make offer...

DenaRae Walter is currently the Vice President of Talent Management at Cynosure, LLC. She brings to this episode over 20 years of experience building engaged teams who drive big results. DenaRae has had the opportunity to work across many sectors of Healthcare including Pharma, for companies like Sonovion Pharmaceuticals, Med-Tech with companies like Insulet, Payers like Blue Cross Blue Shield and...

Let's face it. We all have had our fair share of tough conversations. They're never easy nor are they fun to have. Yet, they are absolutely critical especially when it comes to not losing talent during an interview process. During his episode of the MedTech Talent Lab we discuss tips, tricks, and strategies you can utilize straight away to make these tough conversations a bit easier and much more...

Allen Chilson is the Talent Acquisition Leader over Vendor Management for Danaher. Allen has spent over 18 years in the Staffing, Recruitment, and Talent Acquisition space, both in agency and corporate settings. He's had great success building high-performing recruitment teams for many organizations like BASF and AstraZeneca to name a few. Allen now serves as the leader of programs and he is respo...

We all know the market is moving fast. We all know top-talent is significantly in demand. Yet, when it comes to our recruitment processes we act as if "they'll wait for us" or that they "need us". It's just not true. Imagine the effort your sales organization puts in to courting and retaining clients and customers. That same, best-in-class effort needs to be dedicated to your recruitment process....

You’re excited to recruit for your newly approved role. The value proposition is strong Candidates should be thrilled to hear about the opportunity. BuT….how do you get your message in front of the right audience? OR ….You’re excited to explore new roles You know you have tons of value to offer your prospective new employer. You know there are tons of companies out there who you’d love to work for...