Skip to main content
MJH Life Sciences
  • Login
  • Register
  • Login
  • Register
Home
  • News
  • Industry Analysis
  • Business Strategy
  • Health Management
  • Hospitals/Providers
  • Pharmacy
  • Technology
  • Topics
MJH Life Sciences

SUBSCRIBE: Print / Digital / eNewsletter

6 Most Valuable Skills Executives Want in Potential Hires

  • Tracey Walker
September 2, 2019
  • Business Strategy, Executive Express, News, Thought Leadership
  • Most valuable skills for new hires
  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
  • Soft skills
  • A team player
  • Positive, can-do attitude
  • Technology skills
  • Skills in emerging fields
  • Most valuable skills for new hires
  • Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
  • Soft skills
  • A team player
  • Positive, can-do attitude
  • Technology skills
  • Skills in emerging fields

The market for pharma/life sciences talent is very tight and demand is projected to continue as hiring activity remains robust. In June 2019, the unemployment rate for science talent in the U.S. was 1.4% and the unemployment rate for healthcare talent was 1.5%, less than half of the overall U.S. unemployment rate of 3.7%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“Tight job markets demand that organizations become more agile and nimble with talent,” says Allison Kerska, vice president, Life Sciences Integrated Operations, Kelly OCG, a leading advisor of talent supply chain strategies and workforce solutions. “On top of that, individuals today continue to embrace a variety of different work styles geared to enhance flexibility and maximize their career potential.”

Over the past five years, employment in the U.S. pharma/life sciences industry grew by 11% and employment in the healthcare industry grew by 10%, faster than overall U.S. job growth of 9%, according to Emsi: Labor Market Analytics. Over the next five years, employment in the U.S. pharma/life sciences industry is projected to grow by 9% and employment in the healthcare industry is projected to grow by 11%, faster than projected overall U.S. job growth of 6%. Employment in the biotechnology space is projected to grow by 24% over the next five years.

To help meet the challenge of a changing workforce, we asked experts to share their opinions on the skills you should look for in a potential employee. Here’s what they said.

Related Articles

Resource Topics rightRail

  • Resource Topics
  • Partner Content
  • Reimbursement
  • AMCP Street Team
  • AMCP
  • Solid Tumors
  • Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
3 patient experience questions answered: What 1,500 healthcare professionals revealed about shifting cultural mindset + evolving to meet patient needs
A buyer’s guide to alternative payment models
How adopting a virtual business office delivers new efficiencies to one medical group
Unpredictable pairings: A new approach to community health
Addressing the outsized effect social and economic factors have on health

Current Issue

MHE November 2019
Nov 11, 2019 Vol 29 No 11
Digital Edition
Connect with Us

  • Column 1
    • Home
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • Column 2
    • Editorial Info
    • Editorial Board
  • Column 3
    • Advertising Info
    • Reprints
    • Advertising Terms
  • Column 4
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
Modern Medicine Network
© UBM 2019, All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part is prohibited.

We've noticed that you're using an ad blocker

Our content is brought to you free of charge because of the support of our advertisers. To continue enjoying our content, please turn off your ad blocker.

It's off now Dismiss How do I disable my ad blocker?
❌

How to disable your ad blocker for our site:

Adblock / Adblock Plus
  • Click on the AdBlock / AdBlock Plus icon on the top right of your browser.
  • Click “Don’t run on pages on this domain.” OR “Enabled on this site.”
  • Close this help box and click "It's off now".
Firefox Tracking Prevention
  • If you are Private Browsing in Firefox, "Tracking Protection" may casue the adblock notice to show. It can be temporarily disabled by clicking the "shield" icon in the address bar.
  • Close this help box and click "It's off now".
Ghostery
  • Click the Ghostery icon on your browser.
  • In Ghostery versions < 6.0 click “Whitelist site.” in version 6.0 click “Trust site.”
  • Close this help box and click "It's off now".
uBlock / uBlock Origin
  • Click the uBlock / uBlock Origin icon on your browser.
  • Click the “power” button in the menu that appears to whitelist the current website
  • Close this help box and click "It's off now".