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Within the pool of graduates and junior recruits, there is a general lack of awareness of the wider Pharma Commercialisation Services sub-sector and the breadth of roles that exist within it
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At University level, many students are unaware of the commercial applications of a life science degree – and university career services often point in the direction of academia, lab-based practical roles, or traditional big pharma
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Unless individuals have come across these sorts of companies before – it can be hard to find out about what they do
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Similarly, some students are unaware of how to take their academically trained skills and change vein, applying these into a more commercial environment
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How can graduates find out what they don’t know they don’t know?
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Therefore, it is just as important for businesses to network and interact with potential recruits, as it is with recruits to network and find out about organisations – for smaller firms, this can be challenging to get right
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It is possible that the current routes of recruitment are fundamental to the supply problem