We take your data protection very seriously indeed at LifeCore and in line with the new data protection regulations we wanted to explain our privacy policy to you, nothing has changed in the way we work or protect your information, but we thought it helpful to explain that to you again. As a job seeker…
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At LifeCore Consulting we’ve recently celebrated our third birthday. We’ve now moved into our fourth year and what a superb year it’s been! A huge thank you to all our customers, candidates and clients and we look forward to a New Year of continuing to provide the very best specialist medical recruitment services to new and existing customers.…
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Feedback is a gift. I’m sure you’ve heard this old saying many times before. You may even have said it yourself to a bemused listener. So, what sort of a gift is feedback? I’ve been given lots of feedback, some great, some life changing, some average and some given, I suspect, because it made the giver feel better.…
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There is one saying that I think resonates more than ever in the competitive job market and that’s ‘honesty is the best policy!’ I have lost count of the number of times I’ve seen a CV that has an ‘omission or two’. Candidates have left jobs off because “they were only a short period of time”, or “they…
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So this is the scenario, I speak with a new candidate who is looking for their first or next role as a Medical Sales Specialist, we discuss their career, expectations and get an initial understanding of why they are looking for a move and what they would like to consider as career options. We arrange…
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Let’s face it LinkedIn is a great tool for networking, connecting to likeminded professionals who want to be better informed. I often wish I’d thought of it but like all good ideas someone got there first and I congratulate them and thank them for a great piece of work. I’m also proud to be a…
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The average employee in the UK now works nearly 44 hours per week, and for many of us that means a lot of time in the office. Given how much time we spend in the office, and how much of that time is spent interacting with colleagues, it’s important for everyone to play a part…
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You may agree or disagree with me on this one, but TRUST me not all recruiters are bad! Well not every single one. I have worked with many recruiters at all levels and I can genuinely say that most people that enter the world or recruitment medical or otherwise generally do so with good intentions,…
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I read yesterday how a company has perfected the artificial arm (or the Bionic arm?). I remember Steve Austin the Six Million Dollar Man – what a legend, there wasn’t anything he couldn’t do once they had rebuilt him. Well the article explains how the arm is in many aspects inspiration for products like these are…
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A group of medical consultants in Belfast have got together with IT specialists to create a mobile app that can identify if a doctor is making mistakes when interpreting X-rays and can help them to develop their skills. The training tool, which is the first of its kind in the world, can also identify areas of…
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Picture the scene. You visit the hospital for your pre-op appointment a week or so before your surgery is scheduled. When the consultant comes in he gets straight down to business and starts explaining how the procedure will work. So far, so normal. Then you do a double-take. You pinch yourself. You seriously think about…
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Imagine how difficult it would be as a patient to learn that you need to have a limb amputated. After having come to terms with that trauma, and undergone the necessary procedure, imagine then living with constant chronic pain. Unfortunately that is the case for a large number of amputees with up to 7 out…
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