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What Recruiters Forecast For Tech Hiring In 2022

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

HackerEarth’s 2021 State of Developer Recruitment Report is based on survey data from around 2,500 engineering managers and HR professionals from 79 countries; across industries including technology, pharmaceutical, retail, automobile, construction, banking, media, finance, and insurance.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO

“It’s a win-win when you can get the long-term vision and growth of a company tied to individual career and professional development,” says Mark Yunger, vice president, head of IT at Servier Pharmaceuticals. From a company standpoint, you minimize turnover and search and recruiting costs.”

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54gene CEO steps down as the company looks to cut more jobs

TechCrunch

The layoffs affected employees, mostly contract staff (in labs and sales departments) recruited to work in 54gene’s COVID business line launched in 2020 to complement its flagship product: a biobank of the African genome.

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Medable reaches $2.1B valuation as Tiger, Blackstone, GSR pump new capital into clinical trials management company

TechCrunch

Medable’s software-as-a-service connects patients, trial sites and clinical trial teams to streamline the design, recruitment, retention and data quality of trials in a way that makes them accessible to anyone anywhere. It typically takes a good decade and millions of dollars for pharmaceutical companies to see a new drug come to market.

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J&J’s Jim Swanson brings mission-driven leadership to the CIO role

CIO

He started out as a scientist, working his way up the research and development ranks in the pharmaceutical industry, an experience steeped in curiosity that has helped shape his emphasis on continuous learning to this day.

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6 questions investors should ask when evaluating psychedelic biotech companies

TechCrunch

Unlike traditional antidepressants and pharmaceuticals, psychedelic medicine has the potential to help people address the root causes of their mental health concerns rather than just symptoms. These companies will have a leg up on the competition in areas like product development, culture and recruitment.

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African genomics startup 54gene lays off 95 as COVID testing business struggles

TechCrunch

Founded in 2019 by Dr. Abasi Ene-Obong, the three-year-old startup seeks to address the gap in the global genomics market where less than 3% of genetic material used in pharmaceutical research is African. It was a big part of the company’s operation; at some point, 54gene was one of Nigeria’s largest providers of COVID testing.

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