Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation (API) was launched to solve a big challenge. Commercialization within the life sciences. There’s a general lack of understanding of the technical and scientific capacity needed for a life sciences company to co

Attitude is More Important Than Technical Skills

Apr 4th, 2023 41m 20s

Bishop Water Technologies is rapidly growing in Canada. Dedicated to the development of easy-to-use, low energy solutions for solids management, it’s a team that has worked for two decades to develop and optimize affordable technologies. So it

Disruption to Make the World Better

Mar 21st, 2023 51m 13s

The entrepreneurial mindset was introduced early to Ronen Benin by his parents. They had moved to Canada with degrees that weren’t recognized. So they taught him, if you’re going to build something, make sure you are always build something for

The Surging Growth of Life Sciences in BC

Mar 7th, 2023 36m 37s

Life Sciences BC CEO Wendy Hurlburt remembers the surge started with a spirit of collaboration just as COVID was beginning to impact the world. Then came the talent crunch that forced many members in BC to find creative ways to keep their opera

Forward-Thinking. Forward-Acting. BIOVECTRA

Jan 10th, 2023 32m 42s

PEI has become somewhat of a Mecca for the Bio Tech industry in Canada. And the biggest one is BIOVECTRA. It’s a company adding new team members seemingly every day having blossomed to over 600 in both PEI and Nova Scotia (and most of that grow

Brunel Shares its Recruitment and Diversity Strategies

Dec 11th, 2022 33m

If your job involves recruitment of talent, you know the name Brunel.In this episode Angelina Brathwaite, a Senior Client Partner with global network Brunel, shares what their offices are seeing when it comes to recruitment of talent in the lif

The Powerful Benefits of Diversity

Nov 27th, 2022 29m 36s

Anessa is a software company specializing in biogas projects including anaerobic digestions. It’s headquartered in New Brunswick. They’re actively trying to recruit from the biogas side but in Atlantic Canada that’s a challenge. One thing Aness

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Clean Slate UV’s Approach to Solving Two Staffing Issues – Attraction + Diversification

Nov 13th, 2022 29m 29s

One of the founders of Clean Slate UV is a self-professed “Germaphobe.” It’s that kind of awareness that led to a company that created patented UV technology and intelligent software to solve, among other problems:Smartphones are the third hand

Scientific (and Talent) Discoveries at Applied Biological Materials Inc.

Oct 30th, 2022 29m 57s

There’s a song by Drake that goes “Started from the bottom – now we’re here.”That could be Ryan Saranchuk’s career theme song at Applied Biological Materials.In this episode Ryan shares ABM’s approach to recruiting and retaining talent for the

Growing the Digital Ag Eco-System AND Leaving No One Behind

Oct 16th, 2022 28m

Episode two of The Science of Talent focuses on the Agri-Bio subsector with Jacqueline Keena of EMILI. The Enterprise Machine Intelligence and Learning Initiative is dedicated to accelerating the adoption of the digital agriculture eco system i

Biotechnology – One Part Science, Two Parts Human Resources

Sep 7th, 2022 39m 24s

Bio Tech companies are committed to the business of science. It’s what we do every day. But there’s another commitment they’re engrossed in… attracting and retaining talented people.It’s an industry undergoing dramatic change with forecasts ind

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