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Valentine’s Day Consumer Spending Trends
$19.6 billion will be spent on Valentine’s Day. Individual consumers will spend an average of $143.56. 55% of the population will celebrate Valentine’s Day this year. So reports the National Retail Federation (NRF) in their annual survey of over 7000 consumers. Why? Since retail is the nation’s largest private-sector employer at 42 million working Americans… Read more »
Medical Science Liaison Top Transition Tips
Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Necessary Skills Imagine a Venn diagram with two circles slightly intersecting. The first circle contains all the people with doctorates: PhDs, PharmDs, MDs, etc. These people have spent hours and hours in the lab, the library, reading, writing and researching , all solitary pursuits. The second circle contains people with relationship… Read more »
Open Offices Pros and Cons
The Chicago Tribune reported, “In 2017 70% of U.S. offices had low or no partitions. Some companies, like Netflix and Hubspot, are completely open offices, even the CEOs don’t have private offices.” Yet Harvard Business School Professor, Ethan Bernstein, found “open offices led to 73% less time in face-to-face interactions and 67% more email and… Read more »
{Slideshare} 8 Interview Thank-you Note No-Nos
8 Interview Thank You Note No-No’s from Smith Hanley Associates
2019 Market Research Outlook
As mentioned in previous market research blogs it is currently a candidate’s market. The unemployment rate is extremely low. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicated that by 2020, 20.5 million new jobs will be added, a 14.3% growth rate since 2010. Some jobs will grow at a much faster rate during this period, and… Read more »
Pharmaceutical Commercial Analytics – 2018 Review and 2019 Trends
Overview The pharmaceutical industry began 2018, just like 2017, being very cautious as to how President Trump and his agenda were going to affect the commercial pharmaceutical industry. It was a slow first half of the year for commercial analytics hiring, and then in the second half of the year hiring rebounded dramatically. This growth… Read more »
Data Science Salaries
As we assess Data Science salaries in 2018, one thing stands out – salaries are rising. $70,000 to $250,000 Smith Hanley filled numerous Data Science roles in 2018. Salaries ranged from $70,000 for 2 years of work experience to $250,000 for highly trained and experienced data science leaders with 10 or more years of… Read more »
How Are California Wildfires Affecting Insurance Companies and Homeowners?
The Associated Press reported in December that insurance claims from California’s November wildfires were already at $9 billion and expected to increase. State and Federal authorities estimate it will cost at least $3 billion just to clear the debris of the 20,000 destroyed or damaged structures. In early December a state judge ruled that Merced… Read more »
What is Going On With the U.S. Economy and How Will it Impact Your 2019 Job Search?
Are you as confused as I am? How can the stock market be crashing and the “U.S. Economy be alive and kicking,” according to Scotiabank Economics? Is President Trump right that our biggest fear for the U.S. Economy should be interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve? What does the tariff war really mean to… Read more »