Abstract
The success of any clinical research team is dependent on hiring individuals with the experience and skill set needed for a specific research project. Strategies to improve the ability of human resource (HR) recruiters to screen and advance qualified candidates for a project will result in improved initiation and execution of the project. HR recruiters play a critical role in matching research applicants to the posted job descriptions and presenting a list of top candidates to the PI/hiring manager for interview and hiring consideration. Creating guidelines to screen for applicant qualification based on resumes when clinical research positions have multiple levels of expertise required is a complex process of discovery, moving from subjective rationale for rating individual resumes to a more structured less biased evaluation process. To improve the hiring process of the research workforce, we successfully developed guidelines for categorizing research coordinator applications by level from beginner to advanced. Through guideline development, we provide a framework to reduce bias and improve the matching of applicant resumes to job levels for improved selection of top candidates to advance for interviewing. Improved applicant to job matching offers an advantage to reduce hiring time, anticipate training needs, and shorten the timeline to active project engagement. These guidelines can form the basis for initial screening and ultimately matching individual qualities to project-specific needs.
Highlights
Clinical research coordinators (CRC) are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of clinical research trials and studies
Responsibilities of a CRC vary widely depending on the type of study; number and expertise of current team members; expectations of the principal investigator (PI); and experiences, skills, and competencies a new CRC brings to the job
While much work has been done on research competencies and tasks associated with CRC positions, Human Resource (HR) recruiters may not be highly familiar with these competencies
Summary
Clinical research coordinators (CRC) are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of clinical research trials and studies. Recruiting and hiring a qualified individual to coordinate research studies can be the key to the successful launch and execution of many research projects. Projections over the 10 years, estimate the US will need 11,200 clinical research coordinators, 5,600 additional CRCs plus the retirement of 5,600 existing CRCs.. There is no “standard” research coordinator job this unique nature of clinical research trials and studies can make the matching of candidates to coordinator positions challenging. It is challenging when selecting top candidates for multi-leveled jobs This requires screening candidate resumes for specific skills, project roles/responsibilities and total years of experience; and for entry-level positions, being able to identify important transferrable skills to match job requirements
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