In the final episode of the Working Scientist podcast series, participants discuss the qualities of high-caliber candidates in science hiring. Linda Nordling recalls findings from a survey indicating that academic hirers find candidate quality declining. Recruiter Lauren Celano emphasizes that a perfect candidate may not exist, defining high caliber as meeting roughly 60-70% of technical requirements alongside strong communication skills and collaborative traits. The discussion underlines diverse backgrounds among PhDs and postdocs, highlighting the importance of skills over language proficiency in communication.
"The perfect candidate may not exist." That was Lauren Celano from Boston-based careers consultancy Propel Careers.
"For me, the perfect candidate is someone that at least hits like 60% to 70% of the technical things being asked for."
"A good communicator. And I'm not talking about like English being your first language, right?"
"It's more about, like, if I ask a question: 'You know, Julie, tell me a little more about your primary ce..."
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