Discover how prioritizing soft or aligned skills in hiring and training entry-level clinical research professionals can open sustainable pathways to success—and learn how to put skills-based hiring into action at your institution. We’ll briefly examine industry trends and the importance of a sustainable talent pipeline with the right skills. We will share our real-life experiences building a workforce development program, and provide tools for screening, hiring, and developing the desired soft skills. Participants will reflect on their own institutional needs and practices, and come away with actionable strategies to create inclusive, skills-based paths into the profession. By revisiting the Joint Task Force for Clinical Trial Competency model through the lens of your institution’s prioritized soft skills, you’ll assess alignment, identify gaps, and explore ways to refine expectations—ensuring your training goals and performance benchmarks are appropriate and personalized.

CEU: 1.00 ACRP

Speaker:

• Kathleen OMalley, BSN, CCRP, Director of Education and Training, Jefferson Clinical Research Institute, Jefferson