Seltek diversifies into new markets!

As reported last month, results over the last six months at Seltek have seemingly bucked the trend as portayed in the media. So a decision to diversify into new markets has not been made because the life science sector is suffering from a downturn. In our experience it is not.

We have made this decision for several key reasons:

Since 1995, we have established an excellent reputation in our core market - life science sales and marketing; we are known to almost every company in that market, and we are proud to have many of the most significant companies in the field - including many worldwide companies - as regular clients. We now feel that companies outside of our core market should have the opportunity to benefit from what we believe is an outstanding recruitment service - the Seltek service!

When Seltek was set up in 1985, we gave the company its name and set out our stall to help all technical companies recruit sales and marketing staff. This encompassed science and medicine (as now), but also engineering, electronics, construction and so on. So in a sense, we are returning to our roots.

We believe that it is an essential part of the long term training plan for all our consultants to learn to prospect and explore new markets. It is certainly vital that they can service clients properly and professionally, and we consider that in the life science field, they do. However, for most of our consultants, it is time to make the next quantum leap in their understanding of the recruitment process: making (new) friends and influencing people.

Henceforth therefore, the following fields will be covered by our consultants:

Service Engineering: Steve Page steve@seltekconsultants.co.uk
Medical Devices: Charmi Desai charmi@seltekconsultants.co.uk

So...if anyone needs help find top quality staff in any of these fields, at any level from Managing Director to graduate trainee, and including sales and marketing, technical, management, customer relations. In fact, if you're in need of help, give us a call. We'll help you if we possibly can, and we'll tell you if we can't.

Also, if you know anyone who is looking for a new job in any of these fields, please pass our details to them.

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Seltek Welcomes Jon Pearse!

As potassium added to water brings about an effervescent reaction, Seltek eagerly anticipates the explosion of business promised by the addition of Jon Pearse to the Seltek solution.

Jon starts on 30th June to build a desk specialising in the chemicals industry.

A chemistry graduate with over a decade spent as a sales representative in the chemicals industry, Jon will have no difficulty spotting the top flight sales and marketing people the market so desperately craves. And having spent the last two years with a global recruitment consultancy of great renown, he may be regarded as a seasoned professional capable of delivering the highest level of service to clients.

Jon will recruit management, sales, marketing and technical personnel across the chemicals industry, on a permanent or a temporary basis, as he is experienced in both these areas.

So, if you need to recruit staff in this field at any level from MD to graduate trainee, or if you are looking for a sparkling new career, contact this noble metal* of the recruitment industry on jon@seltekconsultants.co.uk or telephone 01279 657716.

And everyone at Seltek welcomes Jon, and wishes him all the best!

*Before all you smarty-pants chemists write in, this is known as poetic licence. I know potassium is an alkali metal, but people of Jon's quality are gold-dust! (Ed.)

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Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George' (Shakespeare – Henry V Act 3 Scene 1)....Hurrah, it's the football season again! O no, it's not. It's just the Champions League Final (congratulations to both Manchester United and Chelsea for providing us with such an absorbing spectacle the other night) and UEFA Euro 2008, which we're not in!

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The transfer window is finally here and if you are keen to inject some energy and most importantly put new growth into your team then here is the player to do it for you! This candidate is a proven goal scorer who is also great at providing assists! She is a molecular biologist with brilliant experience in the field of scientific sales. She is hard working, bright and will deliver for any team. She is now looking for a role with a difference, which could be as an attacking midfielder (distribution sales) or a winger (marketing). Don't miss out on this chance to hire this striker. Call in now! She won't be around for long!
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Signing this gem will make your team top of the league! Chromatography, LIMS, Automation …..this star has done it all. So hard working there won’t be a blade of grass uncovered, he never loses sight of the goal and will easily bring home the cup on territory. A seasoned professional, offering great sales skills, you’ll be sick as a parrot if he goes ahead and joins the opposition.
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Kick start next season by hiring our top scorer of the month! With extensive clinical research experience she is sure to lead your team to victory. She has a great balance of UK, European and global clinical project management experience and is responsible for the day to day operational management of studies. Apart from making sure that her team isn’t caught off-side she can be found liaising closely with CROs, sites, key opinion leaders and members of marketing to ensure the success of projects. She is highly experienced in all phases of development across a wide variety of therapeutic areas. This highly skilled manager has not only trained CRAs locally but also across Europe and Asia. So don’t just sit back and let your team stare relegation in the face. Call us for more information today!
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