Creative Director Salary Guide 2026: What the Seat Pays, Title by Title
Creative director salary in 2026: $120K to $210K total pay, why associate CDs out-earn CDs on Glassdoor, and how film, agencies, and cities shift pay.
Recruiting
Recruiting industry best practices, talent sourcing strategies, candidate relationship management, and insights on building effective recruiting processes — for both in-house talent teams and companies partnering with staffing agencies.
Tech Transfer Hiring: Who You Need When a Client Program Moves In
By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 Who on your payroll is going to catch a process somebody else spent years building? Tech transfer in pharma moves a product’s process, test methods, and know-how from a sending site to yours, and the receiving site has to supply most of the people who make it work. Usually … Read more
Best Direct Hire Staffing Agencies (2026)
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder and Partner, KORE1 The best direct hire staffing agencies in 2026 are KORE1, Robert Half, Hays, Insight Global, Lucas Group (Korn Ferry), Express Employment Professionals, and Aerotek, ranked by the Placement Authority Score across recruiter tenure, industry specialization, placement retention, and engagement flexibility. KORE1 ranks first for its combination of 92% … Read more
GLP vs GMP: Why Lab Experience Doesn’t Automatically Transfer to Manufacturing
By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 A scientist with six years in a GLP lab applies for your manufacturing opening. Same thing as GMP, more or less? No. GLP governs how nonclinical safety studies are run and recorded so regulators can trust the data, while GMP governs how a drug is made, tested, and released … Read more
Marketing Salaries in 2026: What Marketing and Creative Roles Pay, From Recent Searches
Marketing salaries in 2026, role by role: ranges from recent agency and creative searches set against federal wage data, plus how to set your own range.
What “GMP Experience” Really Means on a Resume
By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 Two resumes both say “five years of GMP experience.” Same five years? Probably not. GMP experience means a person has done work governed by current good manufacturing practice rules, following approved written procedures, recording each step as they did it, and signing records a quality unit reviews. On a … Read more
Transferable Skills in Marketing and Creative Hiring: Should You Hire From Another Industry?
Should you hire from another industry? Which transferable skills carry into marketing and creative roles, which backgrounds translate, and when to say no.
What Is a CDMO? A Hiring Manager’s Guide to Staffing Contract Manufacturing
By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 Is a CDMO just a factory you rent? Not quite. A contract development and manufacturing organization is a company that develops and manufactures drugs for other pharmaceutical and biotech companies under contract, from formulation and process development through clinical supply and commercial batches. The D is the part people … Read more
When Does a Small Pharma Company Need a Director of Quality?
By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 When does a small pharma company need a director of quality? Most need one by the time their lead program leaves phase 1 and full CGMP under 21 CFR Part 211 applies, sooner if they add a second CDMO or face a pre-approval inspection. Here’s a quicker test. Who … Read more
Hard-to-Fill Positions: Why You Can’t Find the Right Candidate
Hard-to-fill position still open after three months? A recruiter on finding the stage where your search is stuck, and the fix that works for each one.
