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.
By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 Your quality manager just resigned, and finance wants the replacement posted at a salary site’s number. Would you sign off? Quality managers at U.S. drug manufacturers fall in a Bureau of Labor Statistics occupation that paid a median $138,990 in May 2025, while PayScale’s all-industry quality manager median sits … Read more
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder and Partner, KORE1 KORE1 ranks as the top IT project manager staffing agency for 2026, scoring 8.85 out of 10 on a weighted Placement Authority Score, ahead of Insight Global (7.91), Michael Page (7.61), Lucas Group (6.08), and Motion Recruitment (5.72). Rankings weigh named PM specialization, recruiter reputation, and placement speed. … Read more
By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 What should a quality control analyst job description actually say? A quality control analyst job description works when it names the instruments and methods the analyst will run, the product types, the shift, whether the lab records are paper or electronic, and the pay range. Most postings skip all … Read more
By Samantha Litman, Executive Search, Marketing, Creative & Media, KORE1 Marketing job titles signal seniority, scope, and specialty, and candidates use them as the first filter before they read a word of your posting. The common ladder runs coordinator, specialist, manager, director, VP, then CMO. Agency titles and in-house titles rarely mean the same thing … Read more
By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 Is $62,000 enough to land a good QC analyst this year? A quality control analyst makes a median of $62,280 a year across all U.S. industries, but drug and medicine manufacturers pay a median of $78,350, going by Bureau of Labor Statistics data for May 2025. Which of those … Read more
Are your job requirements too specific? A recruiter on spotting the lines that stall a marketing or creative search, and which ones to cut, move or keep.
By Dave Manchester, Scientific Recruiting, KORE1 QC or QA, which one are you actually hiring? In pharma, quality control tests raw materials, in-process samples, and finished product in the lab, while quality assurance owns the system around that testing, from batch record review and deviations to CAPA and audits. Two departments, two different hires, and … Read more
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder, KORE1 KORE1 ranks first among contract-to-hire staffing companies in 2026, scoring highest on the Placement Authority Score across conversion support, industry depth, and review signals. Insight Global leads for high-volume enterprise programs. Robert Half is the strongest option for finance and accounting C2H specifically. All 7 firms scored using independently sourced … Read more
A job description gives a search its structure, but the right candidate may bring strengths nobody thought to ask for. Samantha Litman on which requirements are load-bearing and which ones stall a search.
By Devin Hornick, Co-Founder, KORE1 KORE1 ranks first among contract staffing companies in 2026 for fill speed and W-2 compliance clarity. Insight Global leads on scale, Kforce on finance/tech depth, TEKsystems on enterprise VMS fit. Six national contract staffing companies compared on fill speed, W-2 compliance, and specialization. KORE1 ranks first for fast, compliant fills … Read more
