Alan Edwards, Author Profile

Alan Edwards is senior director and product leader of Kelly Services’ Americas Products Group – Science. Kelly Services, Inc., a leader in providing workforce solutions, is headquartered in Troy, Michigan. For more information, visit www.kellyservices.com. Alan can also be followed on LinkedIn.

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Science Matters: Global R&D Demands Effective Communication

July 6, 2012

Collaborating and communicating effectively around the world should be a top priority for most science companies and labs if ...

Science Matters: Getting the Project Method Right

June 6, 2012

Business has changed across virtually every industry in this post-recession era. Companies must simply do more with less, and...

Science Matters: Information Technology and Your Workforce

May 9, 2012

From a utilitarian standpoint, it was inevitable that technology would redefine the processes of the modern lab. It began wit...

Science Matters: A New Approach To How You Hire

April 6, 2012

Many job seekers still know how hard it is to get hired. There’s no doubt that certain worker populations continue to f...

Science Matters: Are You Helping or Hurting Employee Morale?

March 5, 2012

Last year I wrote a column about how “soft skills” are required to succeed in virtually every business today. Eve...

Science Matters: It's a Core vs. Transactional Thing

January 20, 2012

As the prospect of personalized medicine transitions from concept to reality and begins to truly impact the pharmaceutical in...

Adapting to Scientific Mobility

December 9, 2011

This column over the last year has dealt with many lab-related workforce issues, but one constant running through them has be...

Free Agency

December 5, 2011

It’s a common refrain heard within nearly every business circle today, but only because it’s true: The world of w...

Science Matters: Making the Good Hire

November 4, 2011

In the new job landscape, I’m afraid we might be leaving hiring managers in the dust. After all, as the job market cont...

Science Matters: The Sciences Require 'Soft Skills' Too

October 7, 2011

We all know that scientists who pursue advanced degrees like a Ph.D. are smart. They are driven. And they are no doubt passio...

Science Matters: Using Project Management Principals to Motivate

September 9, 2011

I wrote here several months ago that managers have the power to dramatically improve a lab’s bottom line by embracing n...

Science Matters: Networking in Today’s Scientific Workplace

July 15, 2011

We all know the form of classic networking, and people in sales or supply chain management pioneered it for business purposes...

Science Matters: How the Younger Manager Gets It Right

June 7, 2011

No matter how old or young workers may be, certain management principles are usually effective: make them accountable for the...

Science Matters: Invest in Skill Building and Watch Potential Grow

May 9, 2011

Know where the safety equipment is. Don’t eat or drink on the job. Wear the right clothes. And please don’t casua...

Science Matters: Better Technology, Better Life?

April 6, 2011

Nanotechnology is still early in its commercial development, but many scientists agree it could become a part of everyone&rsq...

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