Life Science Recruitment’s Sinéad Cullen discusses the evolving life science recruitment space and the opportunities you can create for yourself. Sinéad Cullen, the director of Life Science Recruitment – which is a member of the Vertical Markets Group – started out with an undergraduate degree and master’s in neuroscience, obtained from University College Cork and Trinity College Dublin respectively. Practice makes perfectAnd as the landscape changes, so too do the expectations placed upon professionals looking to work in life science recruitment. With life science professionals in particular, Cullen noted employers are currently prioritising applicants who show an attention to detail, skills in problem-solving, developed scientific writing skills and good communication skills. Cullen explained: “One of the biggest challenges within life science recruitment is that it is a very competitive market, so there is a war on talent as such.