How to Leave Your Tech Transfer Job Gracefully
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The One Thing You Should Do Before Writing that Licensing Manager Job Description
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How to Spot a Great Recruiter from a Mediocre One
A bad recruiter is easily spotted. They pressure you, are into the fast sale, promise you the world, and don’t have a track record to prove it. You can’t find …
3 Best Ways to Research a Potential Tech Transfer Job
The best time to research is after you find the position and apply, but before you get the interview.
3 Questions to Ask Before Extending that Intellectual Property Licensing Job Offer
You’ve narrowed down the candidates. You’d be happy with any of them but you need to make an offer to one of them. Who do you choose and how do …
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5 Tools Every Technology Commercialization Professional Needs When Job Seeking
If you’re in technology commercialization and you’re looking for a new opportunity, you know it’s not as easy as running a search on one of the big career sites. Technology …
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A Technical Recruiter is the One Person Who Can Solve This Problem
On this blog we often talk about why hiring a technical recruiter makes sense in technology transfer. It saves you time and brings the best of the hidden job market …
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TEKCAPITAL ACQUIRES BUSINESS & INTELLECTUAL ASSETS OF VORTECHS GROUP
COLUMBUS, OH – May 4th, 2016 – The Vortechs Group, Inc. (“Vortechs Group”) has announced that its intellectual assets have been acquired by Tekcapital PLC, a global university technology and …
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The True Cost of Vacancy on Your Team
Most of our clients don’t come to us first thing. Who wants to pay a recruiter, right? It’s so easy to find IP Licensing talent. After a few months of …
If You Want to Be Successful in Intellectual Property Management Do This
The “this” I’m referring to might surprise you. It’s not education, although you do need a good education to go into such a cerebral undertaking. It’s not a J.D., although …
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Should Entrepreneurial Experience Be a Requirement for Tech Transfer Jobs?
What makes the ideal tech transfer candidate? Good communication skills, a knack for building relationships and connecting with people are important. What about background? What education level? An advanced degree …
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Nurturing the (Tech Transfer) Start-Up Vision
I wanted to share an idea on this blog that I found fascinating. Our neighbors to the north, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce presented an innovative concept of mandatory entrepreneurial …
3 Ways to Land the Best Technology Transfer Jobs
If you’ve always dreamed of working at one of the big research institutions or an innovative company on the cutting-edge of research that’s shaping the world and improving lives, you …
Technology Commercialization Recruiting: Ways to Avoid a Bad Hiring Decision
If you’re in technology commercialization, you may worry you won’t be able to find the right job candidate, but the larger concern here is hiring the wrong one. Hiring the …
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3 Underappreciated Skills of Technology Licensing Professionals
We say it often here at the Vortechs Group – technology licensing professionals wear a lot of hats – and a good one possesses a nice balance between raw intelligence …
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Houston Methodist: Director of Technology Transfer
Work for one of FORTUNE Magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Houston Methodist has earned this impressive distinction for 10 years in a row. As Director of Technology Transfer, …