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Jaymie Payne is passionate about talent acquistion and has nine years of experience in corporate and healthcare recruitment.
To be successful in their pursuit of excellent customer service and being innovative in setting themselves apart, Smith & Nephew believes wholeheartedly in meeting challenges head-on. Your interviewer is looking to hear that you are ready to do this at any moment by having you elaborate on a time when you did just this. In your example, describe the situation that you faced, talk about why you decided to face the challenge, and then explain the step-by-step approach you took to overcome the challenge. To seal your answer, make it clear that you are a person that thrives on being challenged in the workplace.

Jaymie Payne is passionate about talent acquistion and has nine years of experience in corporate and healthcare recruitment.
"I really pursued a career as a Clinical Scientist because I love the challenges that I face on a daily basis in helping find solutions in the medical industry. A couple of years ago in my current position, we were lacking participants for a clinical trial that we were conducting. In hoping to provide some extra incentive, the first thing I did was approach our leadership about offering financial incentives. Next, my team developed a social media campaign to help creatively recruit participants. After just two weeks of the campaign and the offer for pay, we had more than enough participants for our trial."

Jaymie Payne is passionate about talent acquistion and has nine years of experience in corporate and healthcare recruitment.
"Working in marketing over my career, a common barrier that I have continually faced is limited budgets for leaders that have big plans for marketing. When this happened recently on a very limited budget, my staff and I had to be diligent about selecting very niche markets to focus on with the limited funding. To accomplish this, we conducted market research alongside the intake meeting with our leadership. Based on our research and input from others, we started targeting select markets with the budget we had with great success. If hired for this position, you'll see that I have the ability to do some great things on a limited budget here at Smith & Nephew."

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