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The pandemic hasn’t slowed hiring at local biotech and tech companies Job prospects remain good in sectors largely insulated from the state’s economic woes. By Scott Kirsner Globe Correspondent,Updated January 25, 2021, 11:48 a.m. Email to a Friend What does it mean to be part of the “quaranteam?” If you got hired last year at Constellation Pharmaceuticals, but no one has yet met you face-to-face, you’re on it. The Cambridge company is developing an array of drugs to treat cancer, and it hired about 75 people over the course of 2020. Brenda Sousa, chief human resource...

News Highlights: The pandemic hasn’t slowed down hiring from local biotech and technology companies When the unemployment rate peaked in Massachusetts last year, a lot of news was about layoffs and leave. But it was still hiring from biotech and technology companies. Some, like Constellation, are more open to those outside the state, but others plan to return to the collaborative office culture of ‘the old days’. Ed Nathanson, vice president of talent at EQRx, a biotech startup that raised $ 500 million this month, said it renovated an office in Kendall Square during the pandemic and ...