Just a quick heads-up:
When you send your RESUME to a recruiter by email, don’t send a cover letter as an attachment. For the most part, it’s a waste of time. A busy clinical sales recruiter doesn’t have time to open extra attachments, and expects that you’ll say what you got to say in the body [...] Related posts:
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A field preceptorship a excellent way to boost your chances of landing a lab sales job. Also known as a ride-along or job shadowing, it’s usually something we associate with students, but a field preceptorship offers multiple benefits for the jobseeker: It gives you on-the-job experience without having to get the job. You can explore it [...] Related posts:
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Well, I guess the first question should be: CAN med techs or other laboratory people transition from a technical role into a sales role? The answer is: it depends. The odds are low, but for those who can beat the odds, they’ll likely be fantastic sales reps. It tends to be a love it/hate it [...] Related posts:
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A sales rep’s position is to make the sale. So if you’re looking for a new job selling in medical sales, pharmaceutical device sales, or any other health care sales arena, the best way to get a pharmaceutical sales job is to make it your mission is to demonstrate that you can ring that cash [...] Related posts:
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If you want your resume to actually be a marketing document for you, and get a recruiter’s or a hiring manager’s attention, you must pack that resume with the keywords that are relevant to the career area you want. Recruiters, hiring managers, and Human Resource departments use computer searches and applicant tracking systems to flag [...] Related posts:
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Crystal G, former pharmaceutical rep in Texas, explains how she made the transition into surgical sales.
I asked her to chat with me about the process that she went through…. Was this helpful? Please give me feedback in the comments.
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This is not your daddy’s career opportunity search….
You can’t just send out resumes anymore and expect to get a call for a medical sales career opportunity or health care revenue career opportunity. Life is different, and the position search is different. Get a career coach, get on LinkedIn, discover some resume help. Get serious, and play to win. [...] Related posts:
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I’ve been named one of the Big 25 Most Influential Online Recruiters by HR Examiner! HR Examiner partnered with Traacker, the Boston-based online reputation discovery tool, to calculate online influence based on content, traffic, and activity.
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Sign up here to receive the PHC Consulting (medical sales recruiter) newsletter. Email * Yep, I want to get the Newsletter Article courtesy of Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized medical and medical sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting | All [...] Related posts:
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For those unfamiliar with the term, “preceptorship” is just another way of talking about career opportunity shadowing, which is the process of spending time with a professional as they execute their job in order to better understand what they do. It’s also called a ride-along, which gives you an idea of the day or days spent [...] Related posts:
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If you are a sales professional or want to become one, or if you are looking for a new sales job, you will face one of the toughest interview processes of any job seeker.
