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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:

1. LinkedIn Discussion: What’s your opinion on the American Institute of Medical Sales Academy? Are you on LinkedIn?  If not, you should be.  Not…
2. Medical Revenue Job Search Tip: Don’t Apply Online A career opportunity search primarily conducted online (completing online applications, submitting…
3. 5 Things That Will Stop You From Landing the Medical/Healthcare Sales Job You Want 1.  Wrong degree To get a job in pharmaceutical sales, healthcare…

About a year ago, I started publishing episodes on YouTube (about career opportunity searching, interviews, resumes, LinkedIn, 30/60/90-day plans, types of pharma revenue, and more) on the MedSalesRecruiter Channel.  To date, there are 54 videos available, and I’m happy to report that views of those movies have reached the 100,000 mark!
The top THREE movies are:
Closing [...] Related posts:

1. Career opportunity Seekers: Here’s Your “Movie scene Guide to Getting Hired” Here are 22 videos designed to guide you through the…
2. How to Calm Job Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming pharmaceutical sales job interview…
3. Use a 30-60-90-day plan to secure a medical career opportunity selling! I got a thank you note recently from a candidate who just landed a…

Sometimes companies hire outside recruiters as consultants assigned to conduct candidate interviews for career opportunities in laboratory revenue, health care sales, pharma device sales, laboratory sales, medical diagnostics sales, medical laboratory sales, or medical sales. Understandably, these interview situations make candidates a little more nervous….but I have a position interview strategy for you to handle this [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Tips for a Successful Clinical Device Sales Career opportunity Interview Competition for jobs in laboratory sales can be fierce.  Health…
2. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Position Interview in Medical Revenue A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…
3. Major 10 Ways to Ace Your Pharma Revenue Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…

Thanks to the Wireless Executive Recruiter for this movie scene. Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized pharma and pathology sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting | All rights reserved [...] Related posts:

1. Job Interview Prep: Be Ready for the Toughest Interview Queries The toughest job interview musings in clinical and health care…
2. Stand Out In Your Clinical Sales Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Calm Position Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming laboratory sales position interview…

“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of these typical but tough job interview questions.  We all hate it, but you know you’re going to get asked, so be prepared.  It’s trickier than it seems on the surface, and there’s an art to answering it well.  Do you give your real weakness and how you’ve overcome [...] Related posts:

1. Major 10 Ways to Ace Your Laboratory Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…
2. What questions will they ask in a laboratory revenue interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. What to Bring to Your Medical Revenue Job Interview What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview? You…

What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview?
You bring what it takes to show the hiring manager who you are, what you’ve done, and what you can do for him.
For jobs in medical sales, health care sales, laboratory sales, clinical device sales, clinical sales, imaging sales, or clinical sales, you should bring your CV, [...] Related posts:

1. Stand Out In Your Clinical Sales Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
2. What musings will they ask in a clinical revenue interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. When To Introduce Your 30/60/90-Day Plan In the Interview Creating a  30/60/90-day plan is one of the most effective…

What does it take to set yourself apart from the competition in the job search?  Is it a jaw-dropping resume, a brag book, a 30/60/90-day plan, a great LinkedIn profile, smooth interview skills, or how well you prepare for the interview?  Yes, it’s all these things.  AND, it’s more. It’s how you position yourself [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Creative Ways to Stand Out in the Position Search! Can’t get an interview? Can’t get past the first interview?…
2. What questions will they ask in a clinical revenue interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Position Interview in Lab Revenue A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…

I wouldn’t recommend this particular position interview technique for clinical revenue because of the blush factor, but she did calm her nerves and find her confidence, didn’t she? Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized medical and medical sales recruiting team of [...] Related posts:

1. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Career opportunity Interviews Employers wanna know about more than just your skills…
2. 10 Popular Behavioral Interview Queries for Medical Sales Behavioral interview questions are the norm for career opportunity interviews in…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Career opportunity Interview in Medical Sales A behavioral career opportunity interview is a popular interview tactic in…

“Are you a team player?”
You’ll almost certainly get asked this question in your next position interview.  Always answer “Yes.”
But, there’s a catch.
In this movie, I will explain: What kinds of examples to give to support your team player status (they have to be specific) Why you shouldn’t come across as too much of a team player, especially [...] Related posts:

1. How to Answer the Career opportunity Interview Question “Tell me about yourself” What’s the most dreaded career opportunity interview question?  “Tell me about…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Job References Question Your position references are important to your job search success. …
3. “Do you have any questions?” (The answer is “Yes!”) The other day, I conducted a phone interview with…

It’s rough out there:  tens of thousands of pharma sales reps have gotten laid off in the last 2 years, and pharma layoffs are  only getting worse.  Not only are all these thousands of pharma reps flooding the career opportunity market in medical/healthcare/pharmaceutical sales, many pharma companies are telling the former sales managers of these reps [...] Related posts:

1. “I just got laid off by a large Pharma company and would like to interview for the analytical capital equipment sales job you have advertised”. It seems that every single week someone in our office has…
2. Big 20 Pharma Company Changes Over the Last 18 Months: How They Affect Pharmaceutical Sales Reps In 2008, these were the Major 20 clinical companies: Major…
3. Cafe Pharma: The Web Equivalent of the Men’s Room Wall? Cafe Pharma (or Cafepharma) can be a great source of…