Posts from ‘July, 2010’

LinkedIn is an amazing professional career tool and perhaps an even more excellent position search tool for pharmaceutical sales, health care sales, medical device sales, clinical revenue, surgical sales, or medical sales. With over 70,000,000 members (and adding thousands of new members every single day), this social [...] Related posts:

1. Why Should I Join LinkedIn? If you haven’t joined LinkedIn by now, you should.  There…
2. Super Charge Your Job Search Network on LinkedIn – Tap the Open Networkers (LIONS) If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Job Search – Part II Although times are tough for career opportunity seekers all over, it’s…

LinkedIn is an fantastic professional career tool and perhaps an even more outstanding job search tool for laboratory sales, health care sales, medical device sales, pharma sales, surgical sales, or clinical sales. With over 70,000,000 members (and adding thousands of new members every single day), this social [...] Related posts:

1. Why Should I Join LinkedIn? If you haven’t joined LinkedIn by now, you should.  There…
2. Super Charge Your Job Search Network on LinkedIn – Tap the Open Networkers (LIONS) If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Revenue Position Search – Part II Although times are tough for job seekers all over, it’s…

Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pathology Revenue Career opportunity Search.  To recap,
Part 1 was Rethink Your Position Search
Part TWO was Use Social Media
Part 3 was Use the Right Tools to Impress Your Interviewer
Tip #4 is:
Try Job Shadowing
Job shadowing is not just a “try out” for your new [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pathology Sales Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
2. The Secret to Standing Out In Your Clinical Sales Job Search – Part III Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series on how…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Clinical Sales Job Search – Part II Although times are tough for career opportunity seekers all over, it’s…

Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Position Search.  To recap,
Part 1 was Rethink Your Job Search
Part 2 was Use Social Media
Part 3 was Use the Right Tools to Impress Your Interviewer
Tip #4 is:
Try Position Shadowing
Job shadowing is not just a “try out” for your new [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Sales Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
2. The Secret to Standing Out In Your Medical Sales Job Search – Part III Welcome to part THREE of my 6-part series on how…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Clinical Sales Position Search – Part II Although times are tough for job seekers all over, it’s…

Are you going to interviews, but not getting the offer? Or not even getting called back for a second interview?
Maybe there’s some issue you don’t have a great explanation for: a gap in your employment history, why you’re willing to take a pay cut in a new position, why you’ve been out of [...] Related posts:

1. What You MUST Ask Before You Leave The Interview To prepare for a job interview in pharmaceutical or health…
2. Typical Phone Interview Musings for Pharma Sales Career opportunities Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some clinical sales…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharmaceutical Sales Career opportunity Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…

Welcome to part THREE of my 6-part series on how to stand out in your clinical revenue job search.  Medical sales has always been a competitive sales arena, but it’s even more so those days with an influx of candidates from harder-hit areas of sales.  So, you really got to bring your game to stand [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharmaceutical Sales Job Search – Part IV Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Laboratory Sales Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharmaceutical Sales Position Search – Part II Although times are tough for career opportunity seekers all over, it’s…

A 30/60/90-day plan is a very powerful interview tool for medical sales jobs. Why? It’s a demonstration of your go-getter attitude, and it shows that you are someone who will go above and beyond to get the job done. Most other health care sales candidates won’t have done this plan (if they even know [...] Related posts:

1. If Employers Could Be Sure Every Hire Would Add to the Bottom Line, They’d Be Hiring Machines Of course, wouldn’t we all be hiring machines if…
2. A 30/60/90-Day Plan Can Help You Get the Promotion! Usually, when you think of using a 30/60/90-Day plan, you…
3. If a 30/60/90-day plan is priceless, would a 1-year plan be better? I was recently asked this question by a pharma revenue…

Although times are tough for position seekers all over, it’s not as bad for clinical sales candidates (with the exception of laboratory sales reps) because of the largely “recession-proof” nature of the business.  But, having said that, clinical revenue job seekers are still feeling the pinch.  Because it’s such an attractive career area, many candidates [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Revenue Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
2. Which Online Social Networks Do You Really Have to Be Involved In? There are many, many social networks available online: Facebook, Twitter,…
3. Super Charge Your Career opportunity Search Network on LinkedIn – Tap the Open Networkers (LIONS) If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have…

It doesn’t matter if your job has nothing to do with sales.  There are many support roles in the pharmaceutical and health care arena that aren’t revenue related:  technical support, IT, field service engineers, and the like.  But if you’re going after a career opportunity in medical device revenue, pathology revenue, medical diagnostics, imaging, medical laboratory, or [...] Related posts:

1. PHC Consulting: Recruiting Medical and Health Care Sales and Marketing Talent PHC Consulting is an executive search firm that specializes…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
3. 3 Simple Things You Can Do To Strengthen Your Resume As a medical sales recruiter, I specialize in placing sales…

I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand out in your medical revenue career opportunity search.  Medical sales career opportunities are very competitive, top-tier revenue jobs that require a lot from candidates–whether you’re in pharma devices, pharma sales, pathology sales, imaging sales, surgical sales, clinical sales, or any health care sales arena.  The economic upheaval [...] Related posts:

1. 10 Proven Tips for Your Clinical Sales Job Search Success Your job search is one of the most significant tasks…
2. How To Keep Your Clinical Revenue Career opportunity Search Confidential The very best time to look for a new career opportunity…
3. Free Coaching for Your Job Search from the Clinical Sales Recruiter! Are you in the job search for pharma sales, medical…