Posts under ‘Medical Sales Resumes’

Medical sales resumes have certain requirements that other resumes don’t. In the video below, I’ll tell you more about how you can learn to write a CV that will give you a major advantage in trying to break into pharma sales. Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized pharma [...] Related posts:

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If you’re a Mac computer user and you’ve sent your CV as a Microsoft Word document, there’s a decent chance that the recruiter or HR department you sent it to can’t read it.  It can also be a problem if you’ve sent your RESUME in any other program besides Word.
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What’s your role as a clinical revenue rep–whether you’re in clinical, pharma, diagnostics, devices, software, or pharma?
Do you know the best way to show me, the medical sales recruiter and reader of your resume, why I need to submit you for a career opportunity?
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As a clinical sales recruiter, I specialize in placing sales and sales management professionals, and I’ve seen tens of thousands of resumes throughout my career.  Since I often sift through ‘em quickly, it takes a great resume to stand out from the crowd and get my attention.  And job seekers in health care sales, medical [...] Related posts:

1. RESUME Objective Statements: Tell the Hiring Manager Why He Should Read the Rest of Your Resume Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that CV…
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Job seekers can mistakenly think that the top job title they’ve had is always gracious on a RESUME.  Some sales reps have the title of VP, or Sales Director, even though they were actually in a one-to-one sales role.  This can cause a problem for you in your job search if you’re looking for another [...] Related posts:

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There is one thing that hiring managers are really looking for when scanning resumes of sales reps for pharma device, medical sales, biotech sales, imaging revenue, or any other health care sales position:  sales.  That means they want to see the numbers (or percentages) of sales generated, sales saved, or labor saved.
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Just a quick heads-up:
When you send your resume to a headhunter by email, don’t send a cover letter as an attachment.  For the most part, it’s a waste of time.  A busy clinical revenue recruiter doesn’t have time to open extra attachments, and expects that you’ll say what you have to say in the body [...] Related posts:

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