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This is not your daddy’s job search….
You can’t just send out resumes anymore and expect to get a call for a clinical revenue position or health care revenue career opportunity.  Life is different, and the job search is different.  Get a career coach, get on LinkedIn, find some resume help.  Get serious, and play to win. [...] Related posts:

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

About a year ago, I started publishing clips on YouTube (about position searching, interviews, resumes, LinkedIn, 30/60/90-day plans, types of pharmaceutical revenue, and more) on the MedSalesRecruiter Channel.  To date, there are 54 movies available, and I’m happy to report that views of those movie scenes have reached the 100,000 mark!
The leading 3 videos are:
Closing [...] Related posts:

1. Job Seekers: Here’s Your “Video Guide to Getting Hired” Here are 22 vids designed to guide you through the…
2. How to Calm Job Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming medical laboratory sales job interview…
3. Use a 30-60-90-day plan to secure a clinical sales job! 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 jobs in pharma sales, health care sales, pharma device sales, medical sales, clinical diagnostics revenue, clinical laboratory sales, or pharma sales. Understandably, those interview situations make candidates a little more nervous….but I have a job interview strategy for you to handle this [...] Related posts:

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

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

1. Job Interview Prep: Be Willing for the Toughest Interview Questions The toughest position interview questions in clinical and health care…
2. Stand Out In Your Clinical Revenue Career opportunity Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Calm Job Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming medical sales career opportunity interview…

“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of these typical but tough job interview musings.  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. Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Medical Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…
2. What questions will they ask in a pharmaceutical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. What to Bring to Your Medical Sales Career opportunity 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’re, what you’ve done, and what you can do for him.
For positions in clinical sales, health care sales, clinical laboratory sales, medical device sales, clinical sales, imaging sales, or medical sales, you should bring your CV, [...] Related posts:

1. Stand Out In Your Laboratory Sales Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
2. What questions will they ask in a pharma sales 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 killer CV, a brag book, a 30/60/90-day plan, a great LinkedIn profile, smooth interview skills, or how well you prepare for the interview?  Yeah, it’s all those things.  AND, it’s more. It’s how you career opportunity yourself [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Creative Ways to Stand Out in the Job Search! Can’t get an interview? Can’t get past the first interview?…
2. What musings will they ask in a lab sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Clinical Sales A behavioral position interview is a popular interview tactic in…

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

1. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Job Interviews Employers want to know about more than just your skills…
2. 10 Popular Behavioral Interview Queries for Pharmaceutical Sales Behavioral interview queries are the norm for job interviews in…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Pathology 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 job interview.  Always answer “Yes.”
But, there’s a catch.
In this movie scene, 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 Position Interview Question “Tell me about yourself” What’s the most dreaded job interview question?  “Tell me about…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Career opportunity References Question Your position references are important to your job search success. …
3. Career opportunity Interview Prep: Be Willing for the Toughest Interview Questions The toughest position interview questions in clinical and health care…

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 pharmaceutical reps flooding the job market in medical/healthcare/pharmaceutical revenue, many pharmaceutical 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 career opportunity you’ve advertised”. It seems that every week someone in our office has…
2. Big 20 Clinical Company Changes Over the Last 18 Months: How They Affect Pharma Sales Reps In 2008, these were the Top Twenty pharma companies: Top…
3. Cafe Pharma: The Web Equivalent of the Chaps’s Room Wall? Cafe Pharma (or Cafepharma) can be a great source of…