Lab Device Revenue Position – Must have experience selling capital equipment into clinical environment…Read the job description.

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Yes, some career opportunity skills (like sales skills) are transferable. Yeah, I have had client companies hire candidates as clinical revenue reps, clinical sales reps, clinical diagnostics sales reps, hospital equipment sales reps, imaging sales reps, clinical device revenue reps, surgical supply sales reps, biotechnology sales reps, or medical sales reps without previous clinical laboratory revenue experience……although it’s not common. The catch is that those candidates always have extensive sales experience or a super difficult area of expertise. The vast majority of candidates I place in medical revenue career opportunities also have science degrees (like molecular, biology, or chemistry).

But it doesn’t matter how transferable your sales skills are or how much of a superstar you were in other companies if my clients want specific, deal-breaking qualifications in their potential employees. Read the job description to save yourself some time and trouble. If it says you need to have a Life Science degree or specific pharma sales experience, then your Business Management degree and IT experience won’t get you a call from us. You can still apply – but don’t get your feelings hurt if we don’t call you about this particular position.
Also, I know that some companies state NO Pharmaceutical Reps on their career opportunities. You can still apply if you want to (what are they going to do – not hire you, again?), but focus on recruiters or hiring managers who are open-minded to your background.

More importantly, focus on opportunities where you have a coach in the system: a recruiter, someone who works there and knows you, or one of your references who’s close to the hiring manager, etc…..

Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Headhunter at the nationally
recognized clinical and pharmaceutical sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.
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