Posts from ‘May, 2009’

Peggy talks about: x addthis_url =’http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phcconsulting.com%2FWordPress%2F2009%2F05%2F29%2Fkeywords-in-your-medical-sales-resume%2F’; addthis_title =’Keywords+in+your+Medical+Sales+Resume’; addthis_pub =”; Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized clinical and pharmaceutical sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC [...] No related posts.

(OK, this is a rerun from August 2008, but I still like it.)
10. We eat, sleep, drink and breathe healthcare/medical revenue, marketing and support recruiting.
9. We are from Texas, which means we are friendly, helpful people.  Besides–there isn’t much to do here, so we just work, work, work. If your recruiter is in California or [...] Related posts:

1. Major 10 Reasons To Use PHC Consulting for Recruiting Top Sales Talent I really like the Letterman Big 10 Lists, so here…
2. PHC Consulting Celebrates Ten Years of Medical Sales Recruiting!!! May 2009 marks the 10th Anniversary of PHC Consulting!  What started…
3. Top 10 Reasons to Get Into Clinical Revenue 10.  You majored in biology, chemistry, or pre-med but don’t…

#1 - Join LinkedIn (it’s no cost) and the information and contacts available there are outstanding!
#2 - Fill out your profile.  Use your updated RESUME (because it should always be updated) to fill out the profile.  This will be your online resume, so make it look worthy.  What if you aren’t looking for a job?  Well, haven’t [...] Related posts:

1. Major 10 Twitter Tips for Pharma and Pharmaceutical Revenue Reps (again) Here’s one from January: Shane Gibson is an internationally known…
2. Easy Networking Tips I can’t emphasize enough how important it’s to have…
3. Zig Ziglar’s Advice for Success in Clinical Sales When you do more than you are paid to do,…

10.  Attend industry-specific conferences.  Better yet, speak at one.
9.  Write an article for industry newsletters.
8.  Write an article on your own blog, or as a guest on someone else’s.
7.  Use your network to get an introduction.
6.  Use online social networks like LinkedIn or Twitter.
5.  Do your part by passing on the names of others.  When [...] Related posts:

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2. Major 10 Ways to Ace Your Clinical Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…
3. Major 5 Posts from the Medical Sales Recruiter I get many hundreds of visitors every day to my…

Here’s one from January:
Shane Gibson is an internationally known trainer, coach, and motivational speaker in the area of revenue performance, and is the author of Closing Bigger:  The Field Guide to Closing Bigger Deals.  His credentials are too many to list, so here’s the link to his bio.  His recent blog post (10 Twitter Tips and [...] Related posts:

1. Major 10 Twitter Tips for Clinical and Medical Sales Reps Shane Gibson is an internationally known trainer, coach, and motivational…
2. Company Car Allowance vs. Mileage vs. Company Car for Sales Reps in Clinical, Laboratory or Healthcare…. One of my hiring managers (a client) wrote this (and…
3. Big 10 Books for Pharmaceutical and Health Care Sales Reps All clinical sales reps should keep up with their reading,…

10.  “Who would win a battle between a ninja and a pirate?”
9.  “How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?”
8.  “When is it OK to lie?” 
7.  “If someone threw a rubber band at you from another cubicle, how would you react?”
6.  “Four people have to cross a rickety rope bridge to get back [...] Related posts:

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3. Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Medical Sales Interview Here are Ten of my best tips to help you…

According to the Boston Globe, here’s the list of the leading 10 pharma device companies according to revenue: 1
Thermo Fisher Scientific
$9,746.4
  2
Boston Scientific Corp.
$8,357.0
  3
PerkinElmer
$1,787.3
  4
Hologic
$946.6
  5
Inverness Pharmaceutical Innovations
$839.5
  6
Haemonetics Corp.
$494.6
  7
Zoll Clinical Corp.
$335.9
  8
Candela Corp.
$149.2
  9
Cynosure
$124.3
  10
Palomar Clinical Technologies
$122.9
  Want to know who’s hiring?  Click here. addthis_url =’http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phcconsulting.com%2FWordPress%2F2009%2F05%2F20%2Ftop-10-medical-device-companies%2F’; addthis_title =’Top+10+Medical+Device+Companies’; addthis_pub =”; [...] Related posts:

1. Big Pharma Device Companies The Boston Globe’s list of the Top Medical Device Companies includes…
2. How does this economy affect pharma device companies? The answer is:  not too much.  As of last week,…
3. Pharma Device Sales career opportunity – Must have experience selling capital equipment into pharma environment…Read the career opportunity description. Yes, some job skills (like sales skills) are transferable. Yes,…

Found this at Hot Career/Interview Tips: Let me start by saying that these might not be the 10 worst answers to job interview questions of all time. They are, however, among the 10 worst responses that I have ever heard. That’s right - these are all true. Some of these responses I heard from students in [...] Related posts:

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All clinical sales reps should keep up with their reading, even in specialized fields like pharma sales, biotechnology sales, clinical device sales, hospital equipment sales, imaging sales, laboratory sales, pharma revenue, or clinical diagnostics revenue.  Keep your selling skills sharp by starting with this list:
10.  Secrets of Closing the Sale by Zig Ziglar - Zig’s advice [...] Related posts:

1. Forrest Gump’s Guide to Selling Success From Forrest Gump’s Guide to Becoming a Gazillionaire, from OnMoneyMaking.com: …
2. Positive Thinking for Clinical Sales Success [caption id="attachment_871" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="medical, revenue, headhunter, hiring, pharmaceutical, economy,...
3. PHC Consulting Celebrates 10 Years of Pharma Sales Recruiting!!! [caption id="attachment_994" align="aligncenter" width="357" caption="medical sales recruiter, 10-year anniversary, hiring,...

The Medical Medical is responsible for the tests/assays performed on specimens (blood, serum, urine, tissue, etc.) that give the physician the true picture of the patient’s status. They’re the unsung heros of healthcare.
I looked for a big 10 list and could not find one (without an outlay of cash). So I asked several of [...] Related posts:

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3. PHC Consulting Celebrates 10 Years of Pharmaceutical Sales Recruiting!!! [caption id="attachment_994" align="aligncenter" width="357" caption="medical sales recruiter, 10-year anniversary, hiring,...