Posts from ‘July, 2010’

LinkedIn is an excellent professional career tool and perhaps an even more excellent position search tool for clinical sales, health care sales, clinical device revenue, pharma sales, surgical revenue, or pharmaceutical sales. With over 70,000,000 members (and adding thousands of new members every 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 Lab Revenue Job Search – Part II Although times are tough for job seekers all over, it’s…

LinkedIn is an fantastic professional career tool and perhaps an even more excellent job search tool for pharmaceutical revenue, health care revenue, clinical device revenue, pharmaceutical sales, surgical revenue, or pharma 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 Sales Job Search – Part II Although times are tough for position seekers all over, it’s…

Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Job Search.  To recap,
Part 1 was Rethink Your Job Search
Part TWO 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 Medical Revenue Career opportunity 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 Medical Revenue 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 Clinical laboratory Sales Career opportunity 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 Career opportunity Shadowing
Job shadowing is not just a “try out” for your new [...] Related posts:

1. 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…
2. The Secret to Standing Out In Your Medical Revenue Career opportunity Search – Part III Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series on how…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Job 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 decrease 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 position interview in lab or health…
2. Typical Phone Interview Questions for Pharmaceutical Sales Jobs Phone interviews can be deceptively casual to some pharma sales…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Clinical Sales Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…

Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series on how to stand out in your pharma sales job search.  Pharmaceutical sales has always been a competitive sales arena, but it’s even more so these 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 Pharma Sales Career opportunity Search – Part IV Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Sales Career opportunity Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
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…

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’re someone who will go above and beyond to get the position 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 nice, would a 1-year plan be better? I was recently asked this question by a pharmaceutical revenue…

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

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Clinical Sales Career opportunity Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
2. Which Online Social Networks Do You Really Got to Be Involved In? There are many, many social networks available online: Facebook, Twitter,…
3. Super Charge Your Job 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 medical 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 job in pharma device revenue, pharmaceutical revenue, clinical diagnostics, imaging, laboratory, or [...] Related posts:

1. PHC Consulting: Recruiting Clinical and Health Care Revenue and Product management Talent PHC Consulting is an executive search firm that specializes…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Revenue Career opportunity 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 CV As a pharma sales recruiter, I specialize in placing sales…

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

1. 10 Proven Tips for Your Pharma Sales Job Search Success Your career opportunity search is one of the most significant tasks…
2. How To Keep Your Pharma Sales Job Search Confidential The very best time to look for a new job…
3. No cost Coaching for Your Job Search from the Pharma Sales Recruiter! Are you in the job search for clinical revenue, pharmaceutical…