Posts under ‘Clinical Diagnostics’

I always get asked about the best way to break into clinical sales.  While you can get a laboratory revenue position with no experience, it’s easier if you have some. In the video below, I’ll tell you the kind of experience that looks best to pharma sales recruiters and hiring managers: Are you really interested [...] Related posts:

1. Any Sales Background Can Launch a Pathology Revenue Career Ideally, a pharma sales job candidate has a clinical laboratory or…
2. 30-60-90-Day Plans for Pharmaceutical Sales Career opportunities Most sales reps are familiar with 30-60-90-Day Revenue Plans, but…
3. How to Get a Career opportunity at a Pharma Sales Trade Show Trade shows are amazing places to extend your networking contacts…

Ideally, a pharma revenue job candidate has a medical or scientific background plus sales experience.  BUT, there’s always an exception to the rule–and in this case, there are many.  I help medical sales career opportunity seekers from all kinds of sales backgrounds (with no pathology experience at all) break into the pharma revenue field.  There are [...] Related posts:

1. Breaking Into Medical Sales (with NO clinical background) Have you wanted to break into clinical sales but you…
2. Pharma Revenue Hidden Career opportunity Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
3. 30-60-90-Day Plans for Clinical Sales Jobs Most revenue reps are familiar with 30-60-90-Day Sales Plans, but…

Today I’m bringing you a tip that does double duty:  check out Mark Hunter‘s article THREE Ways to Stop Being Afraid of Closing. Mark is an fantastic source for revenue tips, but this one is also great advice for job seekers–because the position search is a sales process and that means you need to close [...] Related posts:

1. Job Interview Musings and Answers for Pharma Sales: What You got to Prove In the Interview If you’ve been in the job market very long, you…
2. Boost Your Clinical Sales Performance   Sharpen your revenue skills! In the episode below, I’m…
3. Maximize Your Business Using Sales Analytics   Many medical sales managers and reps don’t know much…

Dear Pharmaceutical Sales Manager: I’m a brand new pharmaceutical device sales rep.  I am just starting to meet everyone in the company, and I’ve been warned about office politics, and want to make sure I get off on the right foot.  Got any advice? Dear Clinical Revenue Rep— The biggest thing I want you [...] Related posts:

1. Getting Started as a New Medical Revenue Rep: How to Handle the Details Dear Pharmaceutical Sales Manager: I’m thrilled to report that I…
2. Boost Your Medical Sales Performance   Sharpen your revenue skills! In the video below, I’m…
3. Extraordinary Networking for Clinical Sales!   Making the right contacts, or networking, is critical to…

Trade shows are fantastic places to extend your networking contacts and start poking around for hidden career opportunities.  You can discover one for just about any pharma sales arena–clinical device, pharma, clinical diagnostics, orthopaedic manufacturing, and on and on–and they’re usually free for attendees.  As long as you’re respectful of the exhibitor’s real purpose for being [...] Related posts:

1. Medical Sales Hidden Career opportunity Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
2. Extreme Networking for Clinical Sales!   Making the right contacts, or networking, is critical to…
3. 30-60-90-Day Plans for Pharma Revenue Jobs Most sales reps are familiar with 30-60-90-Day Revenue Plans, but…

Most sales reps are familiar with 30-60-90-Day Sales Plans, but unbelievably, not all of them bring one to their career opportunity interviews.  As a laboratory sales recruiter, I push all my candidates to create a 30-60-90-day plan for each career opportunity interview, and that’s one of the reasons my candidates are so consistently successful.  In candidate comparisons, [...] Related posts:

1. Clinical Sales Hidden Position Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
2. Over 2 hundred,000 Views on Pharmaceutical Sales Recruiter Video YouTube Channel! I am excited to announce that we’ve hit the 200,000-view…
3. Position Interview Questions and Answers for Medical Sales: What You’ve to Prove In the Interview If you’ve been in the job market very long, you…

One of the best parts of Halloween (besides the costume!) was always the anticipation of never knowing exactly what you’d get when you shouted, “Trick or Treat!”  At the end of the night when you started your inventory, some of it you were ready to trade with your brother and some of it deserved a [...] Related posts:

1. Medical Sales Hidden Job Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
2. Want a Clinical Sales Job? Catch the Hiring Manager at the Right Moment You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that…
3. Contact Clinical Sales Managers In Person   To access the hidden job market and land the…

One of the best parts of Halloween (besides the costume!) was always the anticipation of never knowing exactly what you’d get when you shouted, “Trick or Treat!”  At the end of the night when you started your inventory, some of it you were willing to trade with your brother and some of it deserved a [...] Related posts:

1. Medical Sales Hidden Job Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
2. Want a Clinical Sales Career opportunity? Catch the Hiring Manager at the Right Moment You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that…
3. Contact Pharma Sales Managers In Person   To access the hidden career opportunity market and land the…

To drum up new business, you sometimes have just have to pound the pavement, walk right past “Don’t Solicit” signs, and ask for the business, right?  Cold calling isn’t always fun, but when you end up making the sale, it’s worth it. It’s the same with your job search–although the techniques are different.  The [...] Related posts:

1. Contact Clinical laboratory Sales Managers In Person   To access the hidden job market and land the…
2. Breaking Into Clinical Sales (with NO medical background) Have you wanted to break into clinical sales but you…
3. Want a Medical Revenue Job? Catch the Hiring Manager at the Right Moment You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that…

To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got to pound the pavement, walk right past “Do not Solicit” signs, and ask for the business, right?  Cold calling isn’t always fun, but when you end up making the sale, it’s worth it. It’s the same with your job search–although the techniques are different.  The [...] Related posts:

1. Contact Pharma Revenue Managers In Person   To access the hidden career opportunity market and land the…
2. Breaking Into Pharma Sales (with NO laboratory background) Have you wanted to break into clinical sales but you…
3. Want a Clinical laboratory Sales Career opportunity? Catch the Hiring Manager at the Right Moment You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that…