Posts under ‘Medical Sales Jobs’

I did my first blog/radio show yesterday. The recruiting animal invited me to come chat about my blog, my thoughts on women in management, assessment testing and fraternizing with powerful people……that is putting it very simply. You can listen to it here: Peggy McKee chats with the Recruiting Animal. It was a very fast hour. [...]

December 10th, 3:35 pm (early and convenient timing - I’d point out)
As you know, if you’ve read or listened to me much, I am a strong advocate of telling people what you need or how they can help. I know that if I understand what I can do for you (and it is [...]

This question was posted on my LinkedIn page, along with these comments:
Person with question says:
My company is a consummate example of a large scale device organization with few women. Only 1 woman in an executive career opportunity and none in upper management. I have spoken with some women who say they were discouraged from pursuing management [...]

Here’s a great article for you to see:  Military Are Getting Short-Changed On the Job Front, Too, by Teena Rose.  I met Teena on Twitter.  She’s the head of Resume to Referral, which provides resume-writing and career services for mid-level career to executive professionals.  In her article, she talks about her husband’s career transition [...]

The Dark Every day (Clinical Medical and Laboratory News/Trends), which I read frequently, recently reported a study of the Ten Germiest Jobs In America, by “Dr. Germ,” AKA Charles P. Gerba, Ph.D., a microbiologist at the University of Arizona in Tuscon.   Here’s the list:
1) Teacher, day care workers
2) Cashier, bank employee
3) Tech support, computer repair.
4) Doctor or nurse
5) Clinical laboratory [...]

The Dark Every day (Clinical Pharmaceutical and Pathology News/Trends), which I read frequently, recently reported a study of the 10 Germiest Jobs In America, by “Dr. Germ,” AKA Charles P. Gerba, Ph.D., a microbiologist at the University of Arizona in Tuscon.   Here’s the list:
1) Teacher, day care workers
2) Cashier, bank employee
3) Tech support, computer repair.
4) Doctor or nurse
5) Pathology [...]

Fierce Pharmaceutical outlines how Twenty,000 pharma folks were laid off from 5 companies in 2008. I hate to point this out, but if leading pharma can let all of those folks go without major issues continuing to do business, then these employees were not adding value (or very much of it). As one marketeer put [...]

I found a great source of science headlines in one handy spot for everyone in medical sales, clinical diagnostics sales, clinical sales, pharma supplies sales, surgical supplies revenue, DNA products sales, cellular/molecular products sales, imaging revenue, laboratory sales, histology sales, biotech revenue, or medical sales:  it’s Sciencebase!  It’s got a science blog, articles, links…it will help [...]

Hiring Manager Alert:  If you have a problem with candidates taking other career opportunities during your interview and hiring process, it’s likely that you’ve gotten your candidates from job boards, newspaper ads, and so on…which means that it’s also likely that you’ve contacted Them late in the position search cycle.    
To avoid this problem, the solution is [...]

I found a great video on YouTube by Susan Ireland, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Resume.  In this movie scene, Susan discusses why you need an objective on the major of your RESUME.  I agree that it’s important for you to have a good one (see my post 7 Tips For a [...]