Clinical sales resumes have certain requirements that other resumes don’t. In the movie scene below, I’ll tell you more about how you can learn to write a RESUME that will give you a major advantage in trying to break into medical sales. Article courtesy of Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized medical [...] Related posts:
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What’s your role as a medical sales rep–whether you’re in clinical, pharma, diagnostics, devices, software, or pharma?
Do you know the best way to show me, the pharmaceutical sales recruiter and reader of your RESUME, why I have to submit you for a career opportunity?
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As a medical sales recruiter, I specialize in placing revenue and sales management professionals, and I’ve seen tens of thousands of resumes throughout my career. Since I often sift through them quickly, it takes a great resume to stand out from the crowd and get my attention. And career opportunity seekers in health care sales, pharmaceutical [...] Related posts:
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Job seekers can mistakenly think that the top career opportunity title they’ve had is always impressive on a resume. Some sales reps have the title of VP, or Sales Director, even though they were actually in a one-to-one sales role. This can cause a problem for you in your career opportunity search if you’re looking for another [...] Related posts:
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Just a quick heads-up:
When you send your resume to a recruiter by email, don’t send a cover letter as an attachment. For the most part, it’s a waste of time. A busy laboratory revenue recruiter doesn’t have time to open extra attachments, and expects that you’ll say what you got to say in the body [...] Related posts:
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If you are a sales professional or want to become one, or if you are looking for a new sales job, you will face one of the toughest interview processes of any job seeker.
