Posts under ‘Pharmaceutical Sales Recruitment’

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…

You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that pharma sales job seekers go talk to hiring managers instead of coming only through me, the pathology sales recruiter–but it isn’t.  My job is set.  Some sales managers will always prefer to go through a recruiter to find their talent, and that won’t change.  (That’s [...] Related posts:

1. Clinical Sales: Job Searching During the Holidays True or False?   Clinical sales companies stop hiring during November…
2. Steve Positions Offers a Powerful Lesson for Your Work and Your Position Search I bet that right now you have somewhere in your…
3. Sales Managers – Candidate Safety Balanced Against Travel Costs? Job interview scheduling is usually a straight-forward process for hiring…

OK, I’ve got to admit–I wasn’t paying attention when this movie scene came out 5 months ago–Pharmalot covered it.  But I saw it recently, and it’s a little like watching a train wreck:  this woman wrote a book  called Big Pharmaceutical’s Sexy Little Secret about how (and it’s possible I’ve missed anything there is to see [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Getting Around “Pharmaceutical Reps Need Not Apply” How many times have you been interested in a job…
2. Will the iPad Do Away With the Pharma Rep? Have you been issued your iPad yet? The iPad that…
3. Laboratory Sales Not “Real” Sales? Why do so many in the clinical revenue arena look…

Are you interested in how much money you’ll make as a medical revenue rep? MedReps.com has a laboratory rep salary survey I think you’ll want to see.  It says the average total compensation (base + bonus) across all specialties is $136K.  (Which helps explain why medical sales is one of the most competitive sales arenas!) [...] Related posts:

1. Don’t Miss the Medical Sales Summit 2011 “Early Bird Special” Acting now puts an extra $100 in your pocket! If…
2. Harvey Mackay to Speak at The Clinical Sales Summit 2011 Harvey Mackay is one of the country’s most knowledgeable and…
3. Abbott Labs (laboratory, pharma, clinical company) Exceeding $$ Expectations! Major pharma seems to be doing well, according to their…

I bet that right now you have somewhere in your vicinity a smartphone or an iPod filled with songs you bought from iTunes.   You’re likely using an iPad as a regular tool daily, too.  Thank Steve Career opportunities (1955-2011), who was the driving force behind these amazingly small things that have had an amazingly big [...] Related posts:

1. 30/60/90-Day Plan for Laboratory Revenue Career opportunity Interview Success! Recently, I had a conversation with a strong, articulate laboratory…
2. Myths of Landing a Medical Sales Career opportunity Pharma sales positions (and especially medical device sales jobs) are…
3. Job 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…

What’s the most common question we’re getting about the Clinical Sales Summit 2011? It’s “Should I register as a current laboratory sales rep, or an aspiring rep?”  Because there are separate breakout training sessions for medical sales reps and these trying to break into the business, some of you who are “in between” categories for [...] Related posts:

1. Don’t Miss the Pharmaceutical Sales Summit 2011 “Early Bird Special” Acting now puts an extra $100 in your pocket! If…
2. Harvey Mackay to Speak at The Pharmaceutical Sales Summit 2011 Harvey Mackay is one of the country’s most knowledgeable and…
3. Medical Sales Summit 2001 Coming October 25th! The Medical Sales Summit 2011 is a go! It’s been…

What’s the most common question we’re getting about the Clinical Sales Summit 2011? It’s “Should I register as a current clinical sales rep, or an aspiring rep?”  Because there are separate breakout training sessions for medical revenue reps and these trying to break into the business, some of you who are “in between” categories for [...] Related posts:

1. Don’t Miss the Medical Sales Summit 2011 “Early Bird Special” Acting now puts an extra $100 in your pocket! If…
2. Harvey Mackay to Speak at The Clinical Revenue Summit 2011 Harvey Mackay is one of the country’s most knowledgeable and…
3. Medical Sales Summit 2001 Coming October 25th! The Clinical Sales Summit 2011 is a go! It’s been…

Acting now puts an extra $100 in your pocket! If you’ve been thinking about registering for the 1st Annual Medical Sales Summit, now is the time.   If you register for the Medical Sales Summit before September 25, you receive $100 off the regular price. After September 25, the discounted registration fee goes away…and it’s going [...] Related posts:

1. Medical Sales Summit 2001 Coming October 25th! The Clinical Sales Summit 2011 is a go! It’s been…
2. Harvey Mackay to Speak at The Clinical Sales Summit 2011 Harvey Mackay is one of the country’s most knowledgeable and…
3. Pharmaceutical Sales Summit FAQ What’s the most common question we’re getting about the Medical…

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:

1. Pharma Sales Summit FAQ What’s the most common question we’re getting about the Laboratory…
2. Don’t Miss the Lab Sales Summit 2011 “Early Bird Special” Acting now puts an extra $100 in your pocket! If…
3. Maximize Your Business Using Sales Analytics   Many medical sales managers and reps don’t know much…