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This is not your daddy’s position search….
You can’t just send out resumes anymore and expect to get a call for a clinical sales job or health care revenue career opportunity.  Life is different, and the position search is different.  Get a career coach, get on LinkedIn, find some resume help.  Get serious, and play to win. [...] Related posts:

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2. Pharmaceutical Sales Position Search Tip: Don’t Apply Online A position search primarily conducted online (completing online applications, submitting…
3. 5 Things That Will Stop You From Landing the Medical/Healthcare Sales Career opportunity You Want 1.  Wrong degree To get a career opportunity in clinical sales, healthcare…

About a year ago, I started publishing videos on YouTube (about career opportunity searching, interviews, resumes, LinkedIn, 30/60/90-day plans, types of medical revenue, and more) on the MedSalesRecruiter Channel.  To date, there are 54 vids available, and I am happy to report that views of these videos have reached the 100,000 mark!
The major 3 movie scenes are:
Closing [...] Related posts:

1. Job Seekers: Here’s Your “Video Guide to Getting Hired” Here are 22 videos designed to guide you through the…
2. How to Calm Career opportunity Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming pharma sales job interview…
3. Use a 30-60-90-day plan to secure a pharma sales position! I got a thank you note recently from a candidate who just landed a…

Sometimes companies hire outside recruiters as consultants assigned to conduct candidate interviews for jobs in clinical sales, health care sales, medical device sales, laboratory revenue, clinical diagnostics sales, pathology sales, or clinical revenue. Understandably, these interview situations make candidates a little more nervous….but I have a job interview strategy for you to handle this [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Tips for a Successful Clinical Device Revenue Career opportunity Interview Competition for jobs in pharma sales can be fierce.  Health…
2. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Medical Sales A behavioral position interview is a popular interview tactic in…
3. Major 10 Ways to Ace Your Medical Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…

Thanks to the Wireless Executive Recruiter for this movie scene scene. Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized clinical and clinical sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting | All rights reserved [...] Related posts:

1. Career opportunity Interview Prep: Be Willing for the Toughest Interview Questions The toughest position interview questions in clinical and health care…
2. Stand Out In Your Pharma Sales Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Calm Career opportunity Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming pharmaceutical revenue career opportunity interview…

“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of these typical but tough position interview questions.  We all hate it, but you know you’re going to get asked, so be prepared.  It’s trickier than it seems on the surface, and there’s an art to answering it well.  Do you give your real weakness and how you’ve overcome [...] Related posts:

1. Leading 10 Ways to Ace Your Clinical Revenue Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…
2. What questions will they ask in a pharmaceutical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. What to Bring to Your Clinical Revenue Job Interview What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview? You…

What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview?
You bring what it takes to show the hiring manager who you’re, what you’ve done, and what you can do for him.
For career opportunities in pharma sales, health care sales, pathology sales, medical device sales, medical sales, imaging sales, or clinical sales, you should bring your resume, [...] Related posts:

1. Stand Out In Your Medical Revenue Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
2. What queries will they ask in a pharma revenue interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. When To Introduce Your 30/60/90-Day Plan In the Interview Creating a  30/60/90-day plan is one of the most effective…

What does it take to set yourself apart from the competition in the job search?  Is it a mind blowing CV, a brag book, a 30/60/90-day plan, a great LinkedIn profile, smooth interview skills, or how well you prepare for the interview?  Yes, it’s all those things.  AND, it’s more. It’s how you position yourself [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Creative Ways to Stand Out in the Job Search! Can’t get an interview? Can’t get past the first interview?…
2. What questions will they ask in a clinical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Position Interview in Medical Sales A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…

I wouldn’t recommend this particular career opportunity interview technique for pharmaceutical sales because of the blush factor, but she did calm her nerves and discover her confidence, didn’t she? Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized pharmaceutical and laboratory revenue recruiting team of [...] Related posts:

1. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Job Interviews Employers want to know about more than just your skills…
2. 10 Popular Behavioral Interview Musings for Clinical Sales Behavioral interview questions are the norm for job interviews in…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Career opportunity Interview in Pharmaceutical Revenue A behavioral position interview is a popular interview tactic in…

“Are you a team player?”
You’ll almost certainly get asked this question in your next job interview.  Always answer “Yes.”
But, there’s a catch.
In this movie, I will explain: What kinds of examples to give to support your team player status (they have to be specific) Why you shouldn’t come across as too much of a team player, especially [...] Related posts:

1. How to Answer the Career opportunity Interview Question “Tell me about yourself” What’s the most dreaded job interview question?  “Tell me about…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Position References Question Your job references are important to your career opportunity search success. …
3. “Do you have any queries?” (The answer is “Yes!”) The other day, I conducted a phone interview with…

It’s rough out there:  tens of thousands of pharma sales reps have gotten laid off in the last TWO years, and pharmaceutical layoffs are  only getting worse.  Not only are all these thousands of pharmaceutical reps flooding the position market in medical/healthcare/pharmaceutical sales, many pharmaceutical companies are telling the former sales managers of these reps [...] Related posts:

1. “I just got laid off by a large Pharma company and would like to interview for the analytical capital equipment revenue job you have advertised”. It seems that every week someone in our office has…
2. Major Twenty Pharma Company Changes Over the Last 18 Months: How They Affect Pharma Sales Reps In 2008, these were the Major 20 pharmaceutical companies: Major…
3. Cafe Pharma: The Web Equivalent of the Men’s Room Wall? Cafe Pharma (or Cafepharma) can be a great source of…