Posts from ‘April, 2010’

I discovered this on YouTube–The Origin of Position Interviews from the Armstrong and Miller show (BBC).  It’s a caveman-era panel interview–very funny! Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Headhunter at the nationally recognized pharma and medical sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting [...] Related posts:

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I was recently asked this question by a pharmaceutical revenue candidate:  “If bringing a 30/60/90-day plan to the interview is so attractive, would a 1-year plan be even better?”
Now that’s a go-getter!
But, my answer is:  Maybe, but probably not.
I can see where there’s a possibility that someone with tremendous amounts of experience who’s going for [...] Related posts:

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What’s keeping you from getting the job?
It could be the same thing that trips up others:  you don’t understand (yet) that the career opportunity search is a sales process.
It doesn’t matter what career you’re involved in (although it ESPECIALLY applies in clinical laboratory and health care sales):  to get the position, you’ve to sell yourself [...] Related posts:

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You know the drill for clinical sales career opportunity interviews:  research, prepare, and be ready for the toughest interview questions.
There are some job interview musings for health care sales jobs that inevitably tour candidates up.  “What’s your greatest weakness?“  is a famous one.   The typical advice you’ll usually discover is to prepare for the interview by [...] Related posts:

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The era of the thank you note after a career opportunity interview is over.
Well, not the actual “thank you,” just the delivery system.
It’s critically important that you thank the interviewer for the territory, but it’s also critically important that you get it to him within 24 hours.  And a handwritten, snail-mailed note just won’t do that.  [...] Related posts:

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Here’s a fun use for leftover Easter candy…an object lesson of the “smart peeps” approach to the job search, with special thanks to my pint-sized production assistant.  No actual peeps were hurt in this exercise.
See how you can get help with your career opportunity search with the tools available at www.career-confidential.com. If you don’t wanna be [...] Related posts:

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Are you looking for a career opportunity in the clinical or health care revenue field?
You’re going to love this:
I’ve put together a list of the major 100 medical and health care companies with my personal commentary on each one….and it’s FREE.  No strings attached.
I’ve included a fact check on the big 20 companies in 5 different [...] Related posts:

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As a pharma revenue headhunter, I get almost every day inquiries from people who would like to be in laboratory sales even though they have no sales background and wanna know what they should do.  I’m never surprised to get these calls.  Medical revenue is (I think) the top tier of revenue categories, and there [...] Related posts:

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If it’s true that 55% of medical device sales professionals will be looking for a new job this year, then odds are good that you might be one of ‘em.   Even with the ‘churn’ in the market this year, medical device is a great place to be.  There are awesome career opportunities available for the right [...] Related posts:

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Are you on the hunt for a job in medical sales, pathology devices, pharmaceutical sales, pharma revenue, or other health care revenue?
In this economy, you need all the help you can get….so here is a awesome opportunity for you:
The Sales Recruiter is offering a FREE Training Webinar:  How to Get a Better Job–Faster!
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