As a medical sales headhunter, I specialize in placing sales and sales management professionals, and I’ve seen tens of thousands of resumes throughout my career. Since I often sift through ‘em quickly, it takes a great CV to stand out from the crowd and get my attention. And job seekers in health care sales, clinical [...] Related posts:
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Job seekers can mistakenly think that the major job title they’ve had is always attractive on a CV. Some sales reps have the title of VP, or Sales Director, even though they were actually in a one-to-one revenue role. This can cause a problem for you in your job search if you’re looking for another [...] Related posts:
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There is one thing that hiring managers are really looking for when scanning resumes of revenue reps for medical device, clinical laboratory sales, biotech sales, imaging sales, or any other health care sales position: revenue. That means they want to see the numbers (or percentages) of revenue generated, revenue saved, or labor saved.
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Just a quick heads-up:
When you send your RESUME to a headhunter by email, don’t send a cover letter as an attachment. For the most part, it’s a waste of time. A busy medical revenue headhunter doesn’t have time to open extra attachments, and expects that you’ll say what you have to say in the body [...] Related posts:
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If you want your RESUME to actually be a marketing document for you, and get a recruiter’s or a hiring manager’s attention, you must pack that CV with the keywords that are relevant to the career area you want. Recruiters, hiring managers, and Human Resource departments use computer searches and applicant tracking systems to flag [...] Related posts:
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Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that CV objective statements are optional, or that you shouldn’t have one at all. Their reasoning is usually that objective statements fence you in and limit your job-seeking focus.
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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.
