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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:

1. Resume Objective Statements: Tell the Hiring Manager Why He Should Read the Rest of Your CV Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that CV…
2. Send Your VP of Sales and Marketing a Thank You Note Many revenue reps who spend time with upper-level people in…
3. Peggy’s episode about your CV for Medical Sales I actually go through my 12 inch stack of resumes…

A sales rep’s position is to make the sale.  So if you’re looking for a new sales career opportunity in pathology sales, clinical device revenue, or any other health care revenue arena, the best way to get a clinical revenue job is to make it your mission is to demonstrate that you can ring that cash [...] Related posts:

1. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Pharma Sales A behavioral position interview is a popular interview tactic in…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Job References Question Your job references are important to your job search success. …
3. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Job Interviews Employers want to know about more than just your skills…

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:

1. Keywords in your Medical Sales Resume Peggy talks about how to get quality keywords in your…
2. Resume Objective Statements: Tell the Hiring Manager Why He Should Read the Rest of Your CV Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that CV…
3. Tips for Landing a Pharma Sales Position The term “clinical laboratory sales” covers a lot of area: medical…

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.
I’m here to tell you that you need an objective statement on your CV.  Why? An objective statement tells me [...] Related posts:

1. Resume Objectives: What Do You Want? RESUME objectives are a big topic online.  Apparently, it’s a…
2. Should you e-mail your 30/60/90-day sales plan to the hiring manager? As a Medical Sales Recruiter, I recommend to all my…
3. How to Help the Hiring Manager Be Decisive–and Make You the Offer! Answering objections in a career opportunity interview is a skill you’ll…

Jennifer M. tells all about how a career coach (that would be me) made her fantasy job come true (even in this economy)!
I worked with Jennifer mid July. We fixed her RESUME, worked on her social media skills, helped her target hiring managers (and gave her the secret of what to ask for when she [...] Related posts:

1. Tired of interviewing and not getting that revenue job you want? Career Coaching works! Career opportunity Seeker to Peggy: The phone interview was a bust….
2. Job Search Tip: Complete the Entire Career opportunity Application Latest story:  A hiring manager I am working with in…
3. How Can Career Coaching from the Clinical Revenue Recruiter Help You? As a laboratory sales recruiter, I spend a lot of…

Picture this:  You’ve put together a outstanding resume, you’ve lined up your references, you’ve got an attractive brag book, you’ve researched your 30/60/90-day plan, and you’ve landed an exciting interview in clinical sales, laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics sales, biotechnology sales, clinical device revenue, or pharma sales.  But:  What do you do if you run into [...] Related posts:

1. “Do you have any queries?” (The answer is “Yes!”) The other day, I conducted a phone interview with…
2. 10 Worst Answers to Job Interview Questions Discovered this at Hot Career/Interview Tips: Let me start by…
3. What musings will they ask in a laboratory sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…

Hey, give me 4 minutes and I’ll give you three of the big 10 questions, the answers and save you at least 500 bucks!
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Get the answers to 47 more Medical Sales queries from Peggy Article courtesy of  Peggy [...] Related posts:

1. Peggy spills the beans on the major Fifty queries about laboratory sales… Get the 90 minute audio conference, the RESUME audio…
2. 10 Funniest Interview Questions 10.  “Who would win a battle between a ninja and…
3. Win Ipod Classic – I need Top Fifty Musings You’ve About Medical/Healthcare/Pharma Sales and How to break in…. I am going to do an audio conference at…

As a pharmaceutical sales recruiter, I spend a lot of time on the phone fielding inquiries from position seekers.  Not only about specific career opportunities in clinical revenue, laboratory sales, imaging sales, biotech sales, clinical diagnostics sales, pathology sales, medical device sales, hospital equipment revenue, medical laboratory sales, or other areas of healthcare sales, but also about career coaching:  [...]

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If you’re searching for a job in pharma sales, clinical laboratory sales, healthcare sales, clinical diagnostics sales, laboratory sales, imaging revenue, biotech sales, clinical device sales, hospital equipment sales, or clinical sales, you want every advantage you can get, right?  Which means, you’ve probably put a lot of effort into your resume, you’ve discovered the flawless [...] Related posts:

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