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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 medical sales career opportunity or health care sales job.  Life is different, and the job search is different.  Get a career coach, get on LinkedIn, find some CV help.  Get serious, and play to win. [...] Related posts:

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

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

1. Job Seekers: Here’s Your “Movie scene Guide to Getting Hired” Here are 22 videos designed to guide you through the…
2. How to Calm Job Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming medical sales career opportunity interview…
3. Use a 30-60-90-day plan to secure a medical sales job! 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, clinical sales, clinical diagnostics sales, laboratory revenue, or medical sales. Understandably, those 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 Pharma Device Sales Career opportunity Interview Competition for career opportunities in pathology revenue can be fierce.  Health…
2. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Medical Revenue A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…
3. Big 10 Ways to Ace Your Pharmaceutical Revenue Interview Here are Ten of my best tips to help you…

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

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

“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of those typical but tough job 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. Top Ten Ways to Ace Your Clinical Revenue Interview Here are Ten of my best tips to help you…
2. What musings will they ask in a laboratory sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. What to Bring to Your Medical Sales Career opportunity 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 jobs in medical sales, health care sales, pharma sales, pharmaceutical device sales, pharma sales, imaging sales, or clinical revenue, you should bring your resume, [...] Related posts:

1. Stand Out In Your Pharma Sales Career opportunity Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
2. What questions will they ask in a medical sales 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 career opportunity search?  Is it a killer resume, 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 these things.  AND, it’s more. It’s how you job yourself [...] Related posts:

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

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

1. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Job Interviews Employers wanna know about more than just your skills…
2. Ten Popular Behavioral Interview Queries for Medical Sales Behavioral interview questions are the norm for career opportunity interviews in…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Medical Sales A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…

“Are you a team player?”
You’ll almost certainly get asked this question in your next career opportunity 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 Position Interview Question “Tell me about yourself” What’s the most dreaded position interview question?  “Tell me about…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Job References Question Your job references are important to your job search success. …
3. Job Interview Prep: Be Willing for the Toughest Interview Questions The toughest position interview questions in pharma and health care…

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

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