Posts from ‘December, 2008’

I get many hundreds of visitors daily to my blog (thank you very much!), and I’m always interested in discovering what my readers really want to read, and providing something helpful to you.  I checked the traffic recently and found that these are the 5 most-visited posts, so I rounded Them up to share with [...]

I hope that you enjoy this. Merry Christmas. addthis_url =’http%3A%2F%2Fwww.phcconsulting.com%2FWordPress%2F2008%2F12%2F22%2Fmerry-christmas-to-you-from-the-medical-sales-recruiter%2F’; addthis_title =’Merry+Christmas+to+You%21+From+the+Medical+Sales+Recruiter’; addthis_pub =”; Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized laboratory and pathology sales recruiting team of PHC [...]

Cheezhead ran an article recently by bestselling author and speaker Lindsey Pollak on What Millennials Really Want to Know, where she lists the 3 most common questions asked by entry-level position seekers, AKA:  Generation Y.  It’s a great article, and I’d like to add my 2 cents in support, from a medical sales perspective:
1.  Will [...]

Christmas is coming!  Do you need ideas for the perfect gift for that hardworking salesperson in your life?  Anyone in clinical sales, medical laboratory sales, medical diagnostics sales, imaging sales, hospital equipment sales, pharma supply revenue, surgical supply sales, pathology sales, cellular products sales, molecular products sales, biotechnology sales, or pharmaceutical sales will enjoy these:
Starbucks:  Gift cards are [...]

In better times, a standard relocation package included a house-hunting tour, moving expenses, and maybe closing costs and realtor fees.  These days of falling housing prices are inspiring more companies to offer home-buying perks to the packages of even lower-level candidates if the candidate’s house doesn’t sell, according to the Wall Street Journal. 
Relocation has always been a [...]

I did my first blog/radio show yesterday. The recruiting animal invited me to come chat about my blog, my thoughts on women in management, assessment testing and fraternizing with powerful people……that is putting it very simply. You can listen to it here: Peggy McKee chats with the Recruiting Animal. It was a very fast hour. [...]

December 10th, 3:35 pm (early and convenient timing - I’d point out)
As you know, if you have read or listened to me much, I am a strong advocate of telling people what you need or how they can help. I know that if I understand what I can do for you (and it’s [...]

This question was posted on my LinkedIn page, along with these comments:
Person with question says:
My company is a perfect example of a large scale device organization with few women. Only 1 woman in an executive career opportunity and none in upper management. I have spoken with some women who say they were discouraged from pursuing management [...]

Here’s a great article for you to see:  Military Are Getting Short-Changed On the Job Front, Too, by Teena Rose.  I met Teena on Twitter.  She is the head of Resume to Referral, which provides resume-writing and career services for mid-level career to executive professionals.  In her article, she negotiations about her husband’s career transition [...]

The Dark Every single day (Clinical Medical and Pathology News/Trends), which I read frequently, recently reported a study of the 10 Germiest Jobs In America, by “Dr. Germ,” AKA Charles P. Gerba, Ph.D., a microbiologist at the University of Arizona in Tuscon.   Here’s the list:
1) Teacher, day care workers
2) Cashier, bank employee
3) Tech support, computer repair.
4) Doctor or nurse
5) Pathology [...]