Posts from ‘April, 2009’

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Don’t Miss Out! Peggy Mckee will be a key presenter April 16th in a Dark Report live Audio Conference titled:
Staff Your Clinical laboratory with Major Performers: How to Recruit and Retain the Best Med Techs
Recruiting and hiring top clinical technologists may be the single biggest issue facing laboratories today. And it’s [...] Related posts:

1. PHC Loves the Dark Every day The Dark Every single day is very informative, up-to-the-minute FREE e-briefing for everyone in…
2. Dark Daily: Giant Molecular Asteroid on Track to Smash Planet Pathology and Planet Radiology Today’s Dark Daily - predicts Giant Molecular Asteroid on Track…
3. Major Brother lives (and he is in your neighborhood)…. So many times we hear that employers are tracking us…checking…

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1. The 80/20 Rule The “80/20″ rule is very important in sales:  clinical laboratory sales,…
2. Managers: How to Motivate Clinical Salespeople in Tough Times If I were going to be flip about this, I’d…
3. Clinical laboratory Sales Managers: 7 Ways to Run a More Effective Meeting Negotiations are one of those necessary evils of medical sales…

Are you interested in breaking into medical sales, pharma revenue, biotechnology sales, pharma device sales, clinical diagnostics revenue, imaging sales, hospital equipment sales, medical laboratory sales, surgical supply sales, DNA products sales, or any other kind of healthcare sales?  Do you have questions?  Click on the comment section below and type it in.  At the end [...] Related posts:

1. Big 5 Posts from the Clinical Revenue Headhunter I get many hundreds of visitors every day to my…
2. Should college students pay for internships to get into pharmaceutical sales? [caption id=”attachment_780″ align=”alignleft” width=”150″ caption=”medical, revenue, recruiting, pharmaceutical, hiring,…
3. Position Search Tip for Medical Sales: It’s a Personal Branding Thing… [caption id=”attachment_717″ align=”aligncenter” width=”425″ caption=”medical, pharmaceutical, sales, career opportunity, recruiter,…

Here’s a very informative article from http://www.amednews.com/ that reports what’s going on with medical sales reps career opportunities, and what the future looks like:  Doctors increasingly close doors to drug reps, while pharma cuts ranks It’s a great article to go to for more detailed information, but the upshot is that doctors are increasingly averse to allowing sales [...] Related posts:

1. Pharma sales rep in leading 20 jobs list CNNmoney.com posted their list of top Twenty jobs for the young…
2. Did CafePharma put medical sales reps out of work? No. Doctors did. If you’ve read this blog for long, you know my…
3. Should Pharma Sales Career opportunities Require a Credit Check? Recently, I ran a poll to see what you think…

While I’m on the whole Andrea Nierenberg kick, here’s some more advice:  Andrea’s “Power of Three.”  Daily take 15 minutes at the beginning or end of the day and write three short goodwill notes: one to a prospect, one to a client and one to a friend. Just say “Hi,” send an article, or [...] Related posts:

1. Part III - Pimp Your Network Welcome to my 4-part “Pimp Your Career” series. In part…
2. Thank You Notes for Pharma Sales   [caption id=”attachment_850″ align=”aligncenter” width=”425″ caption=”medical, sales, recruiter, hiring, medical,…
3. Big 5 Posts from the Clinical Sales Headhunter I get many hundreds of visitors every day to my…

  Andrea Nierenberg often offers some of my favorite pieces of advice.  One of the latest I’ve discovered is “Eight Key Ways to Say Thank You to Customers.”  Nice manners are always important, and they have always been an essential part of admirable customer service and relations.  (They’re not just for job interviews.)  And in our [...] Related posts:

1. Positive Thinking for Medical Sales Success [caption id="attachment_871" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="medical, sales, recruiter, hiring, pathology, economy,...
2. Position Search Tip for Medical Sales: It’s a Personal Branding Thing… [caption id=”attachment_717″ align=”aligncenter” width=”425″ caption=”medical, laboratory, revenue, job, recruiter,…
3. Should college students pay for internships to get into medical sales? [caption id=”attachment_780″ align=”alignleft” width=”150″ caption=”medical, revenue, recruiting, pharmaceutical, hiring,…

  Andrea Nierenberg often offers some of my favorite pieces of advice.  One of the latest I’ve found is “Eight Key Ways to Say Thank You to Customers.”  Worthy manners are always important, and they have always been an essential part of nice customer service and relations.  (They’re not just for position interviews.)  And in our [...] Related posts:

1. Positive Thinking for Clinical Sales Success [caption id="attachment_871" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="medical, revenue, recruiter, hiring, clinical, economy,...
2. Job Search Tip for Pharmaceutical Sales: It’s a Personal Branding Thing… [caption id=”attachment_717″ align=”aligncenter” width=”425″ caption=”medical, laboratory, sales, job, recruiter,…
3. Should college students pay for internships to get into clinical laboratory revenue? [caption id=”attachment_780″ align=”alignleft” width=”150″ caption=”medical, revenue, recruiting, laboratory, hiring,…

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April 1, 2009
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New FDA Draft Guidance Aims to Improve Health Information Obtained via “Social Media” Websites
The Food and Drug Administration today issued a draft guidance document designed to improve communications to consumers and health care practitioners about health conditions and pharmaceutical products that they obtain on “social media” Websites [...] Related posts:

1. Position Search Tip: Too Much Information on your Social Networks I get a lot of great comments from my readers,…
2. What’s your brand? Employers and recruiters do research clinical sales, healthcare sales, medical…
3. MySpace killed the candidate….critical job interview tip Another candidate with inappropriate material on his myspace…who is now…