Posts under ‘Medical Device Sales’

Pharma device sales is a hot sales category.  Because it’s hot, you’re going to have some competition to beat to land the job.  But never fear–the medical revenue recruiter has a strategy for you!
1.  Know what’s going on in the market with pharmaceutical device companies.
First, you have to understand the career opportunity–the revenue process involved in [...] Related posts:

1. Funny Position Interview Video: The Origin of Job Interviews I found this on YouTube–The Origin of Career opportunity Interviews from…
2. How Does a Nurse Transition into Pharma Revenue? Clinical Device Sales? Laboratory Sales? Here’s a Job Search Strategy for You Nurses have a few natural advantages when it comes to…
3. A Recruiter Can Help You Land Your Fantasy Position in Medical Device Sales It’s hard to land a job totally on your own. …

What’s keeping you from getting the career opportunity?
It could be the same thing that trips up others:  you don’t understand (yet) that the career opportunity search is a revenue process.
It doesn’t matter what career you’re involved in (although it ESPECIALLY applies in medical and health care sales):  to get the job, you’ve to sell yourself [...] Related posts:

1. Funny Career opportunity Interview Video: The Origin of Job Interviews I discovered this on YouTube–The Origin of Position Interviews from…
2. 6 Tips for a Successful Pharmaceutical Device Sales Job Interview Competition for jobs in medical sales can be fierce.  Health…
3. How Does a Nurse Transition into Pharma Sales? Pharma Device Sales? Laboratory Sales? Here’s a Job Search Strategy for You Nurses have a few natural advantages when it comes to…

If it’s true that 55% of clinical device sales professionals will be looking for a new career opportunity this year, then odds are good that you might be one of them.   Even with the ‘churn’ in the market this year, pharmaceutical device is a great place to be.  There are amazing jobs available for the right [...] Related posts:

1. Discover a Mentor for Your Medical Sales Career I found a great article on Employmentdigest.net that points out…
2. Nurses: Looking for a Career Change? Think About A Transition Into a Pharma Sales Career If you are a nurse who is thinking about a…
3. Clinical Device Sales Rep Uses Career Coaching to Wordsmith… Here’s Melissa’s story:  I went through a very difficult career…

Nurses have a few natural advantages when it comes to breaking into pharmaceutical sales.  They have the solid science background, and they have on-the-job technical experience with the products that clinical sales reps sell.  (That’s a lot.  If you were the customer, wouldn’t you rather buy a product from someone who’s used it?  It wouldn’t [...] Related posts:

1. How Do Med Techs / Clinical laboratory Employees Transition to Medical Sales Career opportunities? Well, I guess the first question should be:  CAN med…
2. 6 Tips for a Successful Medical Device Sales Position Interview Competition for jobs in medical laboratory sales can be fierce.  Health…
3. Nurses: Looking for a Career Change? Think About A Transition Into a Medical Revenue Career If you are a nurse who is thinking about a…

Competition for jobs in clinical sales can be fierce.  Health care is a fascinating field, and the work environment for clinical sales reps is exciting, lucrative, and rewarding for those who want to really make a difference.  However, sales interviews are difficult, and interviews for jobs in pharmaceutical device revenue, pharma revenue, biotech sales, imaging [...] Related posts:

1. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Clinical Sales A behavioral career opportunity interview is a popular interview tactic in…
2. Stand Out In Your Clinical Revenue Position Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Prepare for a Clinical Sales Job Interview Jobs in clinical sales, pharma revenue, biotechnology sales, clinical diagnostics…

It’s hard to land a position completely on your own.  That’s why the phrase “it’s all in who you know” is such a cliché.  Finding a job through someone you know is still the number one way that candidates find jobs.  That’s why networking is so important for your career.  And what better person to [...] Related posts:

1. How Can Career Coaching from the Medical Revenue Recruiter Help You? As a medical sales recruiter, I spend a lot of…
2. Tips for Landing a Clinical Sales Career opportunity The term “pharmaceutical sales” covers a lot of area: medical…
3. PHC Consulting: Recruiting Laboratory and Health Care Sales and Marketing Talent PHC Consulting is an executive search firm that specializes…

Hey, laboratory device sales reps: www.orthogate.com says that 55% of you will be looking for a new position this year.  Paula Rutledge’s article on the career opportunity market trends in clinical device sales cites recent polling that also says that only 11% of you feel rock-solid in your current situation. She’s also got some interesting [...] Related posts:

1. Pharmaceutical Device Position selling – Must have experience selling capital equipment into clinical environment…Read the career opportunity description. Yep, some position skills (like sales skills) are transferable. Yes,…
2. Major Twenty Clinical laboratory Company Changes Over the Last 18 Months: How They Affect Pharmaceutical Revenue Reps In 2008, these were the Big 20 clinical companies: Top…
3. AACC Review – Companies like Abbott, Beckman, Roche, Thermo, and Ortho Medical were there…. AACC was in Chicago this year….I always like Chicago as…

Here’s Melissa’s story: 
I went through a very difficult career transition in which my job ended in such a way that was very hard to explain to people.   When I met Peggy, I was pretty down and out about it.  She came to the rescue and helped me rephrase this difficult situation and put a positive [...] Related posts:

1. How Can Career Coaching from the Medical Sales Recruiter Help You? As a medical sales recruiter, I spend a lot of…
2. 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….
3. Clinical Device Sales job – Must have experience selling capital equipment into clinical environment…Read the job description. Yes, some position skills (like sales skills) are transferable. Yes,…

Today’s post is from guest author Heidi Allison-Shane, Managing Director, www.allisontaylor.com. Inquiring minds wanna know, and no minds are more inquiring than these about to hire you. Rest assured, you will be investigated. As a rule of thumb, the better the career opportunity and the higher the pay, the tougher the screening process. If you’re [...] Related posts:

1. Medical Revenue Reps: Will Your Position References Help You or Hurt You? Career Sabotage: The Influence of a Past Employer   The…
2. Pharmaceutical Rep: Laid off? Check your references before I do. One of the best pieces of advice I have to…
3. Big 5 Reasons to Check Your Own References In any position search, it’s very important that you know…

Hey, give me 4 minutes and I’ll give you 3 of the major 10 questions, the answers and save you at least 500 bucks!
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Get the answers to 47 more Pharma Sales queries from Peggy Article courtesy of  Peggy [...] Related posts:

1. Peggy spills the beans on the top 50 queries about pharmaceutical revenue… Get the 90 minute audio conference, the RESUME audio…
2. 10 Funniest Interview Questions Ten.  “Who would win a battle between a ninja and…
3. Win Ipod Classic – I need Major 50 Questions You have About Medical/Healthcare/Pharma Sales and How to break in…. I am going to do an audio conference at…