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Ideally, a medical sales job candidate has a clinical or scientific background plus sales experience.  BUT, there’s always an exception to the rule–and in this case, there are many.  I help clinical revenue position seekers from all kinds of sales backgrounds (with no clinical laboratory experience at all) break into the pharmaceutical sales field.  There are [...] Related posts:

1. Breaking Into Clinical Sales (with NO pharma background) Have you wanted to break into medical sales but you…
2. Pharma Sales Hidden Position Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
3. 30-60-90-Day Plans for Pharmaceutical Sales Jobs Most sales reps are familiar with 30-60-90-Day Sales Plans, but…

Today I’m bringing you a tip that does double duty:  check out Mark Hunter‘s article 3 Ways to Stop Being Afraid of Closing. Mark is an excellent source for sales tips, but this one is also great advice for position seekers–because the position search is a sales process and that means you have to close [...] Related posts:

1. Job Interview Queries and Answers for Pharmaceutical Sales: What You’ve to Prove In the Interview If you’ve been in the career opportunity market very long, you…
2. Boost Your Medical Sales Performance   Sharpen your revenue skills! In the episode below, I’m…
3. Maximize Your Business Using Sales Analytics   Many laboratory sales managers and reps don’t know much…

Dear Clinical Sales Manager: I am a brand new pharma device sales rep.  I am just starting to meet everyone in the company, and I’ve been warned about office politics, and want to make sure I get off on the right foot.  Got any advice? Dear Pharmaceutical Sales Rep— The biggest thing I want you [...] Related posts:

1. Getting Started as a New Clinical Revenue Rep: How to Handle the Details Dear Pharma Sales Manager: I’m thrilled to report that I…
2. Boost Your Laboratory Revenue Performance   Sharpen your sales skills! In the movie scene below, I’m…
3. Extreme Networking for Laboratory Sales!   Making the right contacts, or networking, is critical to…

Trade shows are outstanding places to extend your networking contacts and start poking around for hidden jobs.  You can discover one for just about any clinical sales arena–medical device, pharmaceutical, clinical diagnostics, orthopaedic manufacturing, and on and on–and they’re usually free for attendees.  As long as you’re respectful of the exhibitor’s real purpose for being [...] Related posts:

1. Pharma Sales Hidden Job Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
2. Extreme Networking for Clinical Sales!   Making the right contacts, or networking, is critical to…
3. 30-60-90-Day Plans for Pharma Sales Jobs Most sales reps are familiar with 30-60-90-Day Revenue Plans, but…

Most revenue reps are familiar with 30-60-90-Day Sales Plans, but unbelievably, not all of Them bring one to their job interviews.  As a medical revenue recruiter, I push all my candidates to create a 30-60-90-day plan for each job interview, and that’s one of the reasons my candidates are so consistently successful.  In candidate comparisons, [...] Related posts:

1. Medical Sales Hidden Position Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
2. Over 2 hundred,000 Views on Clinical Sales Recruiter Video YouTube Channel! I am excited to announce that we’ve hit the 200,000-view…
3. Position Interview Queries and Answers for Medical Sales: What You’ve to Prove In the Interview If you’ve been in the career opportunity market very long, you…

One of the best parts of Halloween (besides the costume!) was always the anticipation of never knowing exactly what you’d get when you shouted, “Trick or Treat!”  At the end of the night when you started your inventory, some of it you were ready to trade with your brother and some of it deserved a [...] Related posts:

1. Pharmaceutical Sales Hidden Career opportunity Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
2. Want a Clinical Revenue Job? Catch the Hiring Manager at the Right Moment You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that…
3. Contact Medical Sales Managers In Person   To access the hidden job market and land the…

One of the best parts of Halloween (besides the costume!) was always the anticipation of never knowing exactly what you’d get when you shouted, “Trick or Treat!”  At the end of the night when you started your inventory, some of it you were willing to trade with your brother and some of it deserved a [...] Related posts:

1. Medical Sales Hidden Career opportunity Market: Cold Calling Works To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got…
2. Want a Clinical Sales Position? Catch the Hiring Manager at the Right Moment You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that…
3. Contact Pharma Sales Managers In Person   To access the hidden job market and land the…

To drum up new business, you sometimes have just got to pound the pavement, walk right past “Don’t Solicit” signs, and ask for the business, right?  Cold calling isn’t always fun, but when you end up making the sale, it’s worth it. It’s the same with your job search–although the techniques are different.  The [...] Related posts:

1. Contact Clinical Revenue Managers In Person   To access the hidden job market and land the…
2. Breaking Into Medical Sales (with NO medical background) Have you wanted to break into pharmaceutical sales but you…
3. Want a Medical Sales Position? Catch the Hiring Manager at the Right Moment You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that…

You might think it’s counterproductive for me to recommend that clinical sales job seekers go talk to hiring managers instead of coming only through me, the medical sales recruiter–but it isn’t.  My job is set.  Some sales managers will always prefer to go through a recruiter to discover their talent, and that won’t change.  (That’s [...] Related posts:

1. Clinical Sales: Job Searching During the Holidays True or False?   Clinical revenue companies stop hiring during November…
2. Steve Jobs Offers a Powerful Lesson for Your Work and Your Position Search I bet that right now you’ve somewhere in your…
3. Sales Managers – Candidate Safety Balanced Against Journey Costs? Career opportunity interview scheduling is usually a straight-forward process for hiring…

Are you interested in how much money you’ll make as a pharmaceutical revenue rep? MedReps.com has a pharma rep salary survey I think you’ll want to see.  It says the average total compensation (base + bonus) across all specialties is $136K.  (Which helps explain why clinical revenue is one of the most competitive sales arenas!) [...] Related posts:

1. Don’t Miss the Medical Sales Summit 2011 “Early Bird Special” Acting now puts an extra $100 in your pocket! If…
2. Harvey Mackay to Speak at The Pharmaceutical Sales Summit 2011 Harvey Mackay is one of the country’s most knowledgeable and…
3. Abbott Labs (pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical, clinical company) Exceeding $$ Expectations! Big pharma seems to be doing well, according to their…