Posts under ‘Resumes’

Pharma revenue resumes have certain requirements that other resumes don’t. In the clip below, I’ll tell you more about how you can learn to write a CV that will give you a big advantage in trying to break into clinical revenue. Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized clinical [...] Related posts:

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If you’re a Mac computer user and you’ve sent your CV as a Microsoft Word document, there’s a decent chance that the recruiter or HR department you sent it to can’t read it.  It can also be a problem if you’ve sent your resume in any other program besides Word.
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Recently, someone who has seen what I’ve said on the importance of LinkedIn for the job search asked me this:  “If it’s not a nice idea to include a photo on your RESUME, why is it a precious idea to include it on LinkedIn?  Doesn’t the photo on LinkedIn invite the same potential discrimination issues [...] Related posts:

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What’s your role as a clinical sales rep–whether you’re in clinical, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, devices, software, or pharmaceutical?
Do you know the best way to show me, the pharmaceutical sales recruiter and reader of your resume, why I have to submit you for a job?
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It doesn’t matter if your career opportunity has nothing to do with revenue.  There are many support roles in the medical and health care arena that aren’t revenue related:  technical support, IT, field service engineers, and the like.  But if you’re going after a job in medical device revenue, pharma revenue, clinical diagnostics, imaging, medical laboratory, or [...] Related posts:

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I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand out in your clinical sales job search.  Medical revenue jobs are very competitive, top-tier revenue career opportunities that require a lot from candidates–whether you’re in medical devices, medical sales, laboratory sales, imaging sales, surgical sales, medical revenue, or any health care revenue arena.  The economic upheaval [...] Related posts:

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As a medical sales recruiter, I specialize in placing sales and sales management professionals, and I’ve seen tens of thousands of resumes throughout my career.  Since I often sift through Them quickly, it takes a great resume to stand out from the crowd and get my attention.  And job seekers in health care sales, pharmaceutical [...] Related posts:

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Position seekers can mistakenly think that the major job title they’ve had is always impressive on a RESUME.  Some sales reps have the title of VP, or Sales Director, even though they were actually in a one-to-one sales role.  This can cause a problem for you in your job search if you’re looking for another [...] Related posts:

1. Sales Resumes Should Have Sales Numbers! There is one thing that hiring managers are really looking…
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3. Pack Your RESUME With The Right Keywords to Get That Clinical Sales Job If you want your resume to actually be a marketing…

There is one thing that hiring managers are really looking for when scanning resumes of revenue reps for clinical device, medical revenue, biotech sales, imaging sales, or any other health care revenue position:  sales.  That means they want to see the numbers (or percentages) of sales generated, sales saved, or labor saved.
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Career opportunity shadowing is just what it sounds like:  you be someone’s “shadow” for the day, to learn what a typical day is like in their job.  It’s also known as a field preceptorship, or a ride-along (especially accurate for going with revenue reps on their routes).  It’s a “tryout” for you with no pressure.  It [...] Related posts:

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