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This is not your daddy’s position search….
You can’t just send out resumes anymore and expect to get a call for a pharma revenue position or health care sales position.  Life is different, and the job search is different.  Get a career coach, get on LinkedIn, find some CV help.  Get serious, and play to win. [...] Related posts:

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2. Pathology Sales Career opportunity Search Tip: Don’t Apply Online A job search primarily conducted online (completing online applications, submitting…
3. 5 Things That Will Stop You From Landing the Medical/Healthcare Sales Job You Want 1.  Wrong degree To get a position in clinical sales, healthcare…

About a year ago, I started publishing videos on YouTube (about career opportunity searching, interviews, resumes, LinkedIn, 30/60/90-day plans, types of pharma revenue, and more) on the MedSalesRecruiter Channel.  To date, there are 54 videos available, and I am happy to report that views of these videos have reached the 100,000 mark!
The leading 3 videos are:
Closing [...] Related posts:

1. Job Seekers: Here’s Your “Video Guide to Getting Hired” Here are 22 vids designed to guide you through the…
2. How to Calm Position Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming pharmaceutical sales career opportunity interview…
3. Use a 30-60-90-day plan to secure a medical job selling! I got a thank you note recently from a candidate who just landed a…

Sometimes companies hire outside recruiters as consultants assigned to conduct candidate interviews for jobs in pharmaceutical revenue, health care sales, pharmaceutical device sales, pharmaceutical sales, medical diagnostics sales, laboratory sales, or pharma sales. Understandably, these interview situations make candidates a little more nervous….but I have a job interview strategy for you to handle this [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Tips for a Successful Medical Device Revenue Job Interview Competition for jobs in clinical sales can be fierce.  Health…
2. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Laboratory Revenue A behavioral career opportunity interview is a popular interview tactic in…
3. Big 10 Ways to Ace Your Pharma Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…

Thanks to the Wireless Executive Recruiter for this movie. Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized medical and medical sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting | All rights reserved [...] Related posts:

1. Job Interview Prep: Be Ready for the Toughest Interview Questions The toughest position interview questions in medical and health care…
2. Stand Out In Your Pharma Revenue Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Calm Job Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming medical sales job interview…

“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of those typical but tough job interview questions.  We all hate it, but you know you’re going to get asked, so be prepared.  It’s trickier than it seems on the surface, and there’s an art to answering it well.  Do you give your real weakness and how you’ve overcome [...] Related posts:

1. Major 10 Ways to Ace Your Pharma Revenue Interview Here are Ten of my best tips to help you…
2. What questions will they ask in a medical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. What to Bring to Your Clinical Revenue Job Interview What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview? You…

What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview?
You bring what it takes to show the hiring manager who you’re, what you’ve done, and what you can do for him.
For jobs in pharmaceutical sales, health care revenue, pharmaceutical sales, medical device revenue, pharma revenue, imaging sales, or clinical sales, you should bring your resume, [...] Related posts:

1. Stand Out In Your Medical Sales Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
2. What questions will they ask in a medical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. When To Introduce Your 30/60/90-Day Plan In the Interview Creating a  30/60/90-day plan is one of the most effective…

What does it take to set yourself apart from the competition in the position search?  Is it a jaw-dropping CV, a brag book, a 30/60/90-day plan, a great LinkedIn profile, smooth interview skills, or how well you prepare for the interview?  Yes, it’s all those things.  AND, it’s more. It’s how you career opportunity yourself [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Creative Ways to Stand Out in the Career opportunity Search! Can’t get an interview? Can’t get past the first interview?…
2. What questions will they ask in a pharmaceutical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Medical Revenue A behavioral position interview is a popular interview tactic in…

I wouldn’t recommend this particular job interview technique for pharmaceutical sales because of the blush factor, but she did calm her nerves and find her confidence, didn’t she? Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized medical and clinical sales recruiting team of [...] Related posts:

1. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Job Interviews Employers wanna know about more than just your skills…
2. Ten Popular Behavioral Interview Questions for Laboratory Sales Behavioral interview questions are the norm for position interviews in…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Laboratory Sales A behavioral position interview is a popular interview tactic in…

“Are you a team player?”
You’ll almost certainly get asked this question in your next position interview.  Always answer “Yeah.”
But, there’s a catch.
In this video, I will explain: What kinds of examples to give to support your team player status (they need to be specific) Why you shouldn’t come across as too much of a team player, especially [...] Related posts:

1. How to Answer the Job Interview Question “Tell me about yourself” What’s the most dreaded career opportunity interview question?  “Tell me about…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Job References Question Your job references are important to your career opportunity search success. …
3. Career opportunity Interview Prep: Be Ready for the Toughest Interview Musings The toughest career opportunity interview queries in pharmaceutical and health care…

It’s rough out there:  tens of thousands of pharmaceutical sales reps have gotten laid off in the last TWO years, and pharma layoffs are  only getting worse.  Not only are all those thousands of pharma reps flooding the job market in medical/healthcare/pharmaceutical sales, many pharma companies are telling the former sales managers of these reps [...] Related posts:

1. “I just got laid off by a large Pharma company and would like to interview for the analytical capital equipment sales job you have advertised”. It seems that every week someone in our office has…
2. Big Twenty Pharma Company Changes Over the Last 18 Months: How They Affect Pharma Sales Reps In 2008, those were the Top Twenty medical companies: Big…
3. Cafe Pharma: The Web Equivalent of the Men’s Room Wall? Cafe Pharmaceutical (or Cafepharma) can be a great source of…