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

1. LinkedIn Discussion: What’s your opinion on the American Institute of Pharmaceutical Sales Academy? Are you on LinkedIn?  If not, you should be.  Not…
2. Medical 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 Career opportunity You Want 1.  Wrong degree To get a position in pharmaceutical sales, healthcare…

About a year ago, I started publishing videos on YouTube (about job searching, interviews, resumes, LinkedIn, 30/60/90-day plans, types of clinical sales, and more) on the MedSalesRecruiter Channel.  To date, there are 54 vids available, and I’m happy to report that views of these videos have reached the 100,000 mark!
The major THREE movie scenes are:
Closing [...] Related posts:

1. Job Seekers: Here’s Your “Video scene Guide to Getting Hired” Here are 22 episodes designed to guide you through the…
2. How to Calm Career opportunity Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming pharma sales career opportunity interview…
3. Use a 30-60-90-day plan to secure a pharma sales job! 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 positions in pharma sales, health care sales, medical device revenue, clinical laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics revenue, 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 Clinical Device Revenue Position Interview Competition for jobs in pharma revenue can be fierce.  Health…
2. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Pharma Sales A behavioral position interview is a popular interview tactic in…
3. Big 10 Ways to Ace Your Pharmaceutical Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…

Thanks to the Wireless Executive Recruiter for this video. Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized clinical and medical laboratory 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 Queries The toughest job interview queries in pharma and health care…
2. Stand Out In Your Clinical Sales Position Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Calm Position Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming clinical sales job interview…

“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of these typical but tough position interview queries.  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 Ten Ways to Ace Your Clinical Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…
2. What musings will they ask in a clinical revenue interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. What to Bring to Your Clinical Sales 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 clinical revenue, health care sales, pharmaceutical sales, clinical device revenue, clinical revenue, imaging sales, or medical sales, you should bring your RESUME, [...] Related posts:

1. Stand Out In Your Clinical laboratory Sales Position Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
2. What musings will they ask in a pharmaceutical 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 mind blowing resume, 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 these things.  AND, it’s more. It’s how you job yourself [...] Related posts:

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

I wouldn’t recommend this particular position interview technique for pharma 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 pharma and medical sales recruiting team of [...] Related posts:

1. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Position Interviews Employers want to know about more than just your skills…
2. 10 Popular Behavioral Interview Questions for Medical Sales Behavioral interview queries are the norm for career opportunity interviews in…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Career opportunity Interview in Medical Sales A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…

“Are you a team player?”
You’ll almost certainly get asked this question in your next job interview.  Always answer “Yes.”
But, there’s a catch.
In this movie, I will explain: What kinds of examples to give to support your team player status (they have 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 Career opportunity References Question Your career opportunity references are important to your job search success. …
3. Career opportunity Interview Prep: Be Willing for the Toughest Interview Questions The toughest job interview questions in clinical and health care…

It’s rough out there:  tens of thousands of pharma sales reps have gotten laid off in the last 2 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 Pharmaceutical 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. Major 20 Medical Company Changes Over the Last 18 Months: How They Affect Pharma Sales Reps In 2008, these were the Top Twenty medical laboratory companies: Big…
3. Cafe Pharma: The Web Equivalent of the Men’s Room Wall? Cafe Pharmaceutical (or Cafepharma) can be a great source of…