Medical Sales Recruiter - Tips & Quips

I love technology - especially when it provides us with information that we did not have access to previously. Now you can hear me talk about topics of interest via a podcast. Check it out. Currently, I have some short discussions about interviewing, healthcare sales, pharma sales, laboratory sales and medical device sales. I will […]

Penelope Trunk, who writes The Brazen Careerist, has some advice on how to find great people that’s also gotten the attention of Gautam Ghosh (Attracting Great People). 
Penelope’s list of new ways to get great candidates (along with my two cents):
1.  Tell people where they’ll go next.  Great people plan to move up.  Give them an idea […]

If you’ve read this blog for any length of time at all, you’ll know how much I believe in reading books on sales to continually educate yourself and sharpen your skills.  If you want to get (or keep) on top of your game in health care sales, imaging sales, pathology sales, laboratory sales, or medical device sales, […]

Anita Bruzzese (who has a very interesting and helpful blog on workplace advice called 45Things) had some great comments for my recent post, It’s YOUR turn to ask the questions.  While I stressed the information-gathering and confidence-building aspects of candidates asking questions in a laboratory sales, imaging sales, or healthcare sales job interview, Anita pointed out that a candidate should ask questions in a […]

I thought my readers would enjoy this….if you go to this website:
http://www.websitegrader.com/#ReportTop
They rank your website and give you tips on how to improve. The two pieces I liked were:
E. Readability Level: Graduate School
This score measures the approximate level of education necessary to read and understand the web page content. In most cases, the content should […]

If you’re working with a recruiter in your job search, please do not be offended if she tells you things like, “your resume needs work,” and then picks it apart so much that you might as well start all over.  It’s NOT a personal attack, even if your 10 best friends all told you it was […]

There’s a ton of stuff online about what kinds of interview questions to expect, and how to answer them to impress the interviewer.  But, you have to remember (and it does wonders for your confidence if you do) that you’re interviewing them, also.  You need to find out if this is a medical sales company […]

MN Headhunter has some great advice on hiring salespeople:  As part of the interview process, “ask them to write down a schedule of a normal day, their first week, the first 30 days, and the first 90 days.”   This is exactly what I encourage all my medical sales candidates to do to give them an […]

I found a great article on HireSense:  Selling–You Can Always Get Better.  You should always be interested in picking up new tips, learning new trends, and improving your selling skills for the most obvious reason:  the more skilled you are, the more successful you are.  Competition is fierce in medical sales, clinical diagnostics and research […]

So, who do you like in the presidential primaries?  No, don’t tell me.  I don’t want to start something here.  I do know that there’s an interesting horse race going on in both camps.  So, if the presidential race is on your mind, I found a couple of great posts on Bulls Eye Resumes that […]