the hard truth….
February 7th, 2008 by the medical sales recruiter
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 fabulous. Even if you hired someone to help you write it. There could be all kinds of reasons it won’t work…maybe you’re focusing on selling points the client doesn’t care about and not highlighting the work that’s going to get you noticed, or maybe there are just detail problems that you’ve missed. (There are lots of tips available for how not to create a resume.)
Medical sales recruiters know what their client companies in research and laboratory sales, pathology sales, clinical diagnostics sales, medical device sales, and pharmaceutical sales are looking for. That “inside” knowledge is going to help you. Recruiters know how to sell their candidates, so let us help you put your best foot forward (the one that’s going to get you in the door.)
