Medical Sales Recruiter - Tips & Quips

Would you hire someone who’s been their own boss?  In my experience as a medical sales recruiter, I sometimes come up against resistance to the prospect of hiring someone who has been an entrepreneur.  Entrepreneurs often “scare” potential employers.  Because of the background that goes with it (they made their own hours, answered only to […]

I was reading the Asia Pacific Headhunter blog and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJB0CzlzSwY I really enjoyed this and thought you might as well. Please do not see this as an endorsement of Monster. I just thought the video was funny.
One last thing, if you were in medical or laboratory sales, you would be less likely to be […]

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
Stephen King

I can’t read or watch Stephen King because my imagination is too vivid and I can’t get it out of my mind…but I know success when I see it, and this quote is […]

I found some blogs that are very specific to our industry and wanted to share them with you:
http://labsoftnews.typepad.com/lab_soft_news/ - this one is sponsored by Siemens, McKesson, SunQuest, SCC, Beckman Coulter and TechniData Software.  It’s an “An Idea Factory for Pathology Informatics and the Clinical Laboratory.”  LOADS of information here.  There are recent posts on everything from Micro-blogging […]

I had the opportunity to speak with Cliff Mintz who authors the BioJobBlog. Cliff has an extensive background as a BioCareer professional. He has been a management consultant to a number of emerging and publicly-traded biopharmaceutical companies and has held a variety of positions (medical school professor, professional recruiter, and medical/science writer). He and I have agreed to […]

And send it to the other recruiters, hiring managers and networking partners you are working with…..I had a product management job (marketing position responsible for determining what next products within the research laboratory arena the client company should pursue) and had a candidate that was not a great fit approach me about the job. She was […]

I just found this site - http://www.medgadget.com/ and think it might be a sight that you would want to bookmark! Lots of articles about emerging medical technology!

 Peggy McKee - the medical sales recruiter… #1 - Introduction to PHC Consulting….
Do you read a lot? I do. And lately my book list is predominately “how to market in today’s technology based world”. The leadership thought is that “buyer” (and for me that would be potential candidates and clients) all learn in different ways […]

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 […]