Medical Sales Recruiter - Tips & Quips

Welcome to my 4-part “Pimp Your Career” series.
In Part I, we worked with pimping your personal brand.
In Part II - Pimp Your Resume, I showed you how to put together a resume a recruiter or hiring manager will want to read. 
In Part III - Pimp Your Network, I told you how important it is to spend […]

I’m going to spend the next few posts showing you how to jazz up your job search and career…step it up, trick it out, be outstanding (like “Pimp My Ride”).  As a medical sales recruiter, I am aware that competition is fierce in healthcare sales, pathology sales, imaging sales, pharmaceutical sales, laboratory sales, and all sales involving […]

You should always put your best foot forward in a job interview, but some things should still be kept to yourself.  I had a candidate who was supremely qualified not get the job because too many of her “assets” were showing.  Cleavage in a job interview is only a good idea in a very limited selection […]

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 […]

As a medical sales recruiter, I get asked a lot by candidates about how to make themselves stand out in healthcare sales interviews.  Today’s podcast will offer you some thoughts on basic interview skills:
1)  DO YOUR RESEARCH!!!  You can use the internet to find out almost anything and everything about the company, and you should if […]

I just made this Video Career Profile…
http://www.interview-on-demand.com/video-career-profile.iod?aWQ9NTAmb3duPTE4MA
Go to www.interviewondemand.com to make one for you! It takes 5 minutes and then you can send “you” to the hiring manager, human resource manager, or even your network.
Who better to explain why someone should hire you, than you?
Tell me what you think? Tell me if you try it. […]

References are so often an after thought, but they shouldn’t be. They should be on your mind (at least once a month). Even if you are not currently looking for a job. Let me explain. I will start with the negatives (those things you should pay attention to not do!). 
1. Don’t give me (the recruiter) […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]