Medical Sales Recruiter - Tips & Quips

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 […]

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Have you ever wondered when your career is going to take off? Or when you will finally get the recognition you deserve for the work you do? Have you ever wondered why some people are able to generate a lot of attention and […]

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 […]

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 […]

As the year winds down, you might be reflecting on what you’ve accomplished this year at work and in your life.  Whether you’re looking for a job in research and laboratory sales or pharmaceutical sales or not (yet), it’s a great idea from BullsEyeResumes to start a “Kudos folder” for yourself:  think about all you’ve done this year (Christmas newsletter, […]

I ran across a great post on Blue Sky Resumes about keeping track of your career accomplishments as they happen.  Great idea!  Trying to remember all the impressive things you did during your tenure will be impossible (hopefully).  If you’re in medical sales, laboratory sales, or pharmaceutical sales, think increasing sales numbers, new customers you added, etc.–you […]

Penelope Trunk has an article on 5 ways hiring practices are about to change because of the current and looming worker shortage caused by retiring baby boomers and smaller-than-expected-for-various-reasons pools of Gen X and Gen Y workers.  This applies to medical sales, pharmaceutical sales, pathology sales, laboratory sales and diagnostic and device sales in part because the […]

A beautiful resume, the appropriate experience…..now, let’s see…is the candidate in the right location…..No address on the front page, no address on the bottom, no address on the back. (see resume basics) Why would she do that? It means that I have to hand her off to my assistant. She will have to call the […]

Check out this article on workplace e-mail etiquette…it covers how to keep your e-mail from being tagged as spam, what to pay attention to in content and length (like how to watch that your more relaxed social e-mail habits don’t show up in professional e-mails), and suggestions for how to name attached files (like resumes) […]

OK, it’s true:  medical sales recruiters have to scan resumes quickly, because we get a lot of them to read.  As you search for the perfect pharmaceutical, laboratory device, or biotech sales job, it’s in your best interest to have an organized, easy-to-read resume.  Bullet points help:

they direct the reader’s attention
they highlight critical information

See?  However, you can’t […]