Medical Sales Recruiter - Tips & Quips

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 […]

I’ve had a few resumes in this past month with the candidate’s picture on them.  In our multi-media world, I’m sure it’s a tempting thing to do.  All I can say is, please don’t.  It’s problematic for medical sales recruiters and pharmaceutical industry hiring managers, for a lot of reasons–which creates a problem for you.  You […]

I stole this graph from Alexander Kjerulf. Not sure that you should follow it but it is amusing. I find that people are too quick to quit and if they hung around and pursued other avenues within the organization their opportunities could be much greater than they are in the job market. Also, the only […]

Have you been contacted by a company who offers to distribute your resume for a fee?  It might sound good…they would know the contact people who matter, where you might have trouble getting that information.  By the way, this is not the same thing as a medical sales recruiter…I get paid when you get the […]

“In the grocery store of life, you have to figure out why someone would pick you up off the shelf,” says Andrea Nierenberg, president of the Nierenberg Group, a business communication-consulting firm in New York.  “Are you new and improved?  Are you repackaged?  What are you doing to get that competitive edge?  What you want […]

Guess what? On the way to Toronto last week, I listened to a podcast about recruiting…..Very cool. I have a free subscription through my iTunes that downloads these podcasts onto my iPod. Candidates are always looking for ways to set themselves apart from the competition. Maybe there is a useful podcast on selling (how to […]

While we’re on the subject of resumes…I get asked a lot about what the length of a resume should be, and the answer is…it depends.  Bill Inman cites an Accounttemps study that says that staff-level employees should keep it to 1-2 pages, and executive-level requires 2 or maybe 3 pages.  Katherine Hansen has an article posted on CollegeRecruiter.com […]

I just got the bad news. My candidate is not going to the final interview. Manager really liked her, felt she had very relevant experience in his area and was excited to meet with her. But she did not bring a resume….He felt like that showed a lack of attention to detail and preparedness.
 Alex Rudolf […]

An issue has come up lately about whether you should omit first jobs from your resume.  Sometimes they were just to get your foot in the door and don’t really relate to what you’re doing now, so some people think that you should leave them out…write your resume for the job you’re applying for and […]