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	<title>Medical Sales Recruiter - Tips &#38; Quips</title>
	<link>http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress</link>
	<description>I match sales and marketing professionals with world class laboratory companies. I make the connection between business and science. Here you can see how a recruiter works, how this industry runs, and where you fit in (and have others see that fit).</description>
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		<title>Personality Assessments Help Hiring and Employee Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Personality Assessments such as  Caliper, Disc, Gallup, HBDI and FiroB are popular tools that yield useful, consistent information for medical sales managers. There are 2 scenarios that assessments are normally used: As a hiring tool in the hiring process. As an employee development tool for sales managers. In the hiring process, you normally take an [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/01/30/medical-sales-job-interviews-what-hiring-managers-really-think-about-what-you-wear/' rel='bookmark' title='Medical Sales Job Interviews:  What Hiring Managers Really Think About What You Wear'>Medical Sales Job Interviews:  What Hiring Managers Really Think About What You Wear</a> <small>Listen to this conversation between two former medical sales managers...</small></li>
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		<link>http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/02/07/personality-assessments-help-hiring-and-employee-development/</link>
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		<title>Ask a Medical Sales Manager:  ABC&#8217;s of Field Travel and Training (Part 3 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have a field travel trip coming up with your boss and you&#8217;ve got your head in the game and you&#8217;ve taken care of the details that will make your boss comfortable on the trip, now you can get down to the business of how to handle the field travel plan.  (See Part 1 [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/01/21/ask-a-medical-sales-manager-abcs-of-field-travel-and-training-part-1-of-3/' rel='bookmark' title='Ask a Medical Sales Manager:  ABC&#8217;s of Field Travel and Training (Part 1 of 3)'>Ask a Medical Sales Manager:  ABC&#8217;s of Field Travel and Training (Part 1 of 3)</a> <small>Are you a seeker? When managers travel with new medical...</small></li>
<li><a href='http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/01/09/ask-a-medical-sales-manager-how-will-my-boss-measure-my-success-after-my-first-90-days-as-a-medical-sales-rep/' rel='bookmark' title='Ask a Medical Sales Manager:  How will my boss measure my success after my first 90 days as a medical sales rep?'>Ask a Medical Sales Manager:  How will my boss measure my success after my first 90 days as a medical sales rep?</a> <small>Are you trying to break into medical sales?  We talk...</small></li>
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		<link>http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/02/02/ask-a-medical-sales-manager-abcs-of-field-travel-and-training-part-3-of-3/</link>
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		<title>Medical Sales Job Interviews:  What Hiring Managers Really Think About What You Wear</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Listen to this conversation between two former medical sales managers Chris Norris (formerly with GE, CCS, Bayer) and Kraig McKee (formerly with Ventana Medical, Transgenomic, Bayer/Chiron) chat about what to wear to the interview and how to think about it&#8211;for both men and women: Hear about how to buy a suit, all the details about [...]


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		<link>http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/01/30/medical-sales-job-interviews-what-hiring-managers-really-think-about-what-you-wear/</link>
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		<title>Ask a Medical Sales Manager:  ABC&#8217;s of Field Travel and Training (Part 2 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, your boss calls and says she wants to field travel with you in two weeks. Now what? As a medical sales rep, your boss will always be evaluating you, looking for how you handle issues and approach problems, and expecting constant improvement.  During the call is when you go into action. First, ask him/her [...]


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		<link>http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/01/26/ask-a-medical-sales-manager-abcs-of-field-travel-and-training-part-2-of-3/</link>
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		<title>Sales Forecasting:  Use the Rule of 78</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows what their annual goal is, but how do you calculate how much you need to close each month if you missed your goal for the first 3 months of the year?  The Rule of 78 to the rescue. The Rule of 78 is used in the diagnostic industry to calculate how much new [...]


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		<link>http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/01/24/sales-forecasting-use-the-rule-of-78/</link>
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		<title>Ask a Medical Sales Manager:  ABC&#8217;s of Field Travel and Training (Part 1 of 3)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you a seeker? When managers travel with new medical sales reps, their focus is not just on what they know.  They’re trying to help identify what you need to be successful and point you in that direction, and evaluating how you take charge on your own of pursuing the information and the resources you [...]


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		<title>Top 3 Social Media Tips for the Medical Sales Job Search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A social media presence is a big part of your online personal brand, and a necessary part of any job search&#8211;especially a medical sales one. But if I boil it down to the 3 essential things you need to know, it would be these: Be there.  You must utilize social media.  The safest thing would [...]


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		<link>http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/01/17/top-3-social-media-tips-for-the-medical-sales-job-search/</link>
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		<title>Medical Sales Training Programs:  Career Investment or Waste of Money?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re trying to break into medical sales, chances are you want in pretty bad.  As a former laboratory rep myself, I understand.  But don&#8217;t let your ambition and enthusiasm cause you to get suckered into the kinds of medical sales schools, certification, or training programs that tell you you MUST have them in order [...]


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		<title>Ask a Medical Sales Manager:  How will my boss measure my success after my first 90 days as a medical sales rep?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you trying to break into medical sales?  We talk a lot about preparing for your medical sales interview with a 30/60/90-Day Sales Plan.  A well-done plan is your blueprint for the first 3 months on the job&#8211;but what about after that?  How will your performance be assessed once you&#8217;re &#8220;on your own&#8221;?  Well, the [...]


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		<title>How To Answer 5 Medical Sales Job Interview Questions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick guide to answering 5 common (but tricky) job interview questions within medical and health care sales.  Click the link for the answer. 1.  &#8220;Tell me about yourself.&#8221; 2.  &#8220;What&#8217;s your greatest weakness?&#8221; 3.  &#8220;Are you a team player?&#8221; 4. &#8220;What&#8217;s your sales style?&#8221; 5.  &#8220;Can you sell me this pen?&#8221; Perfecting your [...]


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		<link>http://www.phcconsulting.com/WordPress/2012/01/05/how-to-answer-5-medical-sales-job-interview-questions/</link>
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