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Six of the top medical products provider
organizations are:
| PSS World
Medical |
Cardinal Health |
| Medline
Industries |
Stryker |
| Guidant |
Hill-Rom |
Before you apply to medical sales jobs with these
companies or pursue medical sales opportunities with other companies, let’s
discuss this.
These companies are top flight but they have very large
sales forces (as an example – PSS has over 1000 representatives) and therefore
have the same obstacles for the career sales professional that the
pharmaceutical sales person will encounter. With so many sales reps in the force
it is difficult to stand out and difficult to move up. Another characteristic of
a medical sales representative position, is that this sales rep calls primarily
on the physician. I have had many medical sales reps tell me that the ego is
hard to deal with and the physician doesn’t believe that the rep can add value.
Why you should consider being a clinical diagnostics
laboratory sales rep instead of a medical sales rep?
In comparison, in the clinical diagnostics arena and
the biotech/research products sales arena, the representative is usually highly
trained and knows more about their product than the customer. Therefore, they
are able to be a consultant. This is a much more satisfactory position. Be one
of the few, not one of the many!
In the lab products sales arena you can set yourself apart through drive,
intelligence, skill sets, technical understanding and sales savvy. In this
industry, a successful laboratory sales representative is tracked by executive
recruiters. There are always great sales opportunities for the proven capital
equipment or reagent sales representative in this market. If any of this hit
home…please check out more information about these opportunities by clicking the
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our
Clinical Labs Sales Jobs page"
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