Posts under ‘Medical Device Sales’

Competition for positions in medical sales can be fierce.  Health care is a fascinating field, and the work environment for clinical sales reps is exciting, lucrative, and rewarding for these who want to really make a difference.  However, sales interviews are difficult, and interviews for jobs in medical device sales, clinical laboratory sales, biotech sales, imaging [...] Related posts:

1. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Position Interview in Clinical Revenue A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…
2. Stand Out In Your Clinical Sales Career opportunity Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Prepare for a Pharmaceutical Sales Job Interview Jobs in pharma sales, medical revenue, biotechnology sales, clinical diagnostics…

It’s hard to land a job absolutely on your own.  That’s why the phrase “it’s all in who you know” is such a cliché.  Finding a job through someone you know is still the number one way that candidates discover jobs.  That’s why networking is so important for your career.  And what better person to [...] Related posts:

1. How Can Career Coaching from the Medical Revenue Recruiter Help You? As a pharma sales headhunter, I spend a lot of…
2. Tips for Landing a Medical Revenue Job The term “clinical sales” covers a lot of area: medical…
3. PHC Consulting: Recruiting Pharma and Health Care Sales and Marketing Talent PHC Consulting is an executive search firm that specializes…

Hey, medical device sales reps: www.orthogate.com says that 55% of you will be looking for a new position this year.  Paula Rutledge’s article on the position market trends in medical device sales cites recent polling that also says that only 11% of you feel rock-solid in your current situation. She’s also got some interesting [...] Related posts:

1. Pharmaceutical Device Sales job – Must have experience selling capital equipment into medical environment…Read the job description. Yep, some career opportunity skills (like revenue skills) are transferable. Yeah,…
2. Top Twenty Laboratory Company Changes Over the Last 18 Months: How They Affect Pharmaceutical Sales Reps In 2008, these were the Major 20 pharmaceutical companies: Major…
3. AACC Review – Companies like Abbott, Beckman, Roche, Thermo, and Ortho Clinical were there…. AACC was in Chicago this year….I always like Chicago as…

Here’s Melissa’s story: 
I went through a very difficult career transition in which my job ended in such a way that was very hard to explain to people.   When I met Peggy, I was marvelous down and out about it.  She came to the rescue and helped me rephrase this difficult situation and put a positive [...] Related posts:

1. How Can Career Coaching from the Clinical Sales Recruiter Help You? As a medical sales headhunter, I spend a lot of…
2. Tired of interviewing and not getting that revenue career opportunity you want? Career Coaching works! Job Seeker to Peggy: The phone interview was a bust….
3. Medical Device Revenue Career opportunity – Must have experience selling capital equipment into laboratory environment…Read the job description. Yep, some career opportunity skills (like sales skills) are transferable. Yes,…

Today’s post is from guest author Heidi Allison-Shane, Managing Director, www.allisontaylor.com. Inquiring minds wanna know, and no minds are more inquiring than these about to hire you. Rest assured, you will be investigated. As a rule of thumb, the better the job and the higher the pay, the tougher the screening process. If you are [...] Related posts:

1. Clinical Sales Reps: Will Your Position References Help You or Hurt You? Career Sabotage: The Influence of a Past Employer   The…
2. Laboratory Rep: Laid off? Check your references before I do. One of the best pieces of advice I have to…
3. Top 5 Reasons to Check Your Own References In any job search, it’s very important that you know…

Hey, give me 4 minutes and I’ll give you 3 of the top ten queries, the answers and save you at least Five hundred bucks!
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Get the answers to 47 more Medical Sales questions from Peggy Article courtesy of  Peggy [...] Related posts:

1. Peggy spills the beans on the top 50 questions about clinical revenue… Get the 90 minute audio conference, the RESUME audio…
2. Ten Funniest Interview Questions 10.  “Who would win a battle between a ninja and…
3. Win Ipod Classic – I need Leading 50 Queries You’ve About Medical/Healthcare/Pharma Revenue and How to break in…. I’m going to do an audio conference at…

Here’s an interesting article from The Ladders on Negotiating a Bigger Sales Package.  It includes definitions of eight types of revenue and/or commission packages, talks of the pros and cons of each, and negotiating tips for improving your deal:
Straight commission – just like it sounds…you get paid for what you sell
Variable commission – commission varies [...]

Here’s an interesting article from The Ladders on Negotiating a Bigger Sales Package.  It includes definitions of eight types of revenue and/or commission packages, discussions of the pros and cons of each, and negotiating tips for improving your deal:
Straight commission – just like it sounds…you get paid for what you sell
Variable commission – commission varies [...]

Jobs in laboratory revenue, medical sales, biotechnology revenue, clinical diagnostics revenue, laboratory device sales, imaging sales, hospital equipment sales, laboratory sales, and other healthcare sales are fairly competitive to get into (you’re going to got to put some effort into it), but worth it in terms of compensation, commissions, and extras.  Plus, it’s an exciting [...]

A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in the medical sales arena.  It focuses on finding out how the candidate handled (behaved in) specific job-realted situations.  In healthcare sales, medical revenue, clinical diagnostics revenue, medical device sales, biotech sales, laboratory sales, imaging sales, or pharma sales, customer interaction is key—so how you handle [...]