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This is not your daddy’s position search….
You can’t just send out resumes anymore and expect to get a call for a medical sales job or health care sales job.  Life is different, and the job search is different.  Get a career coach, get on LinkedIn, find some resume help.  Get serious, and play to win. [...] Related posts:

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2. Medical Sales Career opportunity Search Tip: Don’t Apply Online A career opportunity search primarily conducted online (completing online applications, submitting…
3. 5 Things That Will Stop You From Landing the Medical/Healthcare Sales Job You Want 1.  Wrong degree To get a job in pharmaceutical sales, healthcare…

About a year ago, I started publishing videos on YouTube (about job searching, interviews, resumes, LinkedIn, 30/60/90-day plans, types of medical sales, and more) on the MedSalesRecruiter Channel.  To date, there are 54 movies available, and I’m happy to report that views of those videos have reached the One hundred,000 mark!
The top THREE vids are:
Closing [...] Related posts:

1. Career opportunity Seekers: Here’s Your “Video Guide to Getting Hired” Here are 22 videos designed to guide you through the…
2. How to Calm Job Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming medical revenue job interview…
3. Use a 30-60-90-day plan to secure a medical job selling! I got a thank you note recently from a candidate who just landed a…

Sometimes companies hire outside recruiters as consultants assigned to conduct candidate interviews for career opportunities in pharmaceutical sales, health care sales, medical device sales, pharmaceutical sales, clinical diagnostics revenue, pathology sales, or medical sales. Understandably, these interview situations make candidates a little more nervous….but I have a position interview strategy for you to handle this [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Tips for a Successful Clinical laboratory Device Sales Career opportunity Interview Competition for career opportunities in medical revenue can be fierce.  Health…
2. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Position Interview in Clinical laboratory Revenue A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…
3. Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Medical Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…

Thanks to the Wireless Executive Recruiter for this video. Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized laboratory and pharmaceutical sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting | All rights reserved [...] Related posts:

1. Job Interview Prep: Be Ready for the Toughest Interview Questions The toughest position interview questions in medical and health care…
2. Stand Out In Your Medical Revenue Position Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Calm Career opportunity Interview Nerves Does the thought of your upcoming pharma sales job interview…

“What’s your greatest weakness?” is one of those typical but tough position interview questions.  We all hate it, but you know you’re going to get asked, so be prepared.  It’s trickier than it seems on the surface, and there’s an art to answering it well.  Do you give your real weakness and how you’ve overcome [...] Related posts:

1. Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Clinical Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…
2. What questions will they ask in a clinical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. What to Bring to Your Medical Sales Position Interview What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview? You…

What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview?
You bring what it takes to show the hiring manager who you are, what you’ve done, and what you can do for him.
For career opportunities in pharmaceutical sales, health care revenue, laboratory sales, pharma device sales, laboratory sales, imaging sales, or medical sales, you should bring your resume, [...] Related posts:

1. Stand Out In Your Lab Sales Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
2. What musings will they ask in a clinical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. When To Introduce Your 30/60/90-Day Plan In the Interview Creating a  30/60/90-day plan is one of the most effective…

What does it take to set yourself apart from the competition in the career opportunity search?  Is it a killer resume, a brag book, a 30/60/90-day plan, a great LinkedIn profile, smooth interview skills, or how well you prepare for the interview?  Yes, it’s all these things.  AND, it’s more. It’s how you job yourself [...] Related posts:

1. 6 Creative Ways to Stand Out in the Job Search! Can’t get an interview? Can’t get past the first interview?…
2. What questions will they ask in a clinical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Medical Sales A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…

I wouldn’t recommend this particular position interview technique for pharma revenue because of the blush factor, but she did calm her nerves and find her confidence, didn’t she? Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized clinical and pharma sales recruiting team of [...] Related posts:

1. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Job Interviews Employers want to know about more than just your skills…
2. Ten Popular Behavioral Interview Queries for Pharmaceutical Sales Behavioral interview questions are the norm for job interviews in…
3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Position Interview in Clinical Sales A behavioral career opportunity interview is a popular interview tactic in…

“Are you a team player?”
You’ll almost certainly get asked this question in your next career opportunity interview.  Always answer “Yeah.”
But, there’s a catch.
In this episode, I will explain: What kinds of examples to give to support your team player status (they need to be specific) Why you shouldn’t come across as too much of a team player, especially [...] Related posts:

1. How to Answer the Job Interview Question “Tell me about yourself” What’s the most dreaded career opportunity interview question?  “Tell me about…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Job References Question Your job references are important to your job search success. …
3. Position Interview Prep: Be Ready for the Toughest Interview Queries The toughest job interview queries in medical and health care…

It’s rough out there:  tens of thousands of pharma sales reps have gotten laid off in the last 2 years, and pharmaceutical layoffs are  only getting worse.  Not only are all those thousands of pharmaceutical reps flooding the position market in medical/healthcare/pharmaceutical sales, many pharma companies are telling the former sales managers of these reps [...] Related posts:

1. “I just got laid off by a large Pharmaceutical company and would like to interview for the analytical capital equipment sales position you’ve advertised”. It seems that every week someone in our office has…
2. Big 20 Clinical Company Changes Over the Last 18 Months: How They Affect Pharma Sales Reps In 2008, these were the Top Twenty pharmaceutical companies: Major…
3. Cafe Pharma: The Web Equivalent of the Chaps’s Room Wall? Cafe Pharma (or Cafepharma) can be a great source of…