JMO separating from military uses the pharmaceutical sales headhunter to land super career opportunity stateside…

Here’s a great article for you to see:  Military Are Getting Short-Changed On the Job Front, Too, by Teena Rose.  I met Teena on Twitter.  She’s the head of CV to Referral, which provides resume-writing and career services for mid-level career to executive professionals.  In her article, she meetings about her husband’s career transition from the military to the private sector and the lessons he learned, which can be helpful for all of us–the main one being:  don’t count on the military (read: one source only) to help you get another career opportunity.

For instance, we had a candidate transitioning out of the military who sent us a movie scene interview from where he was stationed in Germany….BEFORE he was out, please keep in mind.  We had interviews set up for him the first week he was back, and he had a great position within 4 weeks of his return.  (People with military backgrounds often make great candidates for clinical sales, clinical diagnostics revenue, laboratory sales, imaging revenue, clinical laboratory revenue, DNA products sales, cellular/molecular products sales, biotechnology sales, pharmaceutical sales, clinical laboratory device sales, hospital equipment sales, surgical supply revenue, or other health care revenue.)

The thing for you to get out of this is:  NETWORK.  Use as many sources as you can in your job search.  Call people you know.  Ask around.  Get on LinkedIn and Twitter.  Contact a headhunter.  It’s never a bad thing to have options.

Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally
recognized clinical and lab revenue recruiting team of PHC Consulting.
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