Posts under ‘LinkedIn Tips’

Recently, someone who has seen what I’ve said on the importance of LinkedIn for the position search asked me this:  “If it’s not a good idea to include a photo on your resume, why is it a worthy idea to include it on LinkedIn?  Doesn’t the photo on LinkedIn invite the same potential discrimination issues [...] Related posts:

1. Clinical Sales Position Search Tip – Join LinkedIn Today LinkedIn is an amazing professional career tool and perhaps…
2. Super Charge Your Job Search Network on LinkedIn – Tap the Open Networkers (LIONS) If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have…
3. Why Should I Join LinkedIn? If you haven’t joined LinkedIn by now, you should.  There…

If you’re searching for a medical sales job, you need a LinkedIn profile, even if you’re trying to conduct your search quietly.  You won’t be able to manage a high-quality job search in the health care sales arena without a presence on LinkedIn. But what happens when your boss sees it and wants [...] Related posts:

1. Super Charge Your Job Search Network on LinkedIn – Tap the Open Networkers (LIONS) If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have…
2. Job Search Tip: Go Directly to the Laboratory Sales Hiring Manager Looking for a position? Go to the source: the hiring…
3. If your job search is a sales process, then your resume is your marketing brochure. It doesn’t matter if your career opportunity has nothing to do…

LinkedIn is an outstanding professional career tool and perhaps an even more excellent job search tool for medical sales, health care sales, medical device revenue, clinical sales, surgical sales, or pharma sales. With over Seventy,000,000 members (and adding thousands of new members every single day), this social [...] Related posts:

1. Why Should I Join LinkedIn? If you haven’t joined LinkedIn by now, you should.  There…
2. Super Charge Your Job Search Network on LinkedIn – Tap the Open Networkers (LIONS) If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharma Revenue Career opportunity Search – Part II Although times are tough for job seekers all over, it’s…

LinkedIn is an outstanding professional career tool and perhaps an even more amazing career opportunity search tool for pharma sales, health care sales, medical device sales, pharma sales, surgical sales, or pharmaceutical sales. With over 70,000,000 members (and adding thousands of new members daily), this social [...] Related posts:

1. Why Should I Join LinkedIn? If you haven’t joined LinkedIn by now, you should.  There…
2. Super Charge Your Career opportunity Search Network on LinkedIn – Tap the Open Networkers (LIONS) If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Laboratory Sales Job Search – Part II Although times are tough for job seekers all over, it’s…

Although times are tough for job seekers all over, it’s not as bad for pharma sales candidates (with the exception of pharmaceutical revenue reps) because of the largely “recession-proof” nature of the business.  But, having said that, pharma revenue position seekers are still feeling the pinch.  Because it’s such an attractive career area, many candidates [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Pharmaceutical Sales Career opportunity Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
2. Which Online Social Networks Do You Really Got to Be Involved In? There are many, many social networks available online: Facebook, Twitter,…
3. Super Charge Your Job Search Network on LinkedIn – Tap the Open Networkers (LIONS) If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have…

There are many, many social networks available online: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn, niche networks, and many more.  Are some better than others?  Do they have different purposes?  Which ones are worth your time?  Watch the video to see what an expert in the position search thinks about the different social networks, and which one [...] Related posts:

1. What Will Potential Employers Discover When They Search Your Name Online? You know you can use online social networks for your…
2. Are You Job Hunting? What Will Employers Find When They Google You? Online social media is a outstanding tool for position hunting. …
3. Do I got to be on Twitter? If you wanna build your personal brand, establish an…

These days everyone is all a twitter about Twitter, or at least so it seems sometimes. LinkedIn is the steady-as-you-go business tool that doesn’t seem to be flashy and isn’t too concerned about attention. LinkedIn has been built on competency. Twitter has been more “faddish” in its [...] Related posts:

1. How Do I Use Twitter Now? Twitter is one of those social media sites that might…
2. Super Charge Your Career opportunity Search Network on LinkedIn – Tap the Open Networkers (LIONS) If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have…
3. LinkedIn Tips for Your Pharma Sales Job Search What is LinkedIn? LinkedIn is a social networking site for…

If you’ve spent much time on LinkedIn, you may have stumbled on the term “Open Networker” and perhaps seen the term “LION”. A LION is a LinkedIn Open Networker. There are thousands and perhaps millions of LIONS on LinkedIN and you may not know any of them personally. However, if you [...] Related posts:

1. Why Should I Join LinkedIn? If you haven’t joined LinkedIn by now, you should.  There…
2. How To Keep Your Pathology Sales Career opportunity Search Confidential The very best time to look for a new job…
3. 10 Proven Tips for Your Clinical Sales Career opportunity Search Success Your job search is one of the most significant…

The very best time to look for a new career opportunity is while you still have your old one–but what if that means you got to keep it on the down low?  Keeping your career opportunity search confidential can seem virtually impossible, but it isn’t.
One great way to stealth job search is by using LinkedIn.  It’s entirely [...] Related posts:

1. In a Medical Revenue Job Search? You Must Understand This! I just finished a coaching session with a candidate who…
2. How Does a Nurse Transition into Pharma Sales? Medical Device Sales? Laboratory Revenue? Here’s a Job Search Strategy for You Nurses have a few natural advantages when it comes to…
3. Why Should I Join LinkedIn? If you haven’t joined LinkedIn by now, you should.  There…

I just finished a coaching session with a candidate who is making a critical mistake in his health care sales job search.
His mistake?  He doesn’t have a LinkedIn profile representing him as an fantastic pharma sales candidate.
He was unsure as to whether he “really” needed it, if it cost money and how to go [...] Related posts:

1. Why Should I Join LinkedIn? If you haven’t joined LinkedIn by now, you should.  There…
2. How Does a Nurse Transition into Pharma Sales? Pharma Device Revenue? Clinical laboratory Revenue? Here’s a Job Search Strategy for You Nurses have a few natural advantages when it comes to…
3. Are You Position Hunting? What Will Employers Discover When They Google You? Online social media is a awesome tool for job hunting. …