Posts under ‘Medical Sales Resumes’

Medical sales resumes have certain requirements that other resumes don’t. In the video below, I’ll tell you more about how you can learn to write a resume that will give you a big advantage in trying to break into pharma sales. Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Headhunter at the nationally recognized pharmaceutical [...] Related posts:

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If you’re a Mac computer user and you’ve sent your resume as a Microsoft Word document, there’s a decent chance that the recruiter or HR department you sent it to can’t read it.  It can also be a problem if you’ve sent your RESUME in any other program besides Word.
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What’s your role as a pharma sales rep–whether you’re in clinical, clinical laboratory, diagnostics, devices, software, or pharma?
Do you know the best way to show me, the clinical sales recruiter and reader of your RESUME, why I need to submit you for a job?
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As a laboratory revenue recruiter, I specialize in placing sales and sales management professionals, and I’ve seen tens of thousands of resumes throughout my career.  Since I often sift through ‘em quickly, it takes a great CV to stand out from the crowd and get my attention.  And position seekers in health care sales, medical [...] Related posts:

1. Resume Objective Statements: Tell the Hiring Manager Why He Should Read the Rest of Your CV Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that CV…
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3. Don’t Send Your Cover Letter As An Attachment to Your Resume Just a quick heads-up: When you send your resume to…

Career opportunity seekers can mistakenly think that the leading job title they’ve had is always attractive on a CV.  Some sales reps have the title of VP, or Sales Director, even though they were actually in a one-to-one sales role.  This can cause a problem for you in your career opportunity search if you’re looking for another [...] Related posts:

1. Sales Resumes Should Have Revenue Numbers! There is one thing that hiring managers are really looking…
2. Resume Objective Statements: Tell the Hiring Manager Why He Should Read the Rest of Your Resume Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that resume…
3. Pack Your Resume With The Right Keywords to Get That Clinical Sales Position If you want your resume to actually be a marketing…

There is one thing that hiring managers are really looking for when scanning resumes of revenue reps for medical device, medical revenue, biotech sales, imaging revenue, or any other health care revenue position:  revenue.  That means they want to see the numbers (or percentages) of sales generated, revenue saved, or labor saved.
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Job shadowing is just what it sounds like:  you be someone’s “shadow” for the day, to learn what a typical day is like in their job.  It’s also known as a field preceptorship, or a ride-along (especially accurate for going with sales reps on their routes).  It’s a “tryout” for you with no pressure.  It [...] Related posts:

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Just a quick heads-up:
When you send your CV to a recruiter by email, don’t send a cover letter as an attachment.  For the most part, it’s a waste of time.  A busy pathology sales recruiter doesn’t have time to open extra attachments, and expects that you’ll say what you need to say in the body [...] Related posts:

1. RESUME Objective Statements: Tell the Hiring Manager Why He Should Read the Rest of Your Resume Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that resume…
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A sales rep’s job is to make the sale.  So if you’re looking for a new sales career opportunity in laboratory sales, medical device sales, or any other health care sales arena, the best way to get a medical sales job is to make it your mission is to demonstrate that you can ring that cash [...] Related posts:

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