Posts under ‘Resumes’

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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…
2. Send Your VP of Sales and Marketing a Thank You Note Many revenue reps who spend time with upper-level people in…
3. Peggy’s video about your RESUME for Medical Sales I actually go through my 12 inch stack of resumes…

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:

1. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Position Interview in Clinical Sales A behavioral position interview is a popular interview tactic in…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Career opportunity References Question Your career opportunity references are important to your job search success. …
3. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Job Interviews Employers want to know about more than just your skills…

If you want your resume to actually be a marketing document for you, and get a recruiter’s or a hiring manager’s attention, you must pack that CV with the keywords that are relevant to the career area you want.  Recruiters, hiring managers, and Human Resource departments use computer searches and applicant tracking systems to flag [...] Related posts:

1. Keywords in your Medical laboratory Sales Resume Peggy negotiations about how to get quality keywords in your…
2. CV 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. Tips for Landing a Medical Sales Job The term “laboratory revenue” covers a lot of area: medical…

Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that resume objective statements are optional, or that you shouldn’t have one at all.  Their reasoning is usually that objective statements fence you in and limit your job-seeking focus.
I’m here to tell you that you need an objective statement on your RESUME.  Why? An objective statement tells me [...] Related posts:

1. Resume Objectives: What Do You Want? Resume objectives are a big topic online.  Apparently, it’s a…
2. Should you e-mail your 30/60/90-day revenue plan to the hiring manager? As a Medical Sales Headhunter, I recommend to all my…
3. How to Help the Hiring Manager Be Decisive–and Make You the Offer! Answering objections in a job interview is a skill you’ll…

Jennifer M. tells all about how a career coach (that would be me) made her fantasy career opportunity come true (even in this economy)!
I worked with Jennifer mid July. We fixed her resume, worked on her social media skills, helped her target hiring managers (and gave her the secret of what to ask for when she [...] Related posts:

1. Tired of interviewing and not getting that revenue job you want? Career Coaching works! Position Seeker to Peggy: The phone interview was a bust….
2. Job Search Tip: Complete the Entire Job Application Latest story:  A hiring manager I am working with in…
3. How Can Career Coaching from the Clinical Sales Recruiter Help You? As a pharmaceutical revenue recruiter, I spend a lot of…

Picture this:  You’ve put together a awesome resume, you’ve lined up your references, you’ve got an impressive brag book, you’ve researched your 30/60/90-day plan, and you’ve landed an exciting interview in medical revenue, pharma sales, medical diagnostics sales, biotechnology sales, clinical device sales, or clinical sales.  But:  What do you do if you run into [...] Related posts:

1. “Do you’ve any questions?” (The answer is “Yes!”) The other day, I conducted a phone interview with…
2. 10 Worst Answers to Job Interview Queries Discovered this at Hot Career/Interview Tips: Let me start by…
3. What queries will they ask in a clinical sales interview? Interview preparation in any industry requires that you know what…

Hey, give me 4 minutes and I’ll give you 3 of the big ten questions, the answers and save you at least 500 bucks!
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Get the answers to 47 more Clinical laboratory Sales questions from Peggy Article courtesy of  Peggy [...] Related posts:

1. Peggy spills the beans on the big 50 musings about lab sales… Get the 90 minute audio conference, the CV audio…
2. 10 Funniest Interview Questions 10.  “Who would win a battle between a ninja and…
3. Win Ipod Classic – I need Big 50 Musings You have About Medical/Healthcare/Pharma Sales and How to break in…. I am going to do an audio conference at…

As a laboratory sales recruiter, I spend a lot of time on the phone fielding inquiries from job seekers.  Not only about specific positions in clinical revenue, pathology revenue, imaging sales, biotech revenue, clinical diagnostics sales, laboratory sales, medical device sales, hospital equipment sales, pharma sales, or other areas of healthcare sales, but also about career coaching:  [...]

As a clinical sales recruiter, I spend a lot of time on the phone fielding inquiries from job seekers.  Not only about specific career opportunities in medical sales, medical sales, imaging sales, biotech sales, medical diagnostics sales, laboratory sales, medical device sales, hospital equipment sales, pharma sales, or other areas of healthcare sales, but also about career coaching:  [...]

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