There’s an article on EmploymentDigest.net that you should see. It’s about how finding a mentor can help you advance your career, but it also has several important points about how to choose a career mentor, keeping in mind that your manager, recruiter, or your friend might not be the best choices for you. A manager, [...] Related posts:
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Mark Hunter, “the Sales Hunter,” is an expert on increasing profitibility and success in revenue, and has written a great article on maximizing your sales success by being confident in yourself and what you sell. I’ve posted the whole thing here for you. I’d like for you to think about it with this perspective: what about in [...] Related posts:
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LinkedIn is one of the most popular online career-focused networking tools available today. It has over 40 million members, and it’s growing. Did you know that 80% of employers use LinkedIn as a networking tool to find the best candidates? LinkedIn provides such an outstanding array of opportunities, it’s increasingly becoming “the place to be” [...] Related posts:
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I found a great article on Employmentdigest.net that points out how helpful a mentor can be to your career, and gives you some ideas about what to look for in a mentor as well as how to find one–like at your company, in a professional organization, or a friend who’s farther along in their career [...] Related posts:
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Here’s Melissa’s story:
I went through a very difficult career transition in which my job ended in such a way that was very hard to explain to people. When I met Peggy, I was nice-looking down and out about it. She came to the rescue and helped me rephrase this difficult situation and put a positive [...] Related posts:
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Recently, I asked my clinical sales rep readers to vote on which they’d prefer from their employer: a company car, or a car allowance. Here are the results:
Company Car or Car Allowance – which do you prefer?
Company Car – it’s the best! 46%
I like to pick my own ride – Allowance is best! 27%
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Sign up here to receive the PHC Consulting (medical laboratory sales headhunter) newsletter. Email * Yes, I want to get the Newsletter Article courtesy of Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized pharma and pharma sales recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting | All [...] Related posts:
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If you are a sales professional or want to become one, or if you are looking for a new sales job, you will face one of the toughest interview processes of any job seeker.
