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.
If you’re a college senior, you’ll be a jobseeker soon.
Get a recruiter's attention with a professional LinkedIn profile to land your first post-college position
Students traditionally use on-campus job interviews as a way to get their first post-college job, but according to one article, less than 1/3 of college students find jobs from companies that hire through career services.
So what’s a bright, enthusiastic, newly educated wannabe wage-earner to do?
Use social media. Recruiters are using connections through Twitter and Facebook to discover candidates. More specifically, get a LinkedIn profile. By creating a wonderful profile and joining the right groups and discussions, you set yourself up to be found by recruiters in your desired industry (this bit of advice is from an article about how to get internships, but I totally agree with it). Read up on how to set up a great LinkedIn profile (or get professional help). Using the right keywords for your industry, along with a professional profile and photo, will get you noticed. And do it now, so you can be networking and getting your name out there early–before the last day of school.
For instance, if you’re interested in getting into medical laboratory sales, medical sales, lab device sales, biotechnology sales, pharma sales, or other healthcare sales, I want to know about your life science degree (in biology, chemistry, zoology, etc.), your business classes, your internships, your part-time sales positions, and more. I’m looking for great candidates all the time. For me, LinkedIn is one more place to mine for candidates. You’d be mad not to be where I can discover you.
Article courtesy of Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally
recognized clinical laboratory and medical revenue recruiting team of PHC Consulting.
© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting | All rights reserved
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