Posts from ‘April, 2010’

I found this on YouTube–The Origin of Career opportunity Interviews from the Armstrong and Miller show (BBC).  It’s a caveman-era panel interview–very funny! Article courtesy of  Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally recognized laboratory and clinical revenue recruiting team of PHC Consulting.© Copyright 2008 PHC Consulting [...] Related posts:

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I was recently asked this question by a medical sales candidate:  “If bringing a 30/60/90-day plan to the interview is so impressive, would a 1-year plan be even better?”
Now that’s a go-getter!
But, my answer is:  Maybe, but probably not.
I can see where there’s a possibility that someone with tremendous amounts of experience who’s going for [...] Related posts:

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What’s keeping you from getting the position?
It could be the same thing that trips up others:  you don’t understand (yet) that the job search is a sales process.
It doesn’t matter what career you are involved in (although it ESPECIALLY applies in laboratory and health care sales):  to get the job, you have to sell yourself [...] Related posts:

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You know the drill for medical revenue job interviews:  research, prepare, and be willing for the toughest interview queries.
There are some career opportunity interview questions for health care sales jobs that inevitably travel candidates up.  “What’s your greatest weakness?“  is a famous one.   The typical advice you’ll usually find is to prepare for the interview by [...] Related posts:

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The era of the thank you note after a career opportunity interview is over.
Well, not the actual “thank you,” just the delivery system.
It’s critically important that you thank the interviewer for the opportunity, but it’s also critically important that you get it to him within 24 hours.  And a handwritten, snail-mailed note just won’t do that.  [...] Related posts:

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Here’s a fun use for leftover Easter candy…an object lesson of the “smart peeps” approach to the job search, with special thanks to my pint-sized production assistant.  No actual peeps were hurt in this exercise.
See how you can get help with your job search with the tools available at www.career-confidential.com. If you don’t want to be [...] Related posts:

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Are you looking for a career opportunity in the clinical or health care revenue field?
You’re going to love this:
I’ve put together a list of the big One hundred medical and health care companies with my personal commentary on each one….and it’s NO COST.  No strings attached.
I’ve included a fact check on the leading Twenty companies in 5 different [...] Related posts:

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As a pathology revenue recruiter, I get almost every day inquiries from people who would like to be in pharmaceutical sales even though they have no sales background and want to know what they should do.  I’m never surprised to get these calls.  Pharma sales is (I think) the major tier of sales categories, and there [...] Related posts:

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If it’s true that 55% of pharmaceutical device sales professionals will be looking for a new job this year, then odds are nice that you might be one of Them.   Even with the ‘churn’ in the market this year, pharma device is a great place to be.  There are amazing positions available for the right [...] Related posts:

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Are you on the hunt for a career opportunity in medical sales, pharmaceutical devices, clinical sales, pharma revenue, or other health care sales?
In this economy, you need all the help you can get….so here is a excellent territory for you:
The Sales Recruiter is offering a FREE Training Webinar:  How to Get a Better Career opportunity–Faster!
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