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Career opportunity 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 revenue reps on their routes).  It’s a “tryout” for you with no pressure.  It [...] Related posts:

1. Pack Your RESUME With The Right Keywords to Get That Clinical Sales Job If you want your resume to actually be a marketing…
2. Keywords in your Pharma Sales Resume Peggy discussions about how to get quality keywords in your…
3. Use a Field Preceptorship to Get Your Next Sales Career opportunity A field preceptorship a amazing way to boost your chances…

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 pharma revenue recruiter doesn’t have time to open extra attachments, and expects that you’ll say what you got to say in the body [...] Related posts:

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

A sales rep’s career opportunity is to make the sale.  So if you’re looking for a new sales job in pharmaceutical sales, medical device sales, or any other health care sales arena, the best way to get a pathology sales career opportunity is to make it your mission is to demonstrate that you can ring that cash [...] Related posts:

1. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Clinical Revenue A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…
2. Interviews: How to Answer the Career opportunity References Question Your job references are important to your position search success. …
3. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Career opportunity Interviews Employers wanna 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 resume 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 Sales RESUME Peggy negotiations about how to get quality keywords in your…
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. Tips for Landing a Medical Revenue Career opportunity The term “pharmaceutical 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 CV.  Why? An objective statement tells me [...] Related posts:

1. Resume Objectives: What Do You Want? Resume objectives are a leading topic online.  Apparently, it’s a…
2. Should you e-mail your 30/60/90-day sales plan to the hiring manager? As a Clinical Revenue Recruiter, 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 career opportunity you want? Career Coaching works! Position Seeker to Peggy: The phone interview was a bust….
2. Position Search Tip: Complete the Entire Position Application Latest story:  A hiring manager I am working with in…
3. How Can Career Coaching from the Medical Revenue Headhunter Help You? As a clinical sales recruiter, I spend a lot of…

Picture this:  You’ve put together a fantastic 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 sales, medical laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics sales, biotechnology revenue, medical device sales, or clinical revenue.  But:  What do you do if you run into [...] Related posts:

1. “Do you have any musings?” (The answer is “Yes!”) The other day, I conducted a phone interview with…
2. 10 Worst Answers to Job Interview Questions Discovered this at Hot Career/Interview Tips: Let me start by…
3. What musings 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 three of the big 10 musings, the answers and save you at least 500 bucks!
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Get the answers to 47 more Pharmaceutical Revenue questions from Peggy Article courtesy of  Peggy [...] Related posts:

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

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

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