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If you’re looking for a sales or marketing position, chances are you’re taking the same approach you’ve taken in the past and that most job blogs recommend: check common Internet sites like Monster.com, read the want ads, and tailor your resumes to each job posting.

This is the most common way to approach the job search. It’s also the most common way to get few or no responses from all your hard work.

When you apply to publicly posted jobs, you become one of hundreds or perhaps thousands of people submitting cover letters and resumes. Your materials typically end up in an automated Applicant Tracking System (ATS), where they stay – perhaps forever.

The good news is that you can do better. Here’s how.

Staffing firms can help you find sales and marketing positions that aren’t publicly posted and that offer the best fit for your personality and career goals. Here’s how:

Recruiters work closely with employers in their industries.

Your recruiter knows which companies have internal openings because they talk to these companies every day. Companies that work with recruiters often “pick the recruiter’s brain” long before they release a public job posting – which means that the recruiter already knows when, how, and who the company is looking for.

Companies trust their recruiters.

Employers rely on their recruiters to find people who have both the sales and marketing skills, and the right personality and goals to be a good fit for the position. So when the recruiter says “you should consider this candidate,” the company listens. Work with a recruiter to become the candidate your staffing firm recommends.

Recruiters help you prepare.

Every hiring manager has one question in mind: “What can this person do for our department?” Because every company has slightly different goals, each manager approaches this question a little differently. Your recruiter can give you the background information you need on each employer in order to sell yourself as well as you sell products and services.

At SMR Group Ltd, our recruiters specialize in connecting talented sales and marketing professionals with companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries. Contact us today to learn more!


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