Starting or advancing your pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical sales career requires a strategic approach. Here are six steps to take in the coming year to upgrade your career. Polish your resume. Use more action words and quantifiable achievements. Ruthlessly trim away the fluff. Include percentage to quotas and rankings against your peers. Being ranked as… Read more »
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Pharmaceutical and medical sales is a challenging field that offers excellent pay and benefits. If you are a successful, highly motivated sales professional, it may be time to consider a career shift. Here Are A Few Factors That Could Make You A Good Fit You Love To Learn The industry is always changing, with new… Read more »
You did everything right. You tailored your resume, wrote a custom cover letter, learned all you could about the organization, and knocked it out of the park during the interview – all for a job you thought you could do well at a company you were sure you’d love. With so much work behind you,… Read more »
By the time you reach the interview stage, any job may sound like the “right” job. You’ve made finding a new job your full-time occupation for weeks or months, and a promising interview offers the “boost” most job-seekers need to say “Yes!”, especially when the interview is followed by the first offer you’ve had in… Read more »
Job seekers who have many years of experience in the position for which they are applying may feel like they have a “lock” on the interview or job offer. Unfortunately, a hiring manager may see this experience not as a sign of qualification, but as “overqualification” – which may raise red flags. When a hiring… Read more »
Both your resume and your interview give you an opportunity to demonstrate your value to hiring managers. You must seize each chance you get to demonstrate not only that you are a strong candidate, but that you are the top candidate — the one person who offers the highest value proposition to the company. How… Read more »
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For many people, “polishing” a resume means formatting it well, proofreading it thoroughly, and updating it to include the most accurate picture possible of their career accomplishments to date. For some, however, it also means fudging the numbers to cover up a few months’ unemployment, an “assistant” position, or some other less-than-ideal fact in their… Read more »
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