Posts under ‘Medical Device Sales’

Clinical device sales is a hot revenue category.  Because it’s hot, you’re going to have some competition to beat to land the job.  But never fear–the medical revenue recruiter has a strategy for you!
1.  Know what’s going on in the market with pharma device companies.
First, you got to understand the career opportunity–the sales process involved in [...] Related posts:

1. Funny Position Interview Video: The Origin of Job Interviews I discovered this on YouTube–The Origin of Career opportunity Interviews from…
2. How Does a Nurse Transition into Pharma Sales? Medical Device Sales? Lab Sales? Here’s a Job Search Strategy for You Nurses have a few natural advantages when it comes to…
3. A Recruiter Can Help You Land Your Fantasy Job in Clinical Device Sales It’s hard to land a job completely on your own. …

What’s keeping you from getting the career opportunity?
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 clinical and health care revenue):  to get the job, you’ve to sell yourself [...] Related posts:

1. Funny Job Interview Video: The Origin of Position Interviews I found this on YouTube–The Origin of Job Interviews from…
2. 6 Tips for a Successful Pharmaceutical Device Revenue Position Interview Competition for jobs in clinical laboratory sales can be fierce.  Health…
3. How Does a Nurse Transition into Pharmaceutical Sales? Clinical Device Sales? Pathology Sales? Here’s a Position Search Strategy for You Nurses have a few natural advantages when it comes to…

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

1. Find a Mentor for Your Laboratory Sales Career I discovered a great article on Employmentdigest.net that points out…
2. Nurses: Looking for a Career Change? Think About A Transition Into a Medical Sales Career If you are a nurse who is thinking about a…
3. Clinical Device Sales Rep Uses Career Coaching to Wordsmith… Here’s Melissa’s story:  I went through a very difficult career…

Nurses have a few natural advantages when it comes to breaking into medical revenue.  They have the solid science background, and they have on-the-job technical experience with the products that clinical sales reps sell.  (That’s a lot.  If you were the customer, wouldn’t you rather buy a product from someone who’s used it?  It wouldn’t [...] Related posts:

1. How Do Med Techs / Pathology Employees Transition to Pharmaceutical Sales Jobs? Well, I guess the first question should be:  CAN med…
2. 6 Tips for a Successful Laboratory Device Sales Job Interview Competition for jobs in laboratory sales can be fierce.  Health…
3. Nurses: Looking for a Career Change? Think About A Transition Into a Medical Sales Career If you are a nurse who is thinking about a…

Competition for career opportunities in pharma sales can be fierce.  Health care is a fascinating field, and the work environment for clinical sales reps is exciting, lucrative, and rewarding for these who wanna really make a difference.  However, sales interviews are difficult, and interviews for jobs in clinical device sales, clinical sales, biotech sales, imaging [...] Related posts:

1. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Position Interview in Lab Sales A behavioral job interview is a popular interview tactic in…
2. Stand Out In Your Pharma Sales Job Interview What does it take to set yourself apart from the…
3. How to Prepare for a Medical Sales Job Interview Jobs in laboratory sales, laboratory sales, biotechnology sales, clinical diagnostics…

It’s hard to land a job absolutely on your own.  That’s why the phrase “it’s all in who you know” is such a cliché.  Finding a job through someone you know is still the number one way that candidates find career opportunities.  That’s why networking is so important for your career.  And what better person to [...] Related posts:

1. How Can Career Coaching from the Pharma Sales Recruiter Help You? As a pharma sales recruiter, I spend a lot of…
2. Tips for Landing a Pharma Sales Job The term “clinical sales” covers a lot of area: medical…
3. PHC Consulting: Recruiting Medical and Health Care Sales and Marketing Talent PHC Consulting is an executive search firm that specializes…

Hey, medical device sales reps: www.orthogate.com says that 55% of you will be looking for a new job this year.  Paula Rutledge’s article on the career opportunity market trends in medical device revenue cites recent polling that also says that only 11% of you feel rock-solid in your current situation. She’s also got some interesting [...] Related posts:

1. Clinical Device Sales career opportunity – Must have experience selling capital equipment into laboratory environment…Read the job description. Yes, some job skills (like sales skills) are transferable. Yes,…
2. Big 20 Clinical Company Changes Over the Last 18 Months: How They Affect Pharma Sales Reps In 2008, these were the Major Twenty clinical companies: Top…
3. AACC Review – Companies like Abbott, Beckman, Roche, Thermo, and Ortho Clinical were there…. AACC was in Chicago this year….I always like Chicago as…

Here’s Melissa’s story: 
I went through a very difficult career transition in which my career opportunity ended in such a way that was very hard to explain to people.   When I met Peggy, I was gorgeous down and out about it.  She came to the rescue and helped me rephrase this difficult situation and put a positive [...] Related posts:

1. How Can Career Coaching from the Medical Sales Recruiter Help You? As a clinical sales headhunter, I spend a lot of…
2. Tired of interviewing and not getting that sales job you want? Career Coaching works! Career opportunity Seeker to Peggy: The phone interview was a bust….
3. Pharmaceutical Device Sales job – Must have experience selling capital equipment into laboratory environment…Read the job description. Yep, some job skills (like sales skills) are transferable. Yep,…

Today’s post is from guest author Heidi Allison-Shane, Managing Director, www.allisontaylor.com. Inquiring minds wanna know, and no minds are more inquiring than these about to hire you. Rest assured, you will be investigated. As a rule of thumb, the better the job and the higher the pay, the tougher the screening process. If you’re [...] Related posts:

1. Medical Sales Reps: Will Your Job References Help You or Hurt You? Career Sabotage: The Influence of a Past Employer   The…
2. Clinical Rep: Laid off? Check your references before I do. One of the best pieces of advice I got to…
3. Big 5 Reasons to Check Your Own References In any position search, it’s very important that you know…

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Get the answers to 47 more Medical Sales queries from Peggy Article courtesy of  Peggy [...] Related posts:

1. Peggy spills the beans on the major 50 queries about clinical sales… Get the 90 minute audio conference, the RESUME audio…
2. 10 Funniest Interview Questions 10.  “Who would win a battle between a ninja and…
3. Win Ipod Classic – I need Top 50 Questions You’ve About Medical/Healthcare/Pharma Sales and How to break in…. I’m going to do an audio conference at…