Posts under ‘Brag Books For Interviews’

Brag books are an important part of your position interview documents, especially for candidates in medical or health care revenue.  They’re excellent vehicles to highlight your achievements in revenue rankings, revenue volume, percentage improvements based on customers or opportunity, and other numerical evidence that you know how to ring the cash register.
Recently, a candidate [...] Related posts:

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Because brag books (or 30/60/90-day plans, for that matter) are a relatively uncommon item to bring to interviews, some hiring managers aren’t prepared to work ‘em in to the process.  And because you might not be totally comfortable with using ‘em (combined with the fact that career opportunity interviews rattle your nerves), you might not be [...] Related posts:

1. How Interview Coaching Can Help You Get a Laboratory Sales Position Are you going to interviews, but not getting the offer?…
2. How Does a Nurse Transition into Pharma Sales? Laboratory Device Revenue? Pathology Sales? Here’s a Job Search Strategy for You Nurses have a few natural advantages when it comes to…
3. Help! They Have a 3rd Party Consultant Interviewing Me! Sometimes companies hire outside recruiters as consultants assigned to conduct…

Welcome to part 3 of my 6-part series on how to stand out in your medical revenue position search.  Medical revenue has always been a competitive sales arena, but it’s even more so these days with an influx of candidates from harder-hit areas of sales.  So, you really have to bring your game to stand [...] Related posts:

1. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Clinical Sales Job Search – Part IV Today is Part 4 of our series, The Secret to…
2. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Clinical Sales Job Search – Part I I’m starting a new 6-part series on how to stand…
3. The Secret to Standing Out in Your Medical Revenue Career opportunity Search – Part II Although times are tough for career opportunity seekers all over, it’s…

There are 4 career opportunity interview techniques that I talk about all the time (and encourage my candidates to use in their pharmaceutical sales job interviews):  Compile a brag book
Have great references 
Prepare well for the interview (research/do your homework)
Create a 30-60-90-day plan This movie will show you how some of my candidates have taken this advice and run with it…those are real-world [...] Related posts:

1. 10 Popular Behavioral Interview Queries for Medical Sales Behavioral interview queries are the norm for job interviews in…
2. STAR Interview Technique for Behavioral Position Interviews Employers want to know about more than just your skills…
3. Top 10 Ways to Ace Your Clinical Sales Interview Here are 10 of my best tips to help you…

I always recommend to my candidates that they create a brag book as a routine part of their interview preparation for medical sales interviews, so I see a lot of ‘em.  I have to say, I am amazed at the quality of information, the level of organization and the selling message that some of you’ve [...] Related posts:

1. Podcast: Brag Books Are a Unique Way to Sell Your Skills Do you’ve a very important interview?  Make sure you…
2. Company Car Allowance vs. Mileage vs. Company Car for Sales Reps in Clinical, Pharma or Healthcare…. One of my hiring managers (a client) wrote this (and…
3. “Umm, Uh… Could you, like, NOT hire me?”: How to Underwhelm Your Job Interviewer Career opportunity interviews generally make people nervous, and understandably so:  you’re…

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:

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3. How Can Career Coaching from the Pharma Sales Recruiter Help You? As a medical sales recruiter, I spend a lot of…

Jennifer M. tells all about how a career coach (that would be me) made her dream career opportunity come true (even in this economy)!
I worked with Jennifer mid July. We fixed her CV, 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 sales position you want? Career Coaching works! Career opportunity Seeker to Peggy: The phone interview was a bust….
2. Job Search Tip: Complete the Entire Position Application Latest story:  A hiring manager I am working with in…
3. How Can Career Coaching from the Clinical Sales Recruiter Help You? As a pharmaceutical sales recruiter, I spend a lot of…

Can’t get an interview?
Can’t get past the first interview?
Are you demonstrating the levels of commitment, drive, tenacity, skills and organization employers want?
Here are 6 tried and true ways to separate you from other candidates and be the candidate everyone wants to hire:
1.  Preparation = SWOT Analysis: 
SWOT is a strategic planning tool.  It stands for Strengths (attributes [...] Related posts:

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3. How to Prepare for a Behavioral Job Interview in Clinical Sales A behavioral career opportunity interview is a popular interview tactic in…

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

1. Peggy spills the beans on the top Fifty questions about pharma sales… Get the 90 minute audio conference, the RESUME audio…
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Jobs in medical sales, pharma revenue, biotechnology sales, clinical diagnostics sales, pharmaceutical device sales, imaging sales, hospital equipment sales, laboratory sales, and other healthcare sales are fairly competitive to get into (you’re going to have to put some effort into it), but worth it in terms of compensation, commissions, and extras.  Plus, it’s an exciting [...]