Medical sales resumes have certain requirements that other resumes don’t. In the video below, I’ll tell you more about how you can learn to write a resume that will give you a big advantage in trying to break into pharma sales. Article courtesy of Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Headhunter at the nationally recognized clinical [...] Related posts:
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What’s your role as a medical sales rep–whether you’re in clinical, laboratory, diagnostics, devices, software, or pharma?
Do you know the best way to show me, the medical revenue recruiter and reader of your resume, why I got to submit you for a job?
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As a clinical sales recruiter, I specialize in placing sales and sales management professionals, and I’ve seen tens of thousands of resumes throughout my career. Since I often sift through them quickly, it takes a great resume to stand out from the crowd and get my attention. And position seekers in health care sales, clinical [...] Related posts:
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Just a quick heads-up:
When you send your resume to a headhunter by email, don’t send a cover letter as an attachment. For the most part, it’s a waste of time. A busy pharma sales 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:
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If you are a sales professional or want to become one, or if you are looking for a new sales job, you will face one of the toughest interview processes of any job seeker.
