Posts from ‘April, 2009’

I had a question from one of my YouTube videos this week from someone who is interested in getting into clinical laboratory sales and wanted to know if she should invest the time and money into a NAMSR (National Association of Clinical Sales Representatives) training program. They (and many others you can discover online) offer pharmaceutical [...] No related posts.

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Staff Your Clinical laboratory with Big Performers: How to Recruit and Retain the Best Med Techs
Recruiting and hiring top medical technologists may be the single biggest issue facing laboratories today. And it’s [...] Related posts:

1. PHC Loves the Dark Every single day The Dark Every single day is very informative, up-to-the-minute FREE e-briefing for everyone in…
2. Dark Daily: Huge Molecular Asteroid on Track to Smash Planet Medical laboratory and Planet Radiology Today’s Dark Every single day - predicts Huge Molecular Asteroid on Track…
3. Leading Brother lives (and he is in your neighborhood)…. So many times we hear that employers are tracking us…checking…

The Rule of 78-As it applies to the reagent/consumable business sales goal attainment.
Before beginning this article, I Googled “The Rule of 78” and reviewed a few of the articles. All of the entries I read focused on using the rule as a means of calculating how much of your monthly payment goes towards interest [...] Related posts:

1. The 80/20 Rule The “80/20″ rule is very important in sales:  medical sales,…
2. Selling Power: Great mag for pharma sales managers and all pharma sales professionals Selling Power magazine delivers fantastic advice on creating sales success -…
3. Company Car Allowance vs. Mileage vs. Company Car for Sales Reps in Medical, Pharmaceutical or Healthcare…. One of my hiring managers (a client) wrote this (and…

Are you interested in breaking into medical sales, laboratory revenue, biotechnology sales, pharmaceutical device sales, medical diagnostics sales, imaging sales, hospital equipment sales, lab sales, surgical supply sales, DNA products sales, or any other kind of healthcare revenue?  Do you’ve questions?  Click on the comment section below and type it in.  At the end [...] Related posts:

1. Big 5 Posts from the Medical Sales Recruiter I get many hundreds of visitors daily to my…
2. Should college students pay for internships to get into pharmaceutical sales? [caption id=”attachment_780″ align=”alignleft” width=”150″ caption=”medical, sales, recruiting, clinical, hiring,…
3. Job Search Tip for Laboratory Sales: It’s a Personal Branding Thing… [caption id=”attachment_717″ align=”aligncenter” width=”425″ caption=”medical, medical, sales, job, recruiter,…

Here’s a very informative article from http://www.amednews.com/ that reports what’s going on with medical revenue reps jobs, and what the future looks like:  Doctors increasingly close doors to drug reps, while pharma cuts ranks It’s a great article to go to for more detailed information, but the upshot is that doctors are increasingly averse to allowing sales [...] Related posts:

1. Pharma revenue rep in leading 20 jobs list CNNmoney.com posted their list of big Twenty jobs for the young…
2. Did CafePharma put pharmaceutical revenue reps out of work? No. Doctors did. If you’ve read this blog for long, you know my…
3. Should Laboratory Revenue Career opportunities Require a Credit Check? Recently, I ran a poll to see what you think…

While I’m on the whole Andrea Nierenberg kick, here’s some more advice:  Andrea’s “Power of Three.”  Every single day take 15 minutes at the beginning or end of the day and write three short goodwill notes: one to a prospect, one to a client and one to a friend. Just say “Hi,” send an article, or [...] Related posts:

1. Part III - Pimp Your Network Welcome to my 4-part “Pimp Your Career” series. In part…
2. Thank You Notes for Medical Revenue   [caption id=”attachment_850″ align=”aligncenter” width=”425″ caption=”medical, sales, recruiter, hiring, pathology,…
3. Major 5 Posts from the Pharmaceutical Revenue Recruiter I get many hundreds of visitors every single day to my…

  Andrea Nierenberg often offers some of my favorite pieces of advice.  One of the latest I’ve found is “Eight Key Ways to Say Thank You to Customers.”  Good manners are always important, and they have always been an essential part of nice customer service and relations.  (They’re not just for job interviews.)  And in our [...] Related posts:

1. Positive Thinking for Laboratory Sales Success [caption id="attachment_871" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="medical, revenue, headhunter, hiring, laboratory, economy,...
2. Career opportunity Search Tip for Pharmaceutical Sales: It’s a Personal Branding Thing… [caption id=”attachment_717″ align=”aligncenter” width=”425″ caption=”medical, clinical laboratory, sales, job, recruiter,…
3. Should college students pay for internships to get into medical sales? [caption id=”attachment_780″ align=”alignleft” width=”150″ caption=”medical, sales, recruiting, laboratory, hiring,…

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April 1, 2009
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New FDA Draft Guidance Aims to Improve Health Information Obtained via “Social Media” Websites
The Food and Drug Administration today issued a draft guidance document designed to improve communications to consumers and health care practitioners about health conditions and pharmaceutical products that they obtain on “social media” Websites [...] Related posts:

1. Job Search Tip: Too Much Information on your Social Networks I get a lot of great comments from my readers,…
2. What’s your brand? Employers and recruiters do research pharmaceutical sales, healthcare revenue, clinical…
3. MySpace killed the candidate….critical job interview tip Another candidate with inappropriate material on his myspace…who is now…