As a pharma revenue headhunter, I specialize in placing revenue 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 job seekers in health care sales, pharma [...] Related posts:
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Position seekers can mistakenly think that the major position title they’ve had is always gracious on a resume. Some sales reps have the title of VP, or Sales Director, even though they were actually in a one-to-one sales role. This can cause a problem for you in your position search if you’re looking for another [...] Related posts:
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There is one thing that hiring managers are really looking for when scanning resumes of sales reps for medical device, pharmaceutical revenue, biotech revenue, imaging sales, or any other health care sales position: sales. That means they want to see the numbers (or percentages) of sales generated, sales saved, or labor saved.
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Just a quick heads-up:
When you send your CV to a recruiter by email, don’t send a cover letter as an attachment. For the most part, it’s a waste of time. A busy medical 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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Don’t be fooled by people who tell you that resume objective statements are optional, or that you shouldn’t have one at all. Their reasoning is usually that objective statements fence you in and limit your job-seeking focus.
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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.
