Pharmaceutical Sales Jobs

In my estimation, about 80% all interviews start with, “Tell me about yourself,” or a similar directive. It’s a simple question, right. It should be a no brainer. After all, nobody knows you like you, right? That should be the case. Often times however, I hear people taking this question in the wrong direction. They interpret the question as idle chit chat. They interpret it as a way for the interviewer to “break the ice.” While that could be the case, don’t miss the chance to start selling yourself - right away.

From time to time I share with folks how much it helps me to create mental images that enable me to structure information and focus on the task at hand. In your case, the task at hand is getting a pharmaceutical sales job. Here’s a mental image for you. I’ve already told you that the job search is simply a sales process. Learn the sales process, implement it, and you will be successful.

Once in a while I’ll foot the bill for a small mentoring group to get together by phone and we’ll work through some of the issues that folks like you face while looking for a job in pharma sales.
In one of these sessions, we started talking about the “Sell me this pen” question/directive in a [...]

A while ago I asked a few PharmBoard members to send me some things to think about while I was riding my bicycle across Tennessee. Well, we made it and, needless to say, I had a lot of time to think about those questions.
The one I want to share with you though is quite [...]

Here’s Part Five of the PharmBoard.com 5-Day MiniCourse designed to get you off to a great start on your search for a job as a
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative.
ABSTRACT
—-> The pharmaceutical sales job search is quite often a very arduous process. There are countless people who “want” a job in pharma sales but just [...]

Here’s Part Four of the PharmBoard.com 5-Day MiniCourse designed to get you off to a great start on your search for a job as a
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative.
ABSTRACT
—-> Networking guru Harvey Mackay said it best. Networking really is about building a list of people you can count on, but
even close friends and family [...]

Here’s Part Three of the PharmBoard.com 5-Day MiniCourse designed to get you off to a great start on your search for a job as a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative.
ABSTRACT
—-> In Day 2 of the 5-Day Minicourse, I told you that the job search is sales and the product is you. Remember? [...]

Here’s Part Two of the PharmBoard.com 5-Day Minicourse designed to get you off to a great start on your search for a job as a
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative.
ABSTRACT
—-> I promise this lesson isn’t nearly as heavy as Part One!
This lightweight lesson gives you a head start with 3 easy categories that will help you [...]

Here’s Part One of the PharmBoard.com 5-Day Minicourse designed to get you off to a great start on your search for a job as a
Pharmaceutical Sales Representative.
ABSTRACT
—-> There is no question that you need to be able to answer more than “Why do you want to be a Pharmaceutical Sales
Representative?” Day One [...]

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a big fan of making every experience a learning experience. I suppose it comes from being raised by a family of teachers - mom, dad, 2 aunts, uncle, & a sister-in-law. Some families do the military. Some have generations of doctors or lawyers. [...]