By Penelope Trunk
Don’t be afraid to negotiate your salary. Once you get an offer, you know you’re the top candidate. So have some confidence. Recognize that the people who have the most successful careers are those who are not afraid of negotiating. The best way to get yourself into that category is to force yourself [...]
Syndicated columnist and blogger Penelope Trunk has been on a roll lately providing valuable information that could have just as easily been written for PharmBoard. She decided to write for Yahoo! instead.
In Networking for People Who Hate Networking she clearly defines five things you don’t have to be in order to be a successful [...]
Entrepreneur, consultant, blogger-extrordinaire, and all around success Pamela Slim’s most recent podcast is four full minutes of solid information aimed at making you (and me) a better networker. In this podcast Networking tip - use the phone!, Pamela encourages listeners to step away from the keyboard and pick up the phone. And in [...]
The online equivalent of a “friend-of-a-friend” pointed me to a fantastic resource for all the future pharmaceutical reps who read PharmBoard.com. CareerRamblings.com is a site where two corporate veterans team up and share their knowledge on career advancement, the job search, and an occasional op-ed.
Your cover letter, in combination with a winning resume, is your primary self-promotional tool and should reflect your main strengths as they apply specifically to the position you are interested in. The following are 15 ways to ensure that your application gets noticed!
If you truly want to land the pharmaceutical sales career of your dreams then you have to ace the interview. You can’t just show up mind you, you have to entice the interviewer and make them really and truly want to hire you. After all you’re likely vying for a limited position and there are [...]
If you’re like most folks, you probably think that your work is done once you’ve aced the interview. Well, although the hard part is indeed over, your work is not done. In fact, it is only just beginning. So, this is not the time to sit back and wait for the offer to come through. [...]
Trust me, you need all the help you can get to get employers excited about you. Its not that you aren’t qualified or that you don’t deserve to get that pharmaceutical job of your dreams, its just that competition is fierce out there and you’ve got to use ingenuity and a whole lot of creativity to get noticed. In this brief article, we will tell you 5 ways that you can get noticed by potential employers.
If you’re considering applying for a pharmaceutical sales job, or any job for that matter, then you certainly need a stellar resume. You see, competition is fierce and your really and truly need to stand out. After all, you only have 15 seconds to impress a potential employer so you’ve got to make every second [...]
Pharmaceutical companies are known for their conservative business appearance. Many reps who’ve been around since the 1980’s will tell you that the dress code was once so strict, it was almost a uniform! Well, times have changed somewhat but the basics are the same. Ladies first - here’s what’s expected of you in an interview.
