So, if you've got the people skills and the technical background necessary for success
in laboratory sales, how do you make the leap?
Typically, quality companies train their sales staff extensively (either pharmaceutical sales positions, biotech sales jobs, clinical and research
laboratory sales opportunities, laboratory service sales or medical device sales).
In reality, medical sales (
including laboratory sales, medical device sales, imaging sales, pathology sales, and more) is hard work.
This applies for all sales positions but especially for pharmaceutical sales positions, biotech sales jobs, clinical and research
laboratory sales opportunities, laboratory service sales or medical device sales!
Both types of products are found in medical sales, specifically in
research laboratory sales, clinical diagnostics sales, DNA sales, and biotech sales.
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Biotech Laboratory Sales Jobs
All medical sales reps should keep up with their reading, even in specialized fields
like laboratory sales, biotechnology sales, medical device sales, hospital equipment sales, imaging sales, pathology sales, pharmaceutical sales, or clinical diagnostics sales.
While I'm at it, I have three posts that explain different types of medical sales — Part I, Part II, and Part III, as well as posts
on laboratory sales vs. medical device sales, and how pharmaceutical sales compares.
Listen to this fantastic audio with Peter Francis, President and Senior Trainer of Clinical
Laboratory Sales Training in Baltimore.
She speaks at national conferences, most recently the Executive War College on Laboratory and Pathology Management 2010, and the
LabCompete Laboratory Sales and Marketing Conference in December 2011.
As a medical sales recruiter (and
former laboratory sales rep and sales manager), I take some pretty strong stands on what it takes to recruit and retain first - rate employees, whether its in the medical sales arena or on the technical side.
Pharmaceutical reps are already the least respected of all areas of medical sales —
behind laboratory sales, biotech sales, medical device sales, imaging sales, pathology sales, and clinical diagnostics sales.
As a medical sales, pharmaceutical sales, and research and
laboratory sales recruiter, I am uniquely qualified to help employers iron out those sticky situations with candidates, helping find candidates who are willing to relocate, and tell candidates the cold hard truth about what's going to happen and what issues they need to consider... above and beyond the actual job description.
Tags for this Online Resume: dental front office admin., customer service, retail sales,
dental laboratory sales, account manager, sales
Prior experience in
laboratory sales healthcare, knowledge of managed care and medical sales experience will make a successful candidate...
There's a big difference in the various areas: medical devices looks a lot different from pharmaceutical sales; surgical sales is different
from laboratory sales; and imaging sales is different from clinical diagnostics.
To expand on my current technical knowledge and sales experience in field
of Laboratory Sales, Biotechnology or Medical Sales.
Research Laboratory Sales Jobs
If I am searching the internet for the perfect candidate for a medical sales job, make sure I can find you — sprinkle your posted resume with keywords
like laboratory sales, biotech sales, or pharmaceutical sales.
Check out my Top 10 Twitter Tips for Medical and
Laboratory Sales Reps for more tips on how to use Twitter for your job search.
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Tags for this Online Resume:
diagnostic laboratory sales, Account Management, Pharmaceutical, Dermatology, Product Launch, Sales, integrative medicine, wellness
Medical sales (
including laboratory sales, biotechnology sales, clinical diagnostics sales, imaging sales, pathology sales, medical device sales, hospital equipment sales, and pharmaceutical sales), however, don't have a lot of wiggle room in pay structure.
Developing good telephone etiquette is extremely helpful to a career in medical device, clinical or
research laboratory sales... I found a guide for telephone etiquette that includes considering how you sound in conversation as well as how you sound and come across when recording greetings on your voicemail and leaving messages on others».
So if you're looking for a new sales position
in laboratory sales, medical device sales, or any other health care sales arena, the best way to get a medical sales job is to make it your mission is to demonstrate that you can ring that cash register, and do it well.
There is no way that we can be the be all end all of information and content for the medical sales,
laboratory sales, or medical sales management candidates that visit this site.