Be SMART in your goal setting!
In Medical Sales, goal setting is essential and we need to remember the SMART method -
S - Specific
M - Measureable
A - Achievable
R - Reviewable
T - Time specific
Goal setting becomes pointless if we do not apply the SMART theory on it.
So remember - be SMART with your goal setting in Medical [...]
Fail to prepare - prepare to fail - we have all heard this expression before but it cannot be underestimated.
Just this week, a very unfortunate incident of this cost a job seeker their job in Medical Sales.
This Medical Sales interview process was going well for her and she had progressed to 2nd stage and was [...]
Trying to get in to Medical Sales?
This market is making getting in to Medical Sales alot more difficult than 3-5 years ago when a Nursing background or Life Science Degree would have been enough for someone to be at least considered.
Nowadays, with all the Redundancies and HSE cutbacks, Medical Sales Managers are seeking at least the [...]
Take control of your interview and close it - call yourself a Sales person? then you will know exactly what I mean -
Surprisingly, many of our Medical Sales Reps come away from an interview and do not nail it.
When we ask them, how did you leave it, they reply, they just said they would be in touch…………….!
An [...]
Medical Sales jobs boom is apparent currently.
We have received a flurry of Medical Sales jobs in the last month.
Although there is a decline in Pharmaceutical Sales, there is an incline in Medical Sales Reps jobs.
We have a large requirement currently within Medical Sales jobs in Ireland - some of which are the following -
Wound Care [...]
Medical Sales jobs in Ireland are on the up.
There is definitely an increase in the demand for good and experienced Medical Sales Reps.
We have a number of Medical Sales jobs currently seeking experienced Medical Sales Reps in the following fields -
Surgical Consumables Rep - Cork/Munster
Wound Care Sales Rep- Dublin
Pharma Sales - Ophthamology - Waterford/Cork
Diabetes Sales Rep - West/Galway
Radiology [...]
It is amazing the amount of people who ask what is the difference between the GP or Pharma Sales Rep and the Medical or Device Sales Rep.
I have outlined the main differences in order to make it easier to differentiate -
GP or Pharma Sales Rep details only to GP’s
Medical Sales Rep do not detail GP’s at all, only Hospitals [...]
Another commonality in the world of Medical Sales is the area of ‘have I got what it takes’? You need to know this in order to be successful in this field, there are those who make it and those who don’t.
The 5 P’s required to make it in Medical Sales are -
Persistence
Patience
Professionalism
Politeness
Passion
You also need to [...]
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I ask this question - Medical Sales In or Out? because of the current market trends.
There are an increasing number of potential or ‘Rookie’ Medical Sales Reps seeking to get in to this arena but now the odds are stacking up against them within this field.
Medical Sales and Pharmaceutical Sales are becoming more competitive [...]
Medical Sales as a sector has become ever more competitive over the last 12 months.
Always a difficult sector to break into, the recession has led to an increased number of Medical Sales Professionals at all levels entering the market place. While there was always movement in the market, the recession and with it redundancies have [...]