Careers

Assessment centres

Assessment centres in the pharmaceutical industry are on the increase as a means of final interview for many companies, a source of great stress and apprehension to most candidates, and, indeed, a challenging hurdle to clear in gaining your next step.

Interviews

Interviews are not complicated affairs, however, for most of us it's situation we may only encounter once every few years and consequently it's easy to underperform.

Constructing CVs

A CV is simply a clear record of you which you are using to clear the first hurdle in your quest to build on your career.

Progress in Marketing

So you’re a Product Manager in the pharmaceutical industry – now what?

Training for Access in pharmaceutical jobs

In it’s simplest form, there are arguably two truly defining components which contribute to the success of a direct sales operation in healthcare; one is access to key customers, the other is impact in front of those customers.

Breaking into Pharma jobs

Looking for pharma jobs? Read on.

Progress into Management

Progress in Sales Management in the pharmaceutical industry

CRM Systems for medical sales

Understanding and making better use of medical sales data

Description of a Medical Sales Representative

As a medical sales representative with Ashfield Healthcare I work in one of the company’s largest full-time sales teams. It’s a great job – I plan my own days, make my own appointments, manage my finances and find and develop new business opportunities.

A Different Type of Nursing Role

Nurse Advisor Job

Should I stay or should I go?

The pharmaceutical industry is changing, companies are merging, being bought, sold or indeed going out of business.

THE NEW COMMUNITY PHARMACY CONTRACT

In October 2005 the new pharmacy contract came into force.

Fed up with Pharma jobs? What are your Options?

Paul Scarisbrick and Geran Meah were both pharmaceutical representatives who successfully transferred their skills from pharma jobs to medical device sales.

The ABPI Whats the big deal for medical sales

If you are already in medical sales and are looking at new job vacancies you will likely be asked if you have ‘the ABPI’(The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry).

Quick start to shadowing in Medical Sales

You've decided a pharmaceutical job is the one for you, you've homed in on Medical sales, well paid, company car, life on the open road, you call up the agency and they ask if you've shadowed?? So what's that all about?

Beginners guide to pharmaceutical jobs

Pharmaceutical jobs remain an attractive option for anyone looking for a long term career.

Medical Sales Increase your call rate

Maybe you feel that call rate is the root of all evil in medical sales.

Business planning for medical sales

There are a number of little clichés you hear relating to the subject of business planning in Medical sales.

Medical Sales retail chemist calls

I entered Medical sales in the early 90's. At the time, the structure of a Medical rep's day was fairly straight forward, calls on Gps in the morning, calls on retail pharmacy in the afternoon and then a visit to a local hospital.

Lingo Bingo and the death of your Medical sales

You've just left University and been offered a position in Medical sales. It's week one of the ITC, (the initial training course).

All about regulatory affairs jobs

Regulatory affairs jobs play a key role in the pharmaceutical industry. The UK is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the UK and possibly the world.

Medical sales and gaining promotion

When people start out in medical sales, there are so many different directions in which they can seek to develop their career, training, product development, marketing, HR and more.

Medical sales healthcare jobs and jargon galore

If you're new to the pharmaceutical, Healthcare and Medical sales industries, welcome to a world of endless jargon and often confusing and conflicting terminology when it comes to job titles.

Pharmaceutical jobs and field training jobs

When I started in medical sales I spent my first few days shadowing a senior member of the team who was also a field trainer 2 days per week.

Pharmaceutical jobs and contract sales organisations

More than a decade ago, the notion of supplying staff on contract, for me, was a reference to professions such as nursing, teaching, building and construction and secretarial work.

Medical sales Science degree or Arts

As a pharmaceutical recruitment consultant I could chant the requirements for gaining a role in medical sales in my sleep.

Medical sales and the post graduate meeting

When first started in medical sales I was as keen as anyone to make an impression, bombing around all over the county in my shiny new car see as many people who looked like customers as I possibly should.

Medical sales and the dreaded field visit

Medical sales and indeed any other form of field based sales is normally managed by frequent field visits from your sales manager.

Pharmaceutical jobs and the end of R & D in the UK

The pharmaceutical industry has long been one of the most prosperous ponds in which to find jobs within the UK.

Medical sales and 8 quick ways to loose your job

A career in medical sales can be fulfilling and lucrative. People who move on up through the hierarchy do have the opportunity to become true Captains of Industry in an industry that has consistently been a cornerstone of the British economy.

Duties of A Medical Sales Representative

For medical sales workers are usually given the title of a medical representative. They work for pharmaceutical companies and are a link between medical and healthcare services.

Medical Sales Jobs Prospects

A career in medical sales is quite different from traditional medical careers, not to mention much more challenging and dynamic.

Nurses advisor jobs and Medical Sales

Traditionally, the medical sector has been the profession of doctors and nurses, however as medical science became more advanced by companies wishing to profit, openings began to appear for sales men in the industry.

Medical sales management and choosing what to measure

I've held several medical sales management jobs over the years. It seemed like each company would choose their own basket of performance measures to determine who was, and who wasn't doing a good job.

Filling Medical sales vacancies with the right candidates

I've recruited for a wide variety of job titles over the years, but filling medical sales vacancies with the right people can be one of the most difficult tasks of all.

Medical sales jobs and the formula for success

Medical sales, and indeed any other forms of sales jobs are awash with advice, processes, flowcharts and techniques denoted by acronyms which are claimed to be the key to success.

Battling through the nerves at medical sales jobs interviews

You may have been in medical sales for years, but it's time to move on, perhaps to another medical sales job in another company, or to life beyond medical sales such as marketing or sales management.

The changing faces of medical sales

In pharmaceutical terms, the medical sales role has been through some changes on the last decade.

Medical sales jobs and focusing on your own strategy

As a Medical sales person and subsequently as a medical sales manager I noticed a some cyclical patterns in the confidence of staff from the point at which they join a pharmaceutical company and forward over the first couple of years.

All about Medical sales jobs boards

It's a while since I entered medical sales (a good 15 years ago now!). At the time, gaining a medical sales job was just as tough as it is now, probably tougher.

Medical sales and Pay per click advertising

For most people in medical sales recruitment, the sites which appear on the front page of a google search for 'medical sales' are those with websites which most accurately match the search criteria, right? ...Wrong!

An end to paper advertising for medical sales jobs

It’s expensive, very expensive, there are long delays between submitting adverts and publications and results can be comparably poor for medical sales jobs on paper in comparison to internet advertising.

Healthcare sales jobs or pharma jobs

You may be in pharma jobs, and considering healthcare sales jobs for a change of scenery, or perhaps looking at healthcare sales from outside the industry in FMCG or some other kind of sales role.

Pharmaceutical recruitment 6 frequently asked questions

For something which is such an integral part of recruitment within the pharmaceutical industry, the nuts and bolts of pharmaceutical recruitment is very poorly understood form both sides of the fence.

10 ways not to approach pharmaceutical job agencies

Having worked as a recruitment and filling many pharmaceutical jobs over several years, there are some very definite do’s and don’ts to report regarding how you should approach pharmaceutical job vacancies.

Career Development Library

 

Pharmaceutical recruitment 6 frequently asked questions

Pharmaceutical recruitment and 6 frequently asked questions. Advice for people in Medical sales and pharmaceutical jobs.

Medical sales jobs and keeping accurate records

Tips on the value of accurate records in medical sales jobs. Advice for medical reps to increase sales results.