Pharmaceutical Sales Interviews:
Background Checks and DWI’s
During the hiring process, prospective pharmaceutical sales reps usually submit stacks of resumes, go through a series of interviews, and submit to a pharmaceutical background check. This may seem excessive, but due to a highly competitive market, drug companies must employ means to narrow down to the strongest candidates.
Drug companies [...]

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.
Ladies
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Pharmaceutical Sales Career Paths: by Lisa Lane
Although pharma sales is one of the most sought after and rewarding careers in the United States, many reps stumble into it, having begun with little or no idea of what a pharma career is all about. Nevertheless, many successful executives began as territory reps. The following are some [...]

E-résumé tips that land Pharmaceutical Sales interviews:
by Lisa Lane
If you are planning to apply for pharmaceutical sales positions online, pay close
attention. Following these simple tips can make or break your online success.
If you do not follow these guidelines,
you may be wasting your time applying!
When you post a résumé online, more often than [...]

I encourage all of you to learn the Heimlich Maneuver and teach your children how to do it.
My husband saved my nephew this past fall by using the Heimlich right in my own kitchen!   He was choking on a piece of london broil….very scary experience!   The following is the great story!
SpongeBob SquarePants Helps Young Girl Save Life
LONG [...]

Job-Winning tips for college students who want to pursue a career in pharmaceutical sales.
By pharmaceutical sales career expert, Lisa Lane
To the surprise of many, pharmaceutical companies do hire recent college grads. They look for extroverts who are motivated to succeed. When you see an ad for an opening that requires two years prior sales experience, [...]

Who’s tops for its reps’ service to physicians in Europe? Novartis, that’s who, at least according to a new TNS Healthcare report. In the U.S., Merck took the lead; docs apparently like its web-based services and its patient information programs.
Rounding out the top three in the U.S. are Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline, which tied for second. [...]