According to Department of Labor statistics, the number of positions for pharmaceutical sales reps in the U.S. surged from 35,000 in 1994 to approximately 90,000 in 2002. So, landing a job should be a piece of cake, right?

Wrong … as if you didn’t already know … the competition is fierce. Pharmaceutical companies are inundated with hundreds of résumés for each single position for which they are actively recruiting. This awards them the luxury of being exclusive in the process of selecting candidates.

So, how do you break into the seemingly impenetrable fortress that stands between you and the career of your dreams? You’ve got to earn their rapt attention coming straight out of the gate. And it’s your résumé that shows immediately whether you can go the distance and determines whether you merit that highly coveted interview.

What does your résumé show them about you?

• Does your résumé feature a compelling opening clearly expressing your interest, demonstrating your value and differentiating you from the competition? If you sound like all the other candidates, you signal that you are ordinary. • Does the body of your résumé shoot straight-from-the hip effectively using language that generates a response? If you don’t tell them what you did, how you did it and validate it as a success, you indicate a significant lack of success. • Does your résumé formatting cast you in the appropriate spotlight for showcasing your career history and accomplishments? If your formatting looks like a third-grader’s efforts at first glance, then you shout a resounding echo that you are inept.

As Lisa Alexander recently explained at a University of Florida seminar-  "I spend valuable time consulting with job candidates that have a poor résumé. It's much more time effective and cost efficient for you to have a clear understanding of the information that you need to communicate on a properly formatted résumé. Once you have a great résumé, the time I spend interview coaching and consulting can be condensed and focused on interview skills and techniques that teach you exactly how to present your self, by using tools such as your résumé and brag-book during the interview that will enable and empower you to get your job offer."

• Is your résumé visually appealing? If you created your résumé using a template you saved from your high school career class, you prove that you are far-removed from the cutting trends in anything, particularly in marketing your career. • Is your résumé error-free, including capitalization, grammar, punctuation, syntax and spelling? Even a single error demonstrates that you are careless. If you have to think twice about any of these questions, then your résumé may be working overtime in sabotaging your efforts. Pharmaceutical Sales Professional Résumés can place you on the fast track to either entering or advancing your career in the pharmaceutical sales industry.

Long recognized for her successes in producing superior quality in collaborative career services teams, Melissa Whitney delivers again. She has developed a partnership with Lisa Alexander, of LA Consulting for critiquing and writing effective résumés her clients’ who are pursuing careers in the pharmaceutical sales industry.

Keenly attuned to what drug companies want, Pharmaceutical Sales Professional Résumés implements giant-slaying tools that open doors. They utilize a precise pharmaceutical sales questions unique to this competitive industry in order to identify your best sales accomplishments, skills and education. 

Lisa Alexander is a principal consultant who finds, selects, and prepares the best candidates for employment at all levels within the Pharmaceutical industry. Her company, LA Consulting, contracts with Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies to fulfill their placement needs and to date, she has interviewed, hired and placed over four-thousand reps to work for the major drug companies.

Pharmaceutical Sales Professional Résumés delivers an inclusive industry-specific job search portfolio featuring these components:

• Professionally written Pharmaceutical Sales Résumé
   MS® Word File – for printing and mailing

• ASCII Formatted File – for Internet job board posting

• Plus: Complimentary Thank-You Letter for easy customization and mailing to
  prospective employees after interviewing

• Email for your FREE résumé review and price

Whether you need a new résumé written from scratch, or your old résumé professionally re-written...available at an affordable rate…designed expressly for experienced sales professionals, pharmaceutical sales reps, or other experienced professionals seeking to change careers. 

Recent college graduates may qualify for discounted rates of service. Please submit inquiry via e-mail message.