New website offers career information and job opportunities for healthcare professionals and medical and pharmaceutical sales representatives.

Press Release-November 7, 2009 – Rogersville, MO. Global Edge Recruiting announces the launch of their newly revised website.  The updated website is based upon 13 years of successful web marketing experience in the medical sales recruiting marketplace.  The new site allows individuals to access current information on how to succeed in today’s tough employment market in either a hiring or job-seeking role.  Although designed for medical sales professionals, many of the tools and information are transferable to any sales or marketing discipline. 

Currently, Global Edge Recruiting.com has over 200,000 hits each month demonstrating the reach of it’s resources on the web.  According to Director of Executive Search, Denise Wilkerson, “The Career Center has always been a popular destination on our site.  It contains information to assist job seekers in learning how to develop their resume, enter into a job search and successfully interview for a medical or pharmaceutical sales job. It is our hope that the information we provide can help make the job search and interview process easier for those experiencing difficulty in this market.”  (continue reading…)

Question:  I have a biomedical engineering background and am currently working as a medical sales rep. Could you kindly advise me of future potential career prospects after this? I have been told that sales experience is great and is an excellent stepping-stone but to what? I have met many product managers through this job and am quite interested in getting into it but not quite sure how? I am definitely interested in the technical side of things rather than marketing. What is this role called- “product development”?

Reply:  With a biomedical engineering background, you may want to go into a product development role or project management role within a medical device company.  Product managers typically are more marketing/brand based positions.  If you enjoy sales, then I think you may want to continue to develop your sales skills and move into product management.  If you enjoy the engineering side more, then apply to development positions.

In this competitive job market, it is more important than ever to remember to send a thank you note following a job interview. It is now acceptable to email your thank you note. In fact, most managers prefer this method, as it provides them with immediate feedback regarding your interest level in the position. Thank you notes are viewed by hiring managers as follow-up. Sending an well-written thank you note expressing your interest in the position will not only confirm your interest level, it will also show the hiring manager you will most likely follow-up well with customers.