| It is perhaps not too easy for people outside the | | | | 3. Specialty magazine. This is the kind of magazine |
| industry to settle for the absolute best resources | | | | that targeted to a specific group and in this case, |
| when looking for a pharmaceutical sales rep job. | | | | the pharmaceutical industry. Like the newspaper, |
| Even an industry veteran is finding it hard | | | | companies will display the ads in the appropriate |
| nowadays simply because things are changing so | | | | places and all you have to do is to locate this |
| fast and it is hard to keep up. | | | | magazine, locate the specific section and respond |
| But being a veteran, we still have a few tricks | | | | to the ad. |
| under our sleeves. | | | | 4. Job fair. There are those times of the year |
| If you are looking for a pharmaceutical rep jobs, | | | | when certain companies organized such fair. They |
| here are some of the resources you can use, | | | | probably advertise it in the local daily newspapers, |
| courtesy of this veteran's experience: | | | | and you must take note of the date and venue. |
| 1. Online job portal. If there is one thing that has | | | | If you register with an online job portal, which you |
| shown tremendous growth over the past few | | | | should probably do, it will send you earlier |
| years then job portals online are it. You can find | | | | invitation. You can even pre-book your attendance |
| so many opportunities in them, and best of all, | | | | through it. When the time arrives, prepare for a |
| some portals allow you to post video resume, | | | | job hunting spree. |
| which is not possible with the traditional way. This | | | | 5. Recommendation. If your circle of influences |
| improvement helps you increase your | | | | includes people who directly involve with the |
| effectiveness and chance to land on that job. | | | | pharmaceutical industry, you can get first hand |
| 2. Newspaper. The classified section and | | | | info on any opportunity. The advantage of having |
| recruitment section are still effective in displaying | | | | such people around is you might gain the upper |
| your next job opportunity. The advertisers are | | | | hand in getting to the front door. Your folks will |
| probably still used to the traditional way of getting | | | | tell you what you need to do, who to see and |
| a recruit and if it is still working, why not, right? | | | | what to say to expedite the whole process |
| The only drawback is you will have to put in | | | | because for come companies, they could be |
| extra effort to respond to an advertisement, like | | | | rewarded if you succeed. |
| writing a cover letter, print it out and post it. | | | | |