| I wanted to write a short post about what I believe | | | | seriously, did all I told him and it happened. I have |
| is the #1 way to get into the industry. You need to | | | | gotten people into my own corporation as well as |
| find a friend. It is a fact that someone who is | | | | other companies in the industry through the network |
| referred by a friend within an organization is more | | | | that I have developed. This can happen for you to, |
| likely to get hired. This eliminates a majority of the | | | | you just need to step out of your comfort zone and |
| risk on the employers part. When a good employee | | | | get to work on networking with reps who are in the |
| refers you their reputation is on the line so you must | | | | industry. I would strongly encourage you to do take |
| be good. Right? | | | | this challenge. If you have 1-2 years of solid outside |
| So here is your challenge, make a friend with | | | | sales experience and you do what I recommend you |
| someone in the industry. If you already know | | | | will get interviews. |
| someone take them to lunch and tell them your | | | | Here are the steps. |
| intent to get into the industry. I have had multiple | | | | 1. Find multiple friends in the industry and use their |
| people offer to take me to lunch and pick my brain. | | | | contacts to find jobs. |
| Guess what, many of them are know medical sales | | | | 2. Join the right job boards. (Look under Medical Job |
| reps. I had one of my younger sisters aquaintances | | | | Boards Category). |
| whom I did not know call me up and offer me lunch. | | | | 3. Have a solid resume showing your results. |
| We met and I gave him some tips regarding | | | | 4. Apply to all the jobs on the recommended boards. |
| websites, local recruiters, local managers etc and he | | | | 5. Work a recruiter list when you know your resume |
| went from making 50k in b2b to 120k in an entry | | | | is ready to send out. Following these steps will get |
| level job with JNJ. It only took him 2-3 months. He | | | | you in touch with the majority of the jobs out there. |
| was highly motivated, took everything I said | | | | |