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Long Time, No Blog...Today's topic: Making an Effort

Sorry for the lack of posts. I just moved to Orlando and am trying to get settled in and learn my new territory/products. I keep getting questions from people trying to get into this industry. One of my friends, a DM with another company, gave some good tips to me today. He suggested that it's not enough to be persistant in contacting a manager/contact at a company. He said that he'll ask the candidate what have they done since the last time they spoke. For example, did you try to learn more about this job. Did you call a doctor and ask them to meet with you to discuss the pharmaceutical industry? Did you meet with a nurse? Did you talk to a pharmacist, a sales rep, etc? If you are expecting to get hired by sending resumes out and that's it, then remember that there are thousands of people trying to get into that same job that you want. How will you differentiate yourself? Make an effort. Even if you fail, you'll have a good story to tell the hiring manager about the effort you made. And that's what he said this job REALLY is: effort. The ability to keep trying to find a way...

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