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Hope everyone is enjoying the memorial day weekend and getting a chance to relax. I thought I would toss out a quick tip or two for those who are already in medical sales/pharmaceutical sales or those of you looking to get into pharmaceutical sales.  Todays tips are all about the first impression you give to pharmaceutical sales recruiters or employers.

1. Cell phone greetings: Today you can add really cool ring tones and such to your cell phone and also add music the caller has to listen to when the phone is ringing. If your in the job market and expecting calls from employers and recruiters I suggest you use a standard professional greeting, I don’t think we need to go into further detail on this.  I don’t mind “50 cent” but it doesn’t mean I want to hear him singing in my ear when I am trying to call someone about a new pharmaceutical sales position.

2. Email Address: If your email address is something like sexy4949@….. or rockindude@…. consider getting a temporary free account on yahoo that looks a bit more professional . In fact, pharmaceutical sales recruiters and employers sometimes see your email address first before anything else. I love to see email addresses like salescloser@….. or pharmsales@….

3. Roommates: Love them or hate them if you have a roommate and your looking for a pharmaceutical or medical sales position please make sure they know how to properly greet in bound calls. I have called job seekers in the past and had roommates hang up on me, become a bit rude (assuming I was a telemarketer, or even forget to pass along the message that I had called.  You could always grab an online phone number and all messages will be sent to your email by using evoice.com if your not sure about your roommate.

4. Your Greeting: Once again if your in the job market and expecting calls be sure you handle all inbound calls professionally.  When an employer or recruiter calls you for the first time your initial greeting could make or break possible employment.  I suggest you answer all calls like this… “This is Frank….or Hi this is Frank.”  I have made call and had job seekers pick up and pre-screen me before they identify who they are. It starts to make you think the person might be hiding from bill collectors or they lack people skills.  I know it sounds petty but I have had pharmaceutical sales job seekers lose the job based on their hand shake.