Linda Hertz's Blog Posts Tagged 'career advice' (15)

Have you ever interviewed for a position and found out that the job has been open for what seems forever?  Perhaps you receive a call from a recruiter and it is the exact job opening another recruiter called you about months ago!  Maybe it is worse, you are half way through the interview process and you find out it is a forever-vacant job opening.  Is a forever-vacant…

Do you ever wonder why some people end up making 200K per year or more and others, if they are lucky, making 100K or less per year in the Medical Sales arena? Do you think it is luck, happenstance, serendipity, the moon and stars aligning just right for the high earnings individual?…

I keep seeing more and more resume's with 2 year job hops to even 1 year job hops! These apparent Job Hoppers get so upset when I don't call to interview them or respond to their resume's.  Their resume's are laced with multiple jobs, some as many as 3 jobs within 4 years!  When these Job Hoppers…

Remember the time when people asked you what you want to be when you grow up?   People begin to stop asking not only others, but certainly themselves the same question as they get into their middle twenties.  My question is; Why? Why do we assume that the question is only valid for those youngsters in their teens or for those of college age?  Is it because we physically stop…

Have you been feeling the heat lately from your sales manager?  The weekly Friday call-ins are now EVERY Friday and the field visits from your manager have intensified over the past few months, the warm fuzzy feeling is gone between the two of you (or perhaps it never was?).  These are the early signs of…

This article is really for you loyal souls who stay at least 5 years or more at one company!  Boy you are loyal and some of you may be scratching your head saying, "5 years?  Hell, I have been at this company for 15 years!"  Yes, there are still a few of you out there that have survived or perhaps even thrived for many years at your company.  We call it,…

Do you have a growing feeling at work that you are not quite part of the gang anymore; co-workers are acting a little funny to you or perhaps you are feeling a little chill in the air every time you speak to your manager?  If you are in outside sales perhaps all of a sudden your sales manager seems to be living with you or maybe it is as subtle as the manager moving up the…

I have been conducting Career Consults and Interview Workshops all week for donations to the Avon Breast Cancer Walk and I found myself coaching Job Seekers and sharing with them the behind the scenes thoughts and comments that Recruiters NEVER talk about when we are conducting interviews.  In fact, they are the same thoughts I would keep buried when I was a…

I received a call today from someone who was not happy in their current job and needed a change.  The problem?  The same problem I hear time and time again from overworked medical device sales representatives; they put in over 60 hours a week in their job driving their companies business and they give 0 time for themselves at almost every level. They are burned out or if not…

I just spoke to a Representative who was fearful that his company might be for sale.  He said, “I think I see the signs!”  When he reviewed some of them with me, I said, “Are you kidding? Do you need a sign tattooed to your forehead? The sale of your company is no longer the Elephant in the room, in fact the Elephant is standing in the front…

It happened again this week! I interviewed two people whose resumes WERE solid for a long time early in their career and then recently 5 years of hurt!  UGH, OUCH, BOOM and finally a THUD; multiple jobs within the last 5 years with a couple of job gaps added in as well!  “Yikes”, I thought to myself, “Duck and cover”!   I began to reflect upon this all too f…

Sounds stupid doesn't it, the mere idea your job or corporation is helping you to lose your identity? Perhaps you should ask yourself some tough questions FIRST before you laugh this one off! If you say "yes" to even one of the following questions, you may be giving a piece of your identity away, along with the ability to easily transition to a new job or find a job if you become unemployed…

I received a question from one of our Members this past week:

" have been considering a move to the Medical Sales world. While researching this possibility, I have noticed that most companies require a minimum of 2 years sales experience. I have solid clinical experience, primarily in sports medicine. My question is, does anyone have any recommendations or avenues…