Quote: (02-14-2019 10:30 AM)ChicagoFire Wrote:
Repped. Let me look into this. Fun fact I interviewed at a demo show job that is pretty similar to this and they don't offer company cars (wear and tear on your personal car) or this kind of pay so I'm somewhat familiar with this lifestyle.
I'm currently on the fence with relocating to another state to work on the oil rigs. If I can get a company car, room and board AND make 100K+ I'll do this instead. Job searching sucks and some days I just want to rip my hair out. Just looking at the success rate gets my hope up (1/6 get job offers, etc).
Any certain certificates/training/information to drop on the med interviewer that will help increase my odds of getting hired? I can get interviews in general but can't close for the life of me.
Once I get home from work I'll apply. Hot damn this forum is awesome!
The jobs that are high paying and easy, they literally sit you down at the interview and then ask you who you know in the industry. Then they call those folks and ask them. Getting jobs is 100% about having the right connections. So, ignore those positions. A lot of them pay 180 to 250k, but it takes time and work to get there. I mean on the surgical side having a good relationship with 10 surgeons will make you worth 200k easy. When I say a good relationship, I mean you can send them an email about a new product and ask them to try it... and they will.
A huge chunk of older medical sales folks are high school degree guys. They like to see science or business backgrounds, but there are no degrees required. You have to have a basic understanding of medicine and human biology though. Just research the product before the interview and you will be fine.
If you get serious and you want to learn how the industry works... here is a website with lots of free info and training.
https://www.hida.org
This is a $160 billion industry with super high margins!
Quote: (02-14-2019 10:40 AM)Zeroblack Wrote:
I'm in Toronto unfortunately but I'll check it out and see if there's a Canadian alternative.
If you won't leave Canada then forget it. The medical device market in Canada is fucked up. Health Canada is stupid on a level you can't imagine. They buy shit products at dirt cheap prices and Canadian citizens are stoked about it because the dipshits think everything is free.
Basically the Canadian government wants you to pay $5,000 to $200,000 up front for access to the market every year. Then they only do bids once every 3 to 5 years. So, this is usually handled by a corporate government account specialist in the US. Once the Canuck government buys whatever 10 years out of date piece of Chinese made bullshit they plan to fuck up patients with... they force everyone to use it. So, reps are rarely needed.
Basically what I'm saying is that Canada is a medical shithole. It works good if you are young and healthy. If you ever need surgery for anything... RUN! FUCKING RUN! Canadian surgeons are the bottom of the barrel. In Toronto they are still doing surgeries open that even 3rd world countries are doing laproscopic. Thats insane.
Sorry for the Tirade. I once spent 3 years as nation sales manager for Canada along with the Western US. I rate this health system one of the worst in the industrialized world.