If you are a sales professional or want to become one, or if you are looking for a new sales job, you will face one of the toughest interview processes of any job seeker.
Obviously, the answer to this simple question is a resounding “Yes!” After all, careers represent achievement and financial security. Giving up an hour of your time is an insignificant sacrifice considering the benefits that it can provide. The next question: How should you utilize that hour in order to maximize your results?
For this question, the best move you can make is to create a LinkedIn profile to increase your access to business opportunities in pharmaceutical sales, medical sales, biotechnology revenue, clinical device revenue, imaging sales, clinical laboratory sales, pharma sales, or healthcare sales. LinkedIn allows others to view your professional information online. For users, this means that you can control which details you want to show and make it easier to get in touch with others. The whole process takes no more than an hour, which makes creating a LinkedIn profile extremely convenient and efficient.
The first thing you should do is to create an account. Just like other networking sites, this involves entering certain professional and personal information and clicking a button to join. This will register you into LinkedIn and allow you to create and modify your page. Click here for LinkedIn Tips for medical sales.
The part that takes up the most time in joining LinkedIn is actually placing the details that you want to appear on the profile page. Input the important details and stick to an outline or bullet-type format. A worthwhile rule of thumb is that if it takes too long to write, then it will take too long to read. The idea is to provide your professional contacts a concise and accurate snapshot of what you got to offer.
LinkedIn has a feature that allows its users to customize the appearance of their URL. You can decide between using a designated URL, or changing it to your preference. If you choose a customized option, make sure to stick to a professional sounding name to create a worthy first impression.
Do you want to really make the most of your hour? Don’t waste time trying to reinvent the wheel. Get an expert’s advice and start out with the kind of profile that will get you noticed. Click here for the LinkedIn Profile Tutorial for Jobseekers.
If you’re using your LinkedIn profile as part of your career opportunity search, learn how to use it to maximum advantage. Click here for our LinkedIn Ninja tricks on bypassing HR and getting the career opportunity.
Article courtesy of Peggy McKee - Owner / Senior Recruiter at the nationally
recognized pharmaceutical and pharma revenue recruiting team of PHC Consulting.
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