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Are you a job hunter or career expert?: Recruiter

Hometown: South Bend, Indiana

About Me:: CEO & President of Tom Ruff Company (www.tomruff.com), a pharmaceutical and medical sales recruiting company that works with over 100 of the country's top pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson. Pharmaceutical sales is an extremely competitive and lucrative industry, and was recently named by CNN/Money.com as one of the Top 20 Jobs in America. I am now dedicating my time to uncovering the tips, secrets, and insider advice I have gathered in my 18 years of professional recruiting, and have recently written a no-nonsense, easy to use manual that is getting rave reviews called How to Break Into Pharmaceutical Sales: A Headhunter's Strategy. Check it out at www.breakintopharmsales.com.

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The Best Resume For Pharmaceutical Sales

Short and sweet is the name of the game. Based on 18 years of recruiting for the pharmaceutical sales industry and feedback from a proprietary survey I conducted when researching my book, How To Break Into Pharmaceutical Sales; A Headhunter's Strategy, one page resumes loaded with results and bullet-point achievements are what managers are looking for.

In speaking with the managers that participated in our survey, they stated that…

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Posted on December 3rd, 2007 at 9:32am — No Comments (Add)

Resumes: What Works and What Doesn't for Pharm. Sales

Short and sweet is the name of the résumé game. District managers,

who make the key hiring decisions in most pharmaceutical companies,

don’t want long essays. They simply don’t have the time for them. We’ve

found that the main thing tha…

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Posted on November 6th, 2007 at 1:18pm — No Comments (Add)

'Breaking Into' One of the Most Lucrative Industries

It’s no surprise that in 2007, CNN/Money.com selected pharmaceutical sales as one of the Top 20 Best Jobs in America. Salary.com lists the median salary, including benefits, for a pharmaceutical sales representative at $95,660. Plus, you'll have the chance to work out of your home office, and in some cases, to work flexible hours.…

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Posted on October 24th, 2007 at 7:54pm — No Comments (Add)

WHY pharmaceutical sales?

Today, more and more candidates are competing for positions in the highly lucrative field of pharmaceutical sales..and here is why: According to Salary.com, the median salary, including benefits, for a pharmaceutical sales representative nationwide is $95,660. In Chicago, that number is $103,688, in Los Angeles $108,227 and in New York $113,114. You’ll also have the chan…

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Posted on September 24th, 2007 at 2:12pm — No Comments (Add)

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