How to get the post of medical representative without specialized education

After high school, not everyone decided to work on the profile, many go in other areas. And then the question arises: «what is to be done with specialized education? Will you take me for a position, for example, a medical representative, if I have nothing to do with farming?».

Who is a medical representative and is it possible to apply for this position the person who has no pharmaceutical or medical education?

Medical representative – an employee of the pharmaceutical companies responsible for the marketing of a drug, and sometimes groups of drugs. The duties of the employee who occupies such position, including:

• implementation of the visits to medical institutions for the purpose of informing employees about the promoted products;
• Ensuring the continued availability of promoted products in pharmacies;
• content that advertises products;
• Holding public roundtables and pharmaceutical circles for medical officers and pharmacists for the purpose of the presentation and detailed information about the product.

For a successful work of medical representative candidate, following the requirements listed above, must possess the necessary range of skills:

• Higher medical or pharmaceutical education, as a rule, is a primary requirement in any major pharmaceutical company;
• Experience on promotion of medicinal or cosmetic products;
• the Ability to easily meet people and find a common language with them;
• Active position in life – this vacancy is unlikely to appeal to fans of “rest”.

let’s Say you decided that I want to take the job of medical representative. And you have all the necessary skills, except one, completed higher medical or pharmaceutical education. What to do? Is there a possibility to make a career in pharmaceutical business without this important item on your resume?

For starters, do not despair. Some manufacturers of medicines recruit medical representatives, if you have rich experience in active sales and, of course, recommendations from past jobs, which can visually confirm this. Good “sales Manager” is needed by all.

you Have no significant achievements in sales, and the maximum that you did – it worked as a shop assistant in a clothing store?

do Not worry, everything is still in your hands. There are special training courses for medical representatives, where you can get basic knowledge about the profession, the first experience of communication with medical staff. Believe me, they are very professional and highly intellectual people, and it is necessary to know not only the basics of promotion, but also the specifics of the products for which you are responsible.

According to the results of this study it is possible to get a job in a foreign company. People without experience, pharmaceutical companies, during the seasons (summer, autumn, spring, winter) invite for project work for 3-6 months on promotion of non-prescription medications where you can prove yourself.

then it all depends on You. Try to achieve maximum results and to gain experience and, if in future you wish to move on in larger companies this experience will be useful.

Also never forget that the best education is self-education. To achieve high positions in large corporations will be not enough that you avoided 3 pharmacy, 2 clinic in your area, communicating with the same people. You need to have a broad vision, initiative, idea about all the intricacies of promotion of pharmaceutical products.

If you can do all of this, the vacancy of medical representative in leading pharmaceutical companies is sure to be yours.

Tatiana Kovalchuk,

The recruitment consultant.

Recruiting company AVICONN