Medical representative – one of the most popular and in-demand professions in the modern pharmaceutical labour market. Medical representative carries out promotion of drugs of the manufacturer. Its main purpose — to increase sales of promoted products.
Vacancies «health care agent» or «pharmaceutical representative» is a great start in your career in the pharmaceutical business for graduate of medical school, the medical practitioner or pharmacist with experience in public institutions, as well as for professionals with experience in sales.
Cool, if a candidate for the position «medical representative» for work, for example, cardiologists, is besides higher medical education, complete an internship or residency in cardiology. Then the applicant for the position of «medical representative» becomes a more attractive candidate for prescription medication. This is due to the fact that such drugs are promoted mainly through clinics and hospitals, i.e. communication takes place mainly with doctors. Moreover, the experience of the cardiologist will make madpride even more competitive, so he has already established contacts among doctors.
Most employers want to see in your team of young, energetic and ambitious employees at the age of typically 25-35 years.
Medprep must have a driving license and driving experience preferably longer than 1 year, the car feeds him in the truest sense.
What is he future successful medprep? Applicant for the position «medical representative» must have:
it Should be noted that the work of the medical representative suggests interaction and the ability to find a common language with various experts and opinion leaders in the field of medicine: pharmacists, consultants first table, doctors, heads of pharmacies and clinics. Intense and hard work requires a medical representative to the availability of certain personal and professional qualities that will help them achieve their goals in work.
the Resilience and proactivity
the Resilience and proactivity is the most important quality of medical representative. A positive Outlook on life, vitality and vigor to withstand stressful situations often faced in the work medprep, and thus to determine the course of events.
Focus on results
Undoubtedly, result orientation and achieving success is the main motivation for medical representative for the purpose of increasing sales.
the Ability to work in a team
Medical representative is part of a large team that achieves success through joint efforts and shows the result much faster if medprep worked alone. So, to achieve the goal and execute sales plans can only be fruitfully and effectively working together with other team members.
Contact and customer focus
For the successful promotion of drugs and medical representative should simultaneously build a lot of contacts, support and develop them to meet the needs of each client at the expense of deep understanding.
Erudition and charisma
For medical representative is very important the ability to infect and to lead the audience. Medprep is obliged to engage the customers, convincing them of the benefits they promoted drugs. Medical representative is a person who is interesting and easy to talk to, he is open to dialogue and builds trust.
the Ability to assess the situation
Another important quality of medpedia is the ability to objectively assess the situation from all sides and take the right decision quickly.
Willingness to take calculated risks
In such situations, it is often a medical representative has to take risks and think outside the box in any given situation, however, it is important to assess the seriousness of the consequences if the risk failed, because sometimes it can be unjustified.
Honesty and integrity
Ethical promotion of medicines in the pharmaceutical market is a fundamental law of business, is not appropriate various kinds of additional compensation.
We can conclude that the portrait of the successful candidate has great features and nuances, but also at stake are complex challenge and good results.
If you set yourself a goal, then go for it, develop the qualities of a successful medical representative, but rather we recommend you to start with confidence.
Elena Whisper
Recruiting company AVICONN
Junior recruitment consultant.