Some don’t even factor in ages as they focus
solely on the sales potential of the individual.So there is a lot of variance
out there among hiring preferences of companies. The fact is that no matter
what age you are, there is a company in the medical pharmaceutical industry
who will be interested in you if you have excellent communications skills
with the right aptitude for the sales world. As long as you are also trainable,
companies will be willing to provide you with all the medical knowledge
and selling skills required for the job. My cousin started her new medical
representative sales job when she was already in her forties. Another
former medical clinic assistant in her fifties also got hired.
I’ve worked for pharmaceutical companies
with very wide age ranges in their sales forces. Some medical representatives
were just out of college and university while others were near retirement
age. Although I haven’t worked for one, I do know that many companies
prefer to hire new graduates so they could train them from the very beginning
of their medical selling careers. I’ve also worked for a specialty
pharmaceutical company which preferred older and more mature representatives
but several years down the road, they started to hire younger reps new
to the industry just to get some new blood in its sales force. So hiring
preferences can always change.
For the job seeker who wants to get a medical representative
sales job, it’s a matter of finding out which companies seem to
hire people in your own age range. Of course, if your skills are above
average, you might as well try to contact other companies as well since
they may make exceptions to their usual hiring style if you really impress
them. Clint Cora is the author of the book "How To Get A Dream Job
In Pharmaceutical Sales - Direct Inside Advice and Guidance from a Sales
Manager". He is a former pharmaceutical sales manager and executive.
More information about medical
sales jobs can be found at http://www.GetPharmaceuticalSalesJob.com
