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Resigning From Your Sales Job

Resigning from your job is never easy. Whether you love your job or despise it, you should always leave on a high note and resign tactfully. Sometimes this is hard …

Top Ten Sales Resume Tips

1. Make it impactful!! Highlight accomplishments: awards, percent to quota, rankings, large accounts won, success stories, etc. Use bullet points, a minimum of text and clean spacing so that your …

Difference Between Pharmaceutical and Medical Sales

Thinking about making a transition into the healthcare sales field? One of the questions that we hear a lot of candidates is “What is the Difference Between Pharmaceutical and Medical …

Sample Sales Resignation, Termination Letter

January 7, 2019 Direct ManagerTitle of ManagerCurrent Company Dear ______, I am writing you today to officially tender my resignation from ______ effective Monday ________ with my last day being …

Post Interview Follow-up and Closing

Provided that you’ve prepared by reading common sales interview questions and the interview went well, it’s time to close and follow up. Treat every interview like a sales call and …

Top 10 Sales Resume Mistakes

As a group, we’ve collectively reviewed hundreds of thousands of sales resumes. To help our readers, we’ve turned this experience into our list of Top Ten Sales Resume Mistakes. 1. …

Sales Brag Book

The sad reality is that most sales professionals exaggerate their sales accomplishments on their resume and during the interview process. If you can verify your sales numbers, a brag book …

Interview Assessment Tests for Sales Positions

Why Companies Use Assessment Tests There are a variety of reasons why an employer may choose to incorporate personality or behavioral assessment tests into the interview process. This is becoming …

Sales Situational Interview Questions

Situational sales interview questions are commonly used in medical and pharmaceutical sales interviews but are increasingly common with top-tier companies in other industries. Below are common situational interview questions asked …