re: Any medical sales professionals here? Change of careers.

There’s several fields here to consider.

Medical device sales and Pharma sales.

They are 2 different things and have different hours and regulatory environments. The closer to patient care the more highly regulated.

My advice…
1.) Create a LinkedIn account. Use ChatGPt to build your resume and work experience. Tell it to frame it for future medical device and pharma sales jobs.
2.) Connect with as many people as you can. Try and get over 500+. But try and meet as many people as you can in these sales roles. Connect with all of them. Then set the filters for the jobs you are looking for. Jobs will pop up. Once they do look through your network to find someone that knows someone that works for the company. If nothing else connect with the recruiter and the hiring manager and ask for an opportunity to talk about the role. If you do find someone that works for the company ask them to refer you. They get finders fees for referrals that get hired.

It’ll take time. But if you have the will to just network network network something will work out. Pharma is less demanding on quotas. Med sales will be high risk high reward. Both industries come with risk of layoffs.

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I think many here are confusing Drug Reps and Medical Equipment Sales....two completely different occupations, roles and demographics of employees

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I say this very far removed from the industry but everyone I know that’s in medical device sales would be among the last people I’d want to see in the operating room before I get cut up.

Where do you start in that business? I genuinely have no idea, seems like good work if you can find it

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B2B sales like Paychex, ADP, Cintas, etc

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Back in the day successful copier salespeople did well in entry level medical sales. I worked for a company (Stryker) that had a propensity to hire former college athletes (and some professional athletes). Former military with college degrees and of course those with nursing backgrounds were/are sought after. Those with nursing degrees do very well in sales and clinical roles with my current company.

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It all depends on the company and what you’re selling.

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2 CAT scans machines a year and youre ballin

even more if it's a rental, although if the renter fails to comply, you can get fricked

If you are selling and supporting stroke devices is one.

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Also any ideas on what an OT could switch to and be successful besides sales. Open to ideas.

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Tell her to start buying junk at estate sales and reselling it on eBay. This can be very lucrative.

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The sales reps meet the doctors after hours

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Uh huh

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And I'm in the medical field and despite my success, I'm slowly transitioning into other things and away from direct patient care. I'm focusing on non-medical income and focusing on industrial medicine. Pays very well, no insurance hassles and often get information, knowledge of various industries that help my investing. If she were a nurse (RN), I'd suggest industrial medicine nursing. They make bank and have regular hours. Not unusual to make $130-150k/yr. Has she considered partnering with a PT and starting their own shop. I know some that have done this and they make bank. Have expanded to four locations now.

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I’m looking to go into this area of medicine.

Are you open to talking about how you transitioned?

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I’m looking to go into this area of medicine.

Are you open to talking about how you transitioned?

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We had done occupational med at our office for decades and had all the major industry in our area. As the defense contractors grew and starting paying better in our area, I've added them. Mine spread by word of mouth. I take care of things, keep recordables low, keep employees happy and taken care of and we offer full services in house. We have digital Xray, in house lab, EKG, PFT's, fit testing etc. Our medical practice supported it and we grew the industrial/occupational side off of it.