| CV help (if we're allowed)
Posted: 3/27/2008 4:10:16 AM | Hey all,
You an see from my CV that Im a sciencey bod, however the jobs I am applying for are in pharma sales, so I need to try and make my CV for sales skills heavy. Ive starred out identifying data.
Can you have a look and make suggestions please? Thanks x
"I am a reliable and conscientious individual with the key ability of being able to work within a team or off my own initiative.
Education
2004-2006 BSc (HONS) Biomedical Sciences
University of ****.
Including: Anatomy & physiology, medical genetics, clinical & medical biochemistry, haematology & transfusion, medical microbiology, cellular pathology, clinical immunology & pharmacology, cellular & molecular biology, oncology and enzymology.
Final year project: Laboratory based Immunohistochemistry project entitled “The effect of the storage environment and the antibody dilution factor on epitope detection.”
2002-2004 Certificate of Higher Education in Biomedical Sciences
University of ****
1999-2000 Access to Science.
****College.
(Maths A, Physics A, CLAIT IT A, Biology B, Chemistry B).
Key strengths
2000-2002 Successfully started and ran a web design/IT company Kingsdown Designs. This role included targeting and prospecting clients, turning those into sales leads and deal closure as well as creating and building websites. IT training and software/hardware updates.
Communication
• Presentation skills - gained through participation in course seminars and presentations of departmental audits and projects to senior managers and junior staff.
• Customer Liaison - as public house sales assistant dealing with a wide range of customers, handling enquiries and complaints.
• Sales Skills - working in the public house required both product knowledge and an ability to assess and meet customer needs.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Experience with business to business sales.
• Experience in positively managing external relationships with suppliers, customers and end-users.
Teamwork
• Co-operative project work during academic career required tact, assertiveness and a sense of humour to achieve a successful outcome.
• Being a member of the I***forum required an ability to get on with people at all levels.
Computing
Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet, HTML, Dreamweaver, MySQL, PERL, APEX, Novel, SNOMED and OpenExeter. PC and Mac.
Recent Employment
November 2006 – September 2007
Specialist Biomedical Scientist 1
Histology ****
• Responsible for the booking in of samples
• Assisting pathologists with the cutting-up of samples including biopsy cut–up
• Maintaining and running 4 processing machines which includes daily maintenance and full reagent and wax changes
• Embedding of tissue blocks of simple resections, biopsies, and skin and tube orientation
• Microtomy/cryotomy with all tissue types including biopsy levels and serial sections and producing high quality sections at an above average rate
• Carrying out special stains and quality assurance microscopic reviews of positive controls and test slides
• Lead BMS in a team of 6, in the decalcification of bone and bone marrow trephine samples and the Faxitron x-rays of tissue slices and foetal material
• Responsible for maintaining adequate stocks of reagents, preparing chemicals and reagents accurately and calibration of laboratory equipment e.g. pH meters
• Digital photography of all histology specimens
• Immunohistochemical & immunofluorescence preparation and staining of antibody-antigen bound cells for diagnostic purposes. Looking to publish research in this field as an article for the Journal of Histotechnology
• Receipt, coverslipping, and staining of cervical smear samples
• Semenlogy sampling post vasectomy and semen analysis preparation
• Preparing non-gynae samples including one stop breast clinic samples, high risk (HIV, Hepatitis and TB) and all other non-gynae body fluids such as sputum, cerebrospinal fluids and pleural effusions
• Carrying out urgent frozen section cutting on the MOHs surgery Basal Cell Carcinoma skin sections
• Assisting and observing coroner’s post mortems
• Supervision of unqualified and trainee members of staff.
• Training managers and junior staff on laboratory equipment
• Teaching students and visitors to the dept
• Critically review and write SOPs
• Organise multidisciplinary meetings
• Full microscopy skills including light/bright field, phase contrast, polarizing and fluorescence microscopy
Career History
September 2002- November 2006
Trainee Biomedical Scientist - Histology/Cytology *****
May 2002 – September 2002
Medical Laboratory Assistant - Histology/Cytology ****
2000-2002 Successfully started and ran a web design/IT company Kingsdown Designs. This role included targeting and prospecting clients, turning those into sales leads and deal closure as well as creating and building websites. IT training and software/hardware updates.
1996-1997 -Au Pair Germany
1995-1996 - Diamond badge holder (equiv. To Assistant manager) Whitbread PLC The ***** Public House.
1991-1994
British Army ****Soldier/ HGV Driver/ Artillery support
Including tour of duty Northern Ireland (Awarded Campaign Medal for Services to Northern Ireland in 1992).
1989-1991
****Fire Brigade - Junior retained firefighter
Achievements
• Gained State Registration and HPC registration in November 2006 to work in the role of Specialist Biomedical Scientist.
• Full working knowledge of health and safety practices and COSHH regulations and can competently work to the Standard Operating Procedures.
• Acted as Scientific Advisor to Final Year University students requiring knowledge of histology.
Professional Membership details
Health Professionals Council (HPC) registration number: ****
Institute of Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) registration number: ****"
It spreads out on 2 pages.
Any particular buzz words I an use?
TIA X | |
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| CV help (if we're allowed)
Posted: 3/27/2008 4:56:17 AM |
You an see from my CV that Im a sciencey bod, however the jobs I am applying for are in pharma sales, so I need to try and make my CV for sales skills heavy. Ive starred out identifying data.
Can you have a look and make suggestions please? Thanks x
Well I can start by saying that I am glad your CV is more coherent than the above jargon. I acquired a mean headache trying to decipher it.
"I am a reliable and conscientious individual with the key ability of being able to work within a team or off my own initiative.
I like to start off my resumes with a similar opening sentence, but instead of boasting that you are reliable and conscientious (everyone thinks they are reliable even when they aren't), I like to convey my enthusiasm for working for their company. Something like...
"I am looking forward to working with your company as I believe that you fill find my knowledge of __________ and my related abilities to be an asset to your organization."
In the blank, add something personal about the individual job that you are applying for. This will tell the employer that you not only understand the job, but that you have taken the time to tailor your resume/CV for their specific needs. Anyone can print out 400 generic CV's and send them to every job available in hopes to find one.
The rest is very informative. I hope you find what you are looking for. | |
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Posted: 3/27/2008 7:39:11 AM | Motley maiden, i run a Pharma sales team!
If you want to contact me personally then i would be happy to offer any help i can. I interview a lot of staff so i could certainly help you with interview techniques
Cheers
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Posted: 3/27/2008 11:21:17 AM | Hm, it will be interesting to see how this thread affects others either looking for work or trying to passively attract members of the opposite sex?
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Posted: 3/27/2008 3:40:27 PM | BG - I dont get you, did you think I was trying to attract a fella by making this thread?
I'm more interested in a new job than I am a new fella to be honest.
Anyway I have cut my CV done a lot, Ive taken out the heavy science stuff, and rearranged it so that my sales skills are more prominant. | |
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| CV help (if we're allowed)
Posted: 3/27/2008 4:38:33 PM |
Anyway I have cut my CV done a lot, Ive taken out the heavy science stuff,
Good. The first copy was way too long. I hired sales people for almost twenty years. I think I would have put that one way down in the pile as an afterthought because of it's length, and it's "on and on and on" nature. Nothing personal mind you.
and rearranged it so that my sales skills are more prominant.
Maybe show us your new copy. Lots of smart folks on here. You can maybe get it fine tuned a bit more.
"I am a reliable and conscientious individual with the key ability of being able to work within a team or off my own initiative
If i had a dollar for every time i read that sentence, I'd be wealthy beyond belief in addition to being sound asleep.
Maybe if you can find out the name of the recruiter that will be interviewing you can switch that generic catch-all opening sentence to something that makes the recruiter wants to see you first just based on a short cover letter and a one page resume.. | |
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Posted: 3/27/2008 4:45:15 PM | Sure, this is the new one.
I feel that I am a reliable and conscientious individual with the key ability to work as a key part of any team or off my own initiative. I am self motivated, loyal and very focused when it come to doing a job properly and productively.
Key strengths
2000-2002 Successfully started and ran a web design/IT company Kingsdown Designs. This role included targeting and prospecting clients, turning those into sales leads and deal closure as well as creating and building websites. IT training and software/hardware updates.
Communication
• Presentation skills - Participation in course seminars, departmental audits and projects to senior managers and junior staff.
• Customer Liaison - Sales assistant dealt with a wide range of customers, enquiries and complaints.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Experience with business to business sales.
• Experience in positively managing external relationships with suppliers, customers and end-users.
Career History
November 2006 – September 2007
Specialist Biomedical Scientist 1 Histology **
May 2002- November 2006
Trainee Biomedical Scientist - Histology/Cytology **
2000-2002 Successfully ran a web design company Kingsdown Designs. This role included targeting and prospecting clients, and deal closure. IT training and software/hardware updates.
1996-1997 -Au Pair stationed in Germany
1995-1996 - Diamond badge holder (equiv. To Assistant manager) Whitbread PLC
1991-1994 - British Army 8 Regt RLC Soldier/ HGV Driver/ Artillery support
(Awarded Campaign Medal for Services to Northern Ireland in 1992).
1989-1991 - Kent Fire Brigade - Junior retained firefighter
Education
2004-2006 BSc (HONS) Biomedical Sciences
University of Greenwich.
Including: Anatomy & physiology, medical genetics, clinical & medical biochemistry, haematology & transfusion, medical microbiology, cellular pathology, clinical immunology & pharmacology, cellular & molecular biology, oncology and enzymology.
2002-2004 Certificate of Higher Education in Biomedical Sciences
University of Westminster.
1999-2000 Access to Science.
Thanet College.
(Maths A, Physics A, CLAIT IT A, Biology B, Chemistry B).
Teamwork
• Co-operative project work during academic career required tact, assertiveness and a sense of humour to achieve a successful outcome.
• Being a member of the '...' forum required an ability to get on with people at all levels.
Computing
Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet, HTML, Dreamweaver, MySQL, PERL, APEX, Novel, SNOMED and OpenExeter. PC and Mac.
Achievements
• Gained State Registration and HPC registration in November 2006 to work in the role of Specialist Biomedical Scientist.
• Full working knowledge of health and safety practices and COSHH regulations and can competently work to the Standard Operating Procedures.
• Acted as Scientific Advisor to Final Year University students requiring knowledge of histology.
Professional Membership details
Health Professionals Council (HPC) registration number: BS ....
Institute of Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) registration number: ....
Does that look better?
PS I cant find out the names of anyone, the CV is going through agencies.
PS BG I still dont know what you mean? | |
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Posted: 3/27/2008 6:04:47 PM | A reliable and conscientious individual able to operate successfully, both within a team structure, or off my own initiative, I am highly self-motivated, loyal, focussed and very success-oriented in terms of getting the job done properly and productively.
EXPERIENCE:
• Specialist Biomedical Scientist 1 - Histology, 2006-07
• Trainee Biomedical Scientist - Histology,Cytology, 2002-06
• Web Design - Kingsdown Designs, 2000-02; Targetting, prospecting and closing deals with clients. Extensive IT training and software/hardware updates.
• Au Pair - Germany, 1996-1997.
• Diamond Badge holder (equiv. To Assistant manager) Whitbread PLC, 1995- 1996.
• British Army 8 Regt RLC Soldier/ HGV Driver/ Artillery support, 1991-94; Awarded Campaign Medal for Services to Northern Ireland in 1992.
• Kent Fire Brigade, 1989-91; Junior firefighter.
TRANSFERABLE SKILLS:
- Communicative & Presentation skills.
- Customer and Management Liaison.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Experience with business to business sales.
- Teamwork, Organization and leadership skills.
- Excellent Computing and IT skills.
EDUCATION:
• Bachelor of Sciences (Honours Biomed Sciences) 2004-06; University of Greenwich - Anatomy, physiology, medical genetics, clinical & medical biochemistry, haematology, transfusion, medical microbiology, cellular pathology, clinical immunology, pharmacology, cellular & molecular biology, oncology and enzymology.
• Certificate of Higher Education in Biomedical Sciences, 2002-2004, University of Westminster.
• Access to Science,1999-2000, Thanet College - Maths A, Physics A, CLAIT IT A, Biology B, Chemistry B).
PROFILE and OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
• Experience with business to business sales. Dealing with and solving a wide range of customers, enquiries and complaints.
• Experience in positively managing external relationships with suppliers, customers and end-users.
• Excellent IT skills including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet, HTML, Dreamweaver, MySQL, PERL, APEX, Novel, SNOMED and OpenExeter. PC and Mac.
• Gained State Registration and HPC registration in November 2006 to work in the role of Specialist Biomedical Scientist.
• Full working knowledge of health and safety practices and COSHH regulations and can competently work to the Standard Operating Procedures.
• Acted as Scientific Advisor to Final Year University students requiring knowledge of histology.
• Health Professionals Council (HPC) registration number: BS ....
• Institute of Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) registration number: ....
• Have played and coached football, hockey, baseball, basketball.**
• Enjoy squash, golf, aerobics, reading, music, movies, carpentry and home renovations in my spare time.**
• An above average individual that has acquired an appreciation for perseverance, hardwork, loyalty, longevity, personal growth, professional challenge, negotiability, tact, assertiveness and a sense of humour to achieve successful outcomes.
REFERENCES:
To be gladly furnished upon request.
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** I just threw these in off of mine so you remember to put a couple of your humanistic hobbies in as well. I used to look at this quite a bit because you're not really looking for a robot in sales. Sales people get paid well if they can think for themselves and then go out and do it. I always liked someone with a sports background because sports is all about goal setting and performance, and that's what the sales industry as a whole is all about. Goal setting, achieving and performing. But i hired some real duds over the years with sports backgrounds and i hired some real winners that would kill themselves if we ever put a golf club in their hands. So it's always hard to measure how much heart someone has for something.
Try to get minimize the 'I' did this and 'I' can do that. I I I drives recruiters nuts even though they know you're there to sell yourself, you'll do better selling them on what can happen for them once they've hired you..
So for your covering letter you might want to try something like:
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Dear Sir/Madam,
Enclosed for your perusal is the resume you've been looking for in your search for a successful pharmaceutical sales representative for Company ABC. Looking forward to meeting you at a mutually convenient time to discuss in more detail, both your exceptional opportunity offered, and my skills and abilities necessary to successfully represent your company.
Trust these matters will be handled accordingly. Thanking you in advance for your time and consideration in this matter.
Sincerely,
motley maiden
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I dunno. You might be able to work a bit more with something like that. If you don't like it or if the lady that hires pharmacy reps sees problems with it, you should maybe listen to her. I'm in another country don't forget. maybe that type of resume wouldn't appeal to recruiters over there. Not sure.
I didn't bother highlighting, or rather, BOLDing, but you shoud highlight in BOLD the subject titles..i.e. Profile, edumacation, work history, References, etc. And then i would also embolden the actual job titles, and the degrees or certificates of your education.
ps. i didn't do any indents either. So for example, I would have in bigger bolder letters running down the margin the EXPERIENCE, TRANSFERABLE SKILLS, EDUMACATION, PROFILE, etc. and then under the heading EDUCATION for example, I would have your info all indented starting under the O in education. have that same interior margin running thru your entire CV so it looks nice and tight and organized. i tried to line it up for an example under the category EXPERIENCE, but as you can see, I'm not that smart to figure out how to do it.
Don't know if that helps or not.
Good luck with it. | |
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Posted: 3/28/2008 4:03:07 AM | Wow thank you, that helps a great deal!! Put if you put a golf club in my hand I would probably kill myself too haha, although put a guitar or a pair of drums sticks in my hands and its a different matter.
But I will be sure to change my CV accordingly. Thank you!! | |
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Posted: 3/28/2008 4:28:14 AM | Easiest way is to submit it (CV) to just about every Pharma recruitment agency you can find.
Get the recruitment consultants to do the work for you. They will give advice (the good ones, that is) regarding your CV and also suss out if you can sell.
google:
pharmajobs
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Posted: 3/28/2008 4:39:39 AM | It looks good to me with few exceptions. Some words require capitalization (Physiology for one, and other medical terms).
In another line
Assisting pathologists with the cutting-up of samples including biopsy cut–up Wouldn't diassection or preparation be more accurate and sound more professional? Pathologists' should also be capitalized, as it is a professional title and proper noun. By not doing so, you subtly come across as less than respectful (the difference between Mother and mother. One denotes respect for the "title" of Mother).
I suggest you go to a professional printer for your resume. While there, have them proof it for syntax and other errors (i.e. capitals).
Otherwise, your resume looks impressive and I think you'll be snapped up right away. I hope you find the right position for you.
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Posted: 3/28/2008 6:19:22 AM | It probably would sound better yes, but where I live (UK) its known as cut-up. But I will change the p to a P :)
Having said that I have taken out the descrption of what I did in the lab, as Im going for sales rather than lab work.
Thanks for your input
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Posted: 3/28/2008 7:52:06 AM | """...that helps a great deal!!"""
You're very welcome. The more I look at it, the more I'd say skip all that stuff about indenting as it looks pretty tight as it is, and might still allow it to all get on one page which would be a perfect size. I noticed I forgot to put bullets back in for your transferable skills as opposed to dashes (-'s).
"""...and also suss out if you can sell..."""
ruffy tuffy raises a good point. I used to have to sometimes interview a candidate maybe as much as 5 times before i could hire him or her. The preliminary interview was usually about a half hour, 45 minutes, where, thru a conversational like setting, 17 questions would be given to you to gauge if a) you had the physical and mental capacity to do the job; b) you would do the job if given the opportunity, and c) whether you'd fit in with the folks I had already in place doing the job well.
I'll look around to see if I can find an old manual explaining the 17 questions and what purpose they serve and what answers we're generally looking for. I've been out of that line for more than 5 years now, and chucked a lot of it in the fire pit the last couple of summers. There was lots there to chuck out. lol
Some of the first one's were:
Hi motley maiden, I really appreciate you showing up today, and showing up on time. I'm sure you have a lot of questions, and I'll be happy to answer most of them for you shortly, however, before I do, I'd just like to get you know you a little better. Can you tell me a little about yourself....Let the candidate talk about themselves for a minute or so to get you more comfortable...
Why do you want a career in sales?
What do you think it takes to be a good salesperson?
Do you possess some of these qualities?
Which of these jobs on your resume did you enjoy the most? and why?
Which of these jobs on your resume did you like the least? why?
What's been your greatest achievement in life so far? Why?
What's been your greatest disappointment in life so far? How did you handle it?
Do you have any specific goals as to where you'd like to be a year from now, two years, five years?
What's prevented you so far from achieving some of those goals?
Would you consider yourself to be generally a lucky person?
If you were selected for this position and it required you to travel extensively from town to town, perhaps overnight several nights a week; how would you manage?
If you were selected for this position and it required a complete background check in order to meet our bonding comapny's requirements, is there anything that might show up, that might be cause for concern for either of us? (usually I'm looking for bankruptcy charges here, or impaired driving) Either would pretty much rule the candidate out.)
So if they didn't understand the question, I'd elaborate a bit with something like: You know...a bankruptcy, an impaired driving charge, and overabundance of speeding tickets, overdue loans, stuff like that...
Have you ever been convicted of anything for which a pardon has not been received?
How do you spend your spare time?
motley maiden, later this evening, after i've interviewed all the other candidates, I'll be reviewing todays activities and narrowing down my choices. Can you give me three reasons as to why I would put you on my shortlist tonight? If you were selected for the shortlist would I be able to reach you at this number this evening say between, 8 and 9 tonight?
Ok, That's terrific.
Thank you for answering all my questions (Right now, I can't remember if that was all of them or not). I feel I have a better idea of who the person sitting across from me is now. Now let me tell you a little bit more about the opportunity...
While outlining the position and the company a bit with a company pictorial, I'd throw little test closes in like: Can you see yourself doing this type of work? Do you think you'd have any challenges with this? How does all this sound so far? Is that the type of opportunity you could see yourself achieving some of those goals you mentioned?...
The second interview would be more of an aptitude testing using a test called the Wonderlic, as well as getting some background check info...i.e. references etc. Apparently by hitting a certain score, tells us you have the capacity to learn the business and successfully think on your feet enough for yourself to survive out there in the cold hard world of sales. There's other tests out there that others use.
There's actually two Wonderlic tests. When I left that line of work, it's kind of funny because I was thinking of joining the conventional work force again. I went for an interview ( the only one I bothered with before i decided to stay self-employed) after driving back thru the night 4 hours from an old girlfriends town, threw on a suit and went to the interview.
You have 12 minutes to see how many out of 50 general knowledge questions that get more difficult as you go. You need a score of something like 20 or more to qualify for the next round of interviews. The scores break down into categories. So say you're a 28 to 34 or something like that, you could be an American football quarterback who needs to make quick reads of situations, adjust etc. and even get a team full of men to make the necessary quick adjustments. Scores of 10, 11 14, 18, etc might show that the person might not have the necessary aptitude for the work.
So this guy who kinda thought he was all that and a bag of chips gives me this Wonderlic and puts me in a room. I fill out the 50 answers real quick from years of administering the test, a, b, c, b, d, c, b, a etc etc. in about under a minute, lol. So after about five minutes he comes in to check to see if I'm doing Ok and looks amazed that I'm not doing my test. I hand it to him done and his face almost drops off. lol
Then he says, would you mind, do you have about 15 more minutes? I'd like to move you on to the next tests. I said Ok. He hands me the second edition of the wonderlic, and...same thing. I didn't get called back for another interview with them. lol
The third interview, I would take the person out for 8 hours to give them a snapshot of the business. The good the bad and the ugly hopefully. Check their energy level, their attitude etc. See if they could see themselves doing this. In the end, I usually went with the theory of " If i were a few hours late getting back into town and this person had to sit and wait at my mom's kitchen table for me to show up, would i feel comfortable letting this person sit alone with my mother for several hours." That wasn't a hard and fast rule, but it did help me determine if i wanted to unleash this person on the public and let them also be handling a strong, pre-established account base.
Then if necessary, a 4th interview, a spousal type interview, to answer any concerns the spouse might have and we'd address any of our concerns there with regards to being able to be out late most nights, out of town and travelling etc. Pharma sales doesn't sound like it has as much nightwork, unless you're out networking in social club meets etc. After that we'd fill out all the remaining hiring documents etc for proper licensing etc, and it was welcome aboard.
Anyway, those are a few experiences from this end. I'm sure there's other folks that can help give you a leg up on your competition as well.
You might want to go to workopolis or monsterdot com and hunt and bounce around their websites for some preparation tips and techniques on interviewing skills. There's a wealth of info there that might help you grab that position. Forewarned is forearmed. No worries. Can't be afraid to slay the mean ol' dragon.
Here's a couple of links for you:
http://www.workopolis.com/work.aspx?action=Transfer&View=Content/Common/ResourceCentre/career911/interviewing/InterviewIntroView&lang=EN&OldUrl=
is now the same as
http://tinyurl.com/335hle
and this site is good too:
http://sales.monster.ca/
Good luck.
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Posted: 3/28/2008 10:41:10 AM | Thats great thanks...
Please can you help me re write this paragrapg
2000-2002 Successfully started and ran a web design/IT company Kingsdown Designs. This role included targeting and prospecting clients, turning those into sales leads and deal closure as well as creating and building websites. IT training and software/hardware updates.
Its for this job
I have seen your CV on Monster and I am looking to find a Business Developement Manager, the position is working from home with a journey to the main office once a week based in Ashford, the business is food and water testing which is conducted at there Ashford site and they are idealy looking for a candidate who has microbiology or a food science background, which clearly states on your CV you have.
Your role would be contacting exsisting clients and creating and building relationships with new clients, covering the South East.
In return the company offers a basic salary of £25k negotiable if excellent experience, car allowence, mileage and a bonus scheme based on acheiving quartely targets for invoiced sales from new clients.
The science background combinde with sales has been hard for me to find, as this is an advantage when meeting clients and selling the companies services.
Please contact me asap on the number below if this is of interest.
Shes very keen for me to be seen ASAP but needs me to make the sales para a little more salesy... | |
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Posted: 3/28/2008 11:15:43 AM | I don't know how long she wants it. Me the shorter the better. I already know it's a pitch so I want it short and to the point. Too much wordiness gives me a headache real quick when you're reading the same thing over and again about what wonderful people all the prospects sound like on paper.
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Prior successful experience in starting up, developing new business, managing and running web design/IT company, Kingsdown Designs, from 02 to 04 makes me perhaps the ideal candidate for filling the Business Development Manager position with Company ABC.
Targetting and prospecting clients, servicing established clients, experiencing business to business sales, solving customers challenges, inquiries and complaints through effective customer liason are just a few of my strengths in addition to the necessary scientific academic background.
You're looking for someone that can work successfully and flexibly, both independently and within an organizational framework, servicing an established client base as well as generating new clients. These are things that i am both very good at, and enjoy doing. Looking forward to discuss this exciting opportunity further with you at a mutually convenient time. Thanking you in advance for your time and consideration in this matter.
Sincerely,
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Don't know if that helps or not. I had to do it real quick since I have to head out and put my sunglasses and cane on and go beg for nickles downtown for the weekend.
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Posted: 3/28/2008 11:24:36 AM | Or if you don't want to use it for cover letter purposes and want to pump up the volume a bit on your work history, which I think now is what you meant, maybe something like:
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Prior successful experience in starting up, developing new business, managing and running web design/IT company, Kingsdown Designs, from 02 to 04. Highlites, duties and responsibilities included targeting, prospecting and generating new clients, servicing established clients, business to business sales, and solving customer challenges, inquiries and complaints through effective customer liason.
Challenging opportunity that required working successfully and flexibly, both independently and within an organizational framework, servicing an established client base as well as generating new clients and required systematic selling with successful results. | |
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