Doctor Doctor!
Well folks, it’s a Bank Holiday weekend and just the right time for a ‘Doctor Doctor’ joke -
Patient - ‘Doctor Doctor, I feel like a pair of curtains’
Doctor - ‘Well, well, just sit there and pull yourself together’
Enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend folks and talk again next week.
Other people's opinions
Other people’s opinions can be dangerous - always check it out before making a decision based on them.
We have had 2 recent episodes where our job seekers had been told by other people negative things about the Company they were applying to for a job and nearly pulled out as a result.
This is where word of mouth can be dangerous.
Check out the facts yourself first before making such a critical decision regarding your career and life balance.
Both cases were unfounded and it transpired that these were ex Medical Sales Reps who had left both Companies on a bad note and were both spreading negative feedback about these Companies down the Medical Sales Grapevine.
If you are a job seeker, you need to be very thorough in your methods and your research.
It is okay to hear negative things about the Company you are considering, but check it out - try to get a balanced non biaised opinion.
We are very thorough as Recruitment Consultants within the Medical Industry and will know whether rumours or word of mouth is true or not as we know our Client Companies very well and can therefore advise.
However, it is still imperative you seek out both sides of story and DO NOT let one person’s opinion dictate your career path.
Doctor Doctor!
To continue our ‘Doctor Doctor’ theme in to the Bank Holiday Weekend -
Patient - ‘Doctor Doctor, I feel like a furniture removal van’!
Doctor - ‘Come in and take a seat’!
Doctor Doctor!
Patient - ‘Doctor, Doctor I keep thinking I am the invisible man’!! -
Doctor - ‘Next’!!
Stop and Take Note!
Be Prepared! The single most fatal error when going to an interview is lack of preparation.
When attending an interview you must always prepare for all eventualities. For example, if you are a Medical Sales Rep and going for a Medical Sales job interview and you are required to do a presentation, then please cover all options!
Do not get caught out without duplicates of your work, the last thing you need is an IT error just as you are about to go “on stage” and you have no back up. It is unprofessional and shows a lack of preparation on your part.
Remember that doing a presentation in an interview informs your interviewer of your speaking, selling and presenting skills for their company and their products.
Imagine they are your clients and they have allocated you 15 minutes of their time to hear you speak about the products you are selling. Your own laptop crashes before you even open the presentation and you haven’t got it backed up on a memory stick?
Always be prepared!
Irish Surgery
“Irish Surgeons are among the best in the world, Professor Traynor of the RCSI says.
Due to a lack of adequate surgical training posts, it seems Irish trainee doctors have been pushed to greener pastures in a search for sufficient experience elsewhere. This has helped them to join the best in the world in surgery.
Prof Oscar Traynor, Director of the RCSI National Surgical Training Centre recently said that Irish surgeons owe a huge part of their excellence to training abroad.
“I think in general, Irish surgeons are among the best in the world, for a number of reasons. The main reason is that most Irish surgeons do take time to go abroad and do some training and bring back ideas, a new way of looking at things, and new techniques”
He goes on to say that it is tradition with Irish surgeons to broaden their experience range, where in countries like UK and North America it would be highly unusual to go to this extent.
It seems, for the medical world in any case, the benefits of surgical training abroad has had a phenomenal effect on the Medical industry of Ireland.
And long may it go on!
A very happy new year to you all. So, what will 2010 hold for us all in healthcare recruitment? We in your favorite Medical Recruitment Agency are feeling optimistic. Wound Care Sales positions are coming out of our ears at the moment.
It is not just wound care jobs though. It seems that with a new year and new budgets things are looking up on the jobs front. We had new jobs coming in on Christmas eve! There have been more since.
If you are an experienced medical sales rep and are living in Dublin or the West, then ask us about the wound care positions.
With recovery from the recession penciled in for mid way through the year, those of us who work around medical and science areas have good reason to be optimistic. Healthcare Recruitment never suffered in the same way as some other areas, and there are jobs about, with more on the way.
Wishing you all an exciting and happy 2010!
An imperative to work together can be a decider of sucess
What motivates a company to choose a Recruitment Agency?
Some might consider cost should be the single prime decider. However, this is a questionable basis for making an important decision; ask yourself, how safe would you feel if you chose cheap tyres for your family car!
Therefore client companies tend to consider more than the simple cost of provision of recruitment services. Again it may be alright as long as everything works out- but when rathet than if it doesnt work out; using the wrong provider can be a very costly lesson to learn and to correct.
Once queried on his professional service costs by a client, Red Adair, the famous Oilwell Firefighter simply replied;
”If you think its expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur ”
So what do client companies want from recruitment agencies?
Hitting all of the above heavily influences the decision of a company to use a Recruitment Agency and is obviously a key decider of the long term business future of a Recruitment Agency and can be the difference between a Recruitment Agency surviving or going under in a recession.
Therefore real commitment to the above factors for sucess are also an imperative for both quality and survival.
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