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Hi everyone! We are back today with Doug Hedrick for part 2 of his story.
From part 1, we learned that Doug has a dual career as a medical sales rep and an army chaplain. He has learned tremendous leadership skills and empathy through his roles.
He is currently in oncology sales in urology and has hired and managed sales reps.
I asked Doug what his best tips are for getting hired and advancing your career.
He said his number 1 tip is networking and relationships.
My coaching tip: Do "informational interviews" with anyone in the medical field. (Now you are on their radar when they hear about job openings.)
In the last episode, Doug shared that part of his "WHY" was because his dad had cancer. He really enjoys the fact that the products he promotes in this role make a real difference in the patients' lives.
I agree that it feels good to know that your products positively impact the patient.
Doug is currently an account manager. He said it's like being a quarterback, where he's helping coordinate the teams of reps that call on the accounts. It makes him more tactical and strategic vs. if he was just an individual rep.
He said the biggest obstacle he faced in his medical sales career was not getting promoted into management when he knew he had all the necessary skills.
Obviously, the army trained him in leadership skills, so why couldn't he get promoted?
After being told "no" several times, he pulled a top manager aside and learned he wasn't coming across well in the interviews.
He had all the leadership skills but did not communicate them well.
His solution was learning to think like the person across from him. He needed to understand where they were coming from.
Getting told "no" made him dig deep and figure out how to come across differently until he was hired. He learned to do a better job at communicating how his transferable skills fit the new role.
This happened to me earlier in my career as well. I couldn't communicate well with my manager and felt stuck and overlooked.
My solution was to hire a career coach.
Through coaching, I discovered the DISC communication styles. DISC teaches that there are four different communication styles. I realized that my manager and I were using completely different communication styles.
I learned how to work with all the different communication styles, and I became successful with internal customers like him and my external customers as well.
For help developing your story or to learn the inside tips of what hiring managers expect to see in an interview, go to my website and book a FREE 15-minute call!
www.gethiredinmedicalsales.com
You can also reach me at [email protected] or (317) 987-2800
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Hi everyone! We are back today with Doug Hedrick for part 2 of his story.
From part 1, we learned that Doug has a dual career as a medical sales rep and an army chaplain. He has learned tremendous leadership skills and empathy through his roles.
He is currently in oncology sales in urology and has hired and managed sales reps.
I asked Doug what his best tips are for getting hired and advancing your career.
He said his number 1 tip is networking and relationships.
My coaching tip: Do "informational interviews" with anyone in the medical field. (Now you are on their radar when they hear about job openings.)
In the last episode, Doug shared that part of his "WHY" was because his dad had cancer. He really enjoys the fact that the products he promotes in this role make a real difference in the patients' lives.
I agree that it feels good to know that your products positively impact the patient.
Doug is currently an account manager. He said it's like being a quarterback, where he's helping coordinate the teams of reps that call on the accounts. It makes him more tactical and strategic vs. if he was just an individual rep.
He said the biggest obstacle he faced in his medical sales career was not getting promoted into management when he knew he had all the necessary skills.
Obviously, the army trained him in leadership skills, so why couldn't he get promoted?
After being told "no" several times, he pulled a top manager aside and learned he wasn't coming across well in the interviews.
He had all the leadership skills but did not communicate them well.
His solution was learning to think like the person across from him. He needed to understand where they were coming from.
Getting told "no" made him dig deep and figure out how to come across differently until he was hired. He learned to do a better job at communicating how his transferable skills fit the new role.
This happened to me earlier in my career as well. I couldn't communicate well with my manager and felt stuck and overlooked.
My solution was to hire a career coach.
Through coaching, I discovered the DISC communication styles. DISC teaches that there are four different communication styles. I realized that my manager and I were using completely different communication styles.
I learned how to work with all the different communication styles, and I became successful with internal customers like him and my external customers as well.
For help developing your story or to learn the inside tips of what hiring managers expect to see in an interview, go to my website and book a FREE 15-minute call!
www.gethiredinmedicalsales.com
You can also reach me at [email protected] or (317) 987-2800
Follow US!
Doug's LinkedIn
Michael's LinkedIn
Don't forget to subscribe and listen each week as we share helpful tips to get you hired in medical sales!
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