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So far, a lot of people have been very surprised about the article How To Write A Resume – The Wrong Way! since the opening is so typical of what many folks will write in their own resumes.

Of course, I’m not surprised about the reaction. However, the name of the game in job hunting is to stand out from the crowd. If one writes very similar text to what 90% of job applicants out there are doing, then only cookie cutter resumes will result. Your own resume will be lost among the thousands of other resumes.

Clever job applicants know how to differentiate themselves from all others in order to get noticed and get called for job interviews. The website GetPharmaceuticalSalesJob.com explores this concept in more detail for the pharmaceutical sales field. But take a look at the article mentioned in the first paragraph and see if that is you.

Should you hire a professional resume writer for a pharmaceutical sales resume? One customer’s resume I evaluated was indeed a professional written one that was done for $300. Sure it looked pretty good visually but when I read the text, it was very generic.

The resume did not make the candidate stand out from the others at all. In order to get a resume that does stand out and captures all the skills you are trying to convey, you really should be writing your own document. You have to utilize your own success stories and by the time you write them out, you would have completed much of your resume already. Why waste $300 for somebody else to write what you already have?

Don’t take any short cuts to writing a proper, effective resume. It is too important. This is why Pharmaceutical Sales Resumes are a big component of my educational program.

“I am highly motivated, energetic and hard working. I have exceptional communications skills both verbally and written. I am analytical and well organized. I am able to work independently and in teams … I am seeking a position in a dynamic company such as yours … please contact me so that we can discuss an opportunity.”

Is this you? More importantly, is this pretty well what you would write in your own cover letter and resume? Well guess what’s wrong with this?

At least 90% of all applicants out there will be writing something very similar. Everyone is claiming to be motivated, organized and hard working. I know this for a fact because I have reviewed hundreds of resumes when I was national sales manager for a pharmaceutical company. They all look the same.

You may very well be highly motivated, organized and all the other desired character traits that companies want but if your cover letters and resumes contain just generic claims like the first paragraph above, they are basically claims without any proof.

What you have written does NOT make you stand out from the rest of the crowd of applicants. Your chances of getting picked for interviews will just be as slim as all the others.

To get noticed from a gigantic pile of resumes is not an easy feat but it is possible if you know how to differentiate yourself. Successful people who have entered and risen through their chosen industries were not simply just lucky to get selected from the resume stack of hundreds. They knew what to write in order to maximize their chances of getting in.

You too can be in this enviable position if you get the proper knowledge on how to set yourself apart. The best way to get this knowledge is to learn from those who are already successful in the field you want to get into.

See my short video at the left side of this blog to see and hear me talk about just how important this concept is for your pharmaceutical sales job search.

Don’t just apply like everyone else. Set yourself apart!

For information on how to successfully enter pharma sales, see pharmaceutical sales field.