prepared by Ralph Steeber, CPC 

During the past year many people have asked us if we had any statistics or hard data on what choices experienced medical sales professionals use when they are looking for new career opportunities. We felt that we had a pretty good idea, but not anything that we would put our seal of approval on. We then decided to program a ”simple survey” to our jobseeker registration form.
After more than 5000 responses we were very surprised with the results. Recruiters and Job Boards made up 78% with Recruiters holding a slight edge 41%, followed by Job Boards at 37%. Third place was 3rd Personal Networking capturing 14%. What was most surprising was that Newspapers came in last at 8%. In defense of newspaper advertising, which just a short 5-7 years ago was probably #1, is that many local and national newspapers are tied or partnered with the job boards in package advertising and therefore the original advertisement is accessed via the Internet.

In conclusion, after reviewing the data myself and relying on my more than 30 years experience in this recruitment industry, the tide appears to have changed.  But when you really read between the lines, the actual methods, although disguised with technology, haven’t really changed much.

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