Healthcare c-level exec here. If you don't have the hair, nails and wardrobe then don't bother. It's also a competitive industry. We don't call them sales whores for nothing.

We refer to it as the cheer-leader career.

Anonymous wrote:Also pharma usually is more aesthetic

Agreed. At my old job i dealt with pharma reps daily. They were either all young and attractive or older with a lot of botox and plastic surgery. Have to flirt with the doctors and schmooze. The superficiality of their jobs kind of made me sad.

The industry has changed. I know several (my brother included) that had an entire dept cut. A good friend was the blonde bombshell they want and even she wasn't safe and kept bouncing companies.

Good luck.

Check out cafepharma.com. You will get a lot more specific feedback and information.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Also pharma usually is more aesthetic

Meaning blonde and attractive?

Yup, if you are older you will want to budget in cosmetics into your family budget and income

Anonymous wrote:Also pharma usually is more aesthetic

Meaning blonde and attractive?

Also pharma usually is more aesthetic

100 to 180

Also Jeff please keep this in off-topic because this board has much more traffic and I'm more likely to get a good range of responses.

What's the salary for someone looking to enter pharma sales. Been SAHM for 2 years and want to switch fields.