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anonymous

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I hope everyone realizes that the word Purdue on a resume spells "never again". Just ask anyone who tried to get a job in this industry again, who may have worked at Insys. O.k. yes, maybe there will be a few who reply to this as a bunch of bull, but those who where fortunate to get back on with another pharma company had good political capital built up with someone at another company. You better start shaking the bushes for internal contacts or referrals at other companies if you ever want to work in this industry again. Trust me on this.
 












anonymous said:
yes, you are full of it. It is not a black mark.

And there is life after Purdue.
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Yes there is life after Purdue. I just hope you have patience, a second family income and that external contact who is willing to help you get on with another pharma company. Have fun spending hours a day on LinkedIn and I hope you enjoy dealing with all those useless recruiters on there.
 






Keep spreading doom and gloom. This is just a little blip in the timeline. If you are good - getting a job is a non issue. If not, then you had a good ride a Purdue

Life goes on and so will you. Disregard the negativity- life is too short.
 






Im a February casualty. Here is what I experienced in this regard. PP pharma is not a deal breaker but it certainly did not help either. Basically, You will want to cover your PP experience as quickly as possible if you can and move on to your accomplishments prior to working here. If you happen to have many years at PP I still think you can overcome it. You will just have to highlight all of the positives and simply state the obvious up front. I finally received an offer just this past week. Probably put in 100 applications. Did 20 first interviews and made it to 3 final interviews with this past one working out. Not sure if that will be anywhere near your experience but buckle down and work the contacts as quickly as possible because there are 100's of ex reps floating around looking for gigs.
 






anonymous said:
Im a February casualty. Here is what I experienced in this regard. PP pharma is not a deal breaker but it certainly did not help either. Basically, You will want to cover your PP experience as quickly as possible if you can and move on to your accomplishments prior to working here. If you happen to have many years at PP I still think you can overcome it. You will just have to highlight all of the positives and simply state the obvious up front. I finally received an offer just this past week. Probably put in 100 applications. Did 20 first interviews and made it to 3 final interviews with this past one working out. Not sure if that will be anywhere near your experience but buckle down and work the contacts as quickly as possible because there are 100's of ex reps floating around looking for gigs.
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Case in point and that is all the original poster was trying to say. If you aren't willing to look outside of Pharma and absolutely have to stay in this industry, be prepared for a minimum of 6-8 months of networking and job searching. Believe me when I say it will be the hardest job you'll ever have. Most just give up after 3 months and if you haven't prepared for times like this financially, that is where and when reality will really hit home.
 






20% of us will network our way into a new opportunity within the industry.

30% will find a job withing the industry but it will take anywhere from 3 months to one year.

25% will either give up and basically retire or semi retire into some kind of self employment situation.

25% will be working in another industry fairly quickly.
 






The bottom line is if you have a track record of success and you can communicate your skill sets you are very hireable. Talk about the account selling, the challenger sales approach, working in solo and team environment. If you can sell and partner with customers in such a controversial and regulated market how hard can other drugs be. Of course there are pill mills or clinics trying to make easy money. If you are around long enough every speciality has providers trying to make easy money that is not in the best interest of patients/community/insurance companies.
 






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