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Main Subject - Roy's Resume Rules
It's shocking how many people don't have the slightest idea how to write a resume.
If you've been in the professional workforce at any level for any amount of time,
If you've been in the professional workforce at any level for any amount of time,
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
you've likely needed a resume. Most people I've known slapped something together that they thought looked and sounded good. Many of them spent some time without job
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
.
Slapping something together isn't the way to go. But that doesn't mean you have to hire somebody to write your resume (I happen to think that's wise, though). All
Slapping something together isn't the way to go. But that doesn't mean you have to hire somebody to write your resume (I happen to think that's wise, though). All
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
you have to do is follow a few simple rules.
- Use Microsoft Word. If you attach anything else to an email, the recruiter you send it to is likely to ignore
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
it.
Use numbers whenever you can. Always quantify your experience. Numbers stand out, because many people don't use them. Include dollars you added to the
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
ottom line (cost saved, revue added), quantified operational improvements you made (such as months of reduced time to market), number of people you supervised, and s
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
on.
Don't use an objective. Use a hard-hitting, targeted summary of your qualifications instead (it contains your objective, actually). Depend on your cov
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
er letter to sell you for the job you're applying for.
Use "power words". That means verbs. Verbs say you did something. Absence of verbs suggest you didn'
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
. Use lots of verbs, in the past tense.
Focus on what you can do for THEM. Believe it or not, your resume isn't about you at all. It's about what you can d
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
for the company who might hire you.
Don't get personal. Leave off your weight, height, personal interests, hobbies...all of it. This is a document about w
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
at difference you can make in a company. If they ask you about a hobby in the interview, then you give them more details. By the way, part of not being too personal
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
s referring to yourself with "I", "my", "me", etc. Just stick to past-tense verbs. A reader knows he's reading about the person who's name's at the top of the page.
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
on't beat him over the head with it.
Don't say you can provide references on request. This is a wasted statement. Of COURSE you can provide references. Kee
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
an up-to-date list at all times, and be prepared to hand it to any interviewer, or give it over the phone if they call you. But save it until somebody asks.
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tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
li>Filter your experience. If you've been in the workforce less than a year, college or even pre-college jobs have a place on your resume. If you've been around the
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
lock a few times, list all your jobs (to avoid any appearance of time gaps), but go into detail on the few (preferably most recent) with accomplishments that add to
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
our commercial for the job you're applying for.
Use a chronological resume. Conventional wisdom says that a functional resume can help you handle gaps. Giv
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
n that that's the conventional wisdom, you should be suspicious. Recruiters smell trouble when they see a functional resume. Avoid it.
Never lie. Always te
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
l the truth. Don't lie, don't "exaggerate". If you do, you'll likely get a job you don't really want, because you're not qualified for it. That's a recipe for stress
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
at best, and getting fired at worst.
That's all there is to it.
Common sense, you say? Okay. Most people must not have any.
Copyright (c) by Roy Mille
That's all there is to it.
Common sense, you say? Okay. Most people must not have any.
Copyright (c) by Roy Mille
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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