To become a Medical Representative of a reputed Pharma Company, you need to have a minimum Graduate degree.
Earlier, only Science or Pharmacy graduates used to be recruited as Medical Representatives. Now, the Pharma Corporates have recruited even Arts & Commerce graduates as Medical Representatives. This is due to the scarcity of Science and Pharmacy graduates willing to do a sales job. And also due to the availability of other graduates in abundance. Other graduates also tend to stick to the job, longer than Science or Pharmacy Graduates.
You can apply to these pharma companies by sending your updated resume to the Human Resources department by email or post.
Your updated resume is the First thing, which reaches your potential employer or its representative scanning your credentials before, even you are called for an interview. One should not take it lightly to send in any less quality resume without giving attention to details and language used in the resume. Highlighting your best qualities, educational background, previous experience if any and any accolades, got during the education or in previous employment can give you higher chances & points to get shortlisted for interview & later to get selected,
The Human Resources department is responsible for ensuring the Pharma Sales teams of all the divisions of the Pharma Corporates are without any vacancies. Despite taking all efforts, the Indian Pharma Industry suffers from a 38-40% attrition rate in Sales Teams. This means for any 1000 Medical Representatives recruited in any Pharma Company, there would be 380 to 400 vacancies at any given time.
The HR department, learns from their Sales Heads about current vacancies and announces the vacancies in national or regional newspapers on online portals like Naukri.com or Monster.com, etc and seeks the resumes from the candidates as well as get it from these portals or even certain headhunter or recruitment agencies.
Gauging your suitability, the HR department would call you for an interview.
The collected resumes are shortlisted collectively by Sales Head and HR executives. Depending on the suitability, the HR would call you for the interview. This can happen in your city or the state capital depending on the travel plan of the Sales Manager to your town or city. For the final interview, the candidates are called at Head Office. To & fro train 2nd AC ticket is given by reputed pharma corporates for the candidates for appearing for the interview at Head Office.
Post clearance of interview, they would offer you a job and train you before you start working as a Medical Representative.
During the interview process, it is made clear to the candidate about the Head Quarter, where, the candidate is to be posted depending on the vacancy. Mostly, the Pharma Corporate tries to put the candidate into his home town. If not, at least, the nearest city or town, considering, the willingness of the candidate to join at that headquarter. Once agreed, the HR department, gives an offer letter, specifying the date before which the candidate must report for the duty at the given headquarter or to the Head Office location for the initial Basic Training Program. Failing to do this, makes the offer null &void.
Reputed Pharma Corporates, give, proper, 10-15 days training to all its new recruits before sending them to the field to meet doctors.