The demand for medical professionals is both hot and cold, and fresh graduates without experience are rejected.

Fresh graduates smile but stop laughing

The pharmaceutical industry is hot, but the requirements are also very high

The provincial high-tech talent market is not big. It is a special job fair for a single company, but the first public welfare medical and biological talent job fair last Saturday attracted more than 40 companies, and the applicants were almost crowded. More than 40 biopharmaceutical companies are looking for talents with nearly 1,000 positions including deputy general manager, synthesis laboratory technician, product development, and clinical testing. China is the fastest growing pharmaceutical market in the world, with sales expected to reach US$60 billion by 2010, which makes fresh graduates who have not yet found a job happy.

A fresh graduate majoring in pharmaceutical engineering at Shanxi Taiyuan University of Technology was a little nervous while writing English words and memorizing them. There were two boys sitting next to her. They were classmates, both from Zhejiang. They wanted to return to Hangzhou to work after graduation.

"A pharmaceutical company has already given me an interview opportunity to be a pharmaceutical sales representative, but my ideal position is drug testing. This position has higher technical requirements." Male classmate Xiao Xu said this year Most of his classmates have signed because he wants to return to Zhejiang for development, so the three of them are the only ones in the class who have not yet found a job.

After Xiao Xu filled out his resume and was about to apply for a job, he secretly told reporters an application tip: "We will first find a few units that we are not particularly interested in to practice our skills, and finally apply for the company of our choice. "But soon they were no longer happy because it was not easy to find a good job.

It’s hard to be a medical representative if you want to be a medical representative!

Many people turn to sales when they can’t find a professional job. Do you think that sales is just selling things and does not have high professional requirements. But being a pharmaceutical sales representative is difficult!

“When I was a graduate student, I had been doing drug experiments in the laboratory, but I think I am still suitable for sales.” Xiaojun, a fresh master’s degree, said with a smile that although he has a graduate degree, companies value experience more.

Zhang Huaping, deputy manager of the human resources department of Xinghuitianli (Hangzhou) Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., told reporters that they need talents with professional counterparts and many years of drug sales experience, especially sales talents who can act independently. “Most of the people applying today are fresh graduates, and there are very few talents who meet our requirements.”

“In a medium-sized pharmaceutical company, there may only be 50 people responsible for the daily operations of the company, and more than 200 others. Everyone is doing sales.” Mr. Chen, who has been in the pharmaceutical industry for 18 years, said, “Many foreign hospitals have settled in China, and after the new round of medical reform, the demand for medicine in community hospitals has increased, and more pharmaceutical sales personnel are needed.”

Although sales personnel are in short supply, they still need professional counterparts and sales experience. Yu Qi, manager of the human resources department of Hangzhou Jiuyuan Gene Engineering Co., Ltd., said: "Sometimes the doctor calls and asks you why you have such a reaction when taking this medicine. If you are not professional, you will not be able to answer!"

A boy majoring in foreign trade English was also applying for a sales position, but was rejected by the interviewer, "There are so many different fields, young man, your major is not suitable and you have no experience. I think you should go first." Come back after practicing in the marketing department for a while!”

Tips:

Sales positions in the biopharmaceutical industry are very challenging and generally have demanding professional requirements. At the same time, as the position of medical representatives increases, the threshold will also increase. Sales managers usually need to graduate from a bachelor's degree in medicine, have more than 2 years of experience in pharmaceutical sales management, and have certain customer resources.

Research and development talents are scarce, and companies are shouting "thirsty"

A woman is looking for companies with her husband's resume, because her husband is doing research and development in a pharmaceutical company in Shanghai, and she is in Hangzhou I have to go to work, so I want to find a company in Hangzhou for my husband. Although the husband himself did not come, many companies were attracted by just looking at his resume. Several companies made appointments for him to come for interviews. One company even said that he would come to work next week.

With the expansion of industry scale, many biopharmaceutical companies not only process pharmaceuticals and sell products, but also begin to set up research and development institutions. A leader in the research and development, manufacturing and drug analysis of Chinese and Western medicines, he has always been favored by the industry as a "high-precision" talent in the industry. However, due to the relatively weak R&D talents in the domestic pharmaceutical industry, companies have the most urgent need for such talents.

Mr. Chen, who has worked in production management for a pharmaceutical company in Ningbo for 15 years, said: “Many small and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies originally did not pay attention to research and development, and they mostly imitated some drugs whose patents are about to expire in European and American countries. Earning profits is not a long-term solution. Therefore, with the development of the pharmaceutical industry, they have also begun to work on the research and development of new products, so this type of talent is very scarce."

"We are ready to recruit. We have 5 to 10 R&D personnel, and we just introduced a postdoctoral fellow last year to enhance the company’s scientific research capabilities and make us more competitive,” said Yu Qi, manager of the human resources department of Hangzhou Jiuyuan Gene Engineering Co., Ltd., “Although the R&D backbone is very large. It’s difficult to recruit, but we recruit a group of R&D assistants every year and train them into R&D backbones.”

Tips:

R&D personnel in the pharmaceutical and biological industry are not only required to be professional. Background, and this is also a position that pays attention to qualifications and accumulation. Graduates have low practical ability and it is difficult to become a scientific research assistant immediately after entering the laboratory. However, this also shows that as long as you endure and accumulate for a few years, you can have Better treatment and status.

“Health consultants” are rarely used

People are paying more and more attention to their own health, so there is a special shortage of health consultants now. Health consultants actually help customers establish healthy living habits and regulate their bodies by combining the company's products, the customer's physical condition and diet.

Chen Hongmei, HR manager of Zhejiang Zhaiyigou Shopping Co., Ltd., told reporters: "We plan to recruit 40 health consultants by the end of this month. It seems a bit difficult now. Today we only recruited 3 suitable talents."

“In fact, we need fresh graduates more, but many graduates with corresponding majors either go to hospitals or pharmaceutical companies, and few are willing to be health consultants.” Chen Hongmei said helplessly.

Since 2007, the country has continuously increased its efforts in drug quality requirements, so drug quality is also very critical to enterprises.

Regarding the emerging position of "health consultant", Xiao Liu, who just graduated this year, feels that he "cannot see the future". "The demand for our professional positions is still very high, so we will not consider it for the time being."

Tips:

The demand for talents in the medical profession is almost as high as ice and fire. Students are often rejected because of lack of experience, while experienced people are snatched up because of the high demand for positions. Therefore, if there is a position willing to accept fresh graduates, seize the opportunity, because in this industry, experience is the ladder. Author: Correspondent Li Manna Fang Menglan He Jun Reporter Zhang Yanting

(Responsible person: Liu Yong)