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Where a medical sales representative can go next

3 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical sales representative already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Medical sales representatives promote and sell medical devices, equipment and pharmaceutical products to healthcare professionals. They provide product information and demonstrate features to healthcare professionals. Medical representatives negotiate and close sales contracts.

Also known as medical device seller, medical saleswoman, clinical representative, clinical device sales representative, medical salesman, medical representative, medical sales person, medical device sales representative, clinical sales representative, medical sales businessperson.

Professionals 36 skills on file 3 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: electricity sales representative, 18%

Fig. 2 · Career map 3 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 3 nearest destinations from medical sales representative, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical sales representative already covers. All 3 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 3 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A medical sales representative needs 20 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

medical sales industry health and welfare
medication classification health and welfare
organise retail sampling events management skills
provide legal information on medical devices communication, collaboration and creativity
advise on medical device features communication, collaboration and creativity
carry out event management management skills
pharmacovigilance legislation health and welfare
issue purchase orders management skills
provide customers with order information assisting and caring
advise on medical products communication, collaboration and creativity

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Medical sales representative is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a medical sales representative’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.