Industry-Friendly Resumés Tips and Pitfalls Pejman Azarmina, MD MSc Sr. Director & Team Leader Pfizer Inc.

Healthcare and Academia to Industry MDs PharmDs NPs or RNs Clinical Researchers Healthcare PhDs PostDocs Research Scientists Professors Academia Scientists & Postdocs Clinical Development Clinician/Monitor Field-Based Medical Medical Affairs Regulatory Affairs Safety/Pharmacovigilance Industry

Relevant Backgrounds and Experiences Desired Backgrounds – PharmD – MD – PhD – MBA – MPH – MS Experience within: – Industry – Contract Research Organization – Academia (research) – Advertising Agency – FDA Type of Experience: – TA knowledge or SME – Technical expertise – Leadership track record

11 Tips and Pitfalls Avoid extra long and extra short resumes Tips about address, and phone In absence of cover letter, add a summary section at the top If relevant, highlight your key skills and competencies after the summary Experience before Education (unless you have none or very little) Avoid chronological gaps and overlaps Please don’t exaggerate How about languages, interests, honors, prizes, memberships, papers and presentations? Conveying leadership and communication skills Pharmaceutical professional Consistency, organization and typos