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One more reason to hate cheerleaders
 "Cheerleaders have many qualities the drug industry looks for in its sales force." |
There's nothing like seeing your prejudices confirmed, so it was a joy to come across this story validating a deep, dark suspicion of mine dating back to high school: cheerleaders are products of the dark side. The proof? They're the top recruits for pharmaceutical sales rep jobs:
T. Lynn Williamson, ...cheering adviser at Kentucky, says he regularly gets calls from recruiters looking for talent, mainly from pharmaceutical companies. "They watch to see who's graduating," he said.
"They don't ask what the major is," Williamson added. Proven cheerleading skills suffice. "Exaggerated motions, exaggerated smiles, exaggerated enthusiasm — they learn those things, and they can get people to do what they want."
In fact, so many cheerleaders move onto pharma sales that there's even a recruiting company focused on placing them: Spirited Sales Leaders.
Why cheerleaders? According to Spirited Sales Leaders, cheerleaders "possess all of the qualities you need to transform your staff into a successful sales team." In other words, they are young, buff, and jiggly.
The TAP Pharmaceutical saleswoman says it is partly her local celebrity that gives her a professional edge. On the University of Kentucky cheering squad, [she] stood out for her long dark hair and a tiny physique that landed her atop many human pyramids.
"If I have a customer who is a real big UK fan, we'll have stories to tell each other," [she] said. "If they can remember me as 'the cheerleader — she has Prevacid,' it just allows you do to so many things."
Posted by Carrie McLaren on 12/13/2005 | Permalink
Comments
um hello if u think cheer is not a sport then u r wrong i think cheer rox cuz im a cheerleader and other people who are not cheerleaders and hate it are jealouse that all the people that are at the game pay attention to us and well yea so u got some thing to say about cheerleaders ill argue till 4 eva so shut yo face about cheerleaders
Posted by: u dont need to no | May 6, 2007 11:09:11 AM
Honey, we are not jealous. You are delusional and out of touch with reality if you think anyone who hates cheerleaders is jealous. Also, we can tell you're a cheerleader because you can't spell and you're obviously ignorant as to what the word "punctuation" means. You may be a cheerleader, dear, and what the pharmaceutical companies are looking for, but none of them are going to hire you if you can't write a complete sentence without misspelling words. You'll make them look stupid, kind of like how you've already made yourself look stupid with your terrible spelling and lack of punctuation in your post. You should spend more time perfecting your grammar and less time perfecting your back flips.
Posted by: | Oct 19, 2007 5:03:08 PM
I work in construction and i was the cheerleadr extrordinare, even in college, but it is the hardest sport and I can even say i played them all.... inc. football, hockey (ice), and american soccer, rugby which i played for 6 secs
Posted by: reen-been | Nov 13, 2007 11:33:08 PM
