Even for highly qualified candidates, breaking into the Medical Science Liaison profession is a challenging endeavor. It's nearly impossible to achieve on your own without the proper
preparation and guidance.
The Medical Science Liaison Career Guide: How to Break Into Your First Role is a step-by-step guide on how to break into the competitive MSL profession. The book provides numerous techniques and effective strategies for distinguishing yourself from other applicants and reveals the secrets of how to successfully search, apply, interview, and ultimately break into your first MSL role. The book also reveals the techniques utilized by 545 MSLs who successfully broke into the profession, as well as the preferences of 185 MSL hiring managers when evaluating applicants.
DR. SAMUEL JACOB DYER shares his years of experience as a hiring manager at some of the
world's top pharmaceutical companies and as the CEO of the MSL Society. In three sections, he thoroughly explains the MSL role, provides the elements of a successful MSL job search strategy, and demystifies the entire MSL hiring process. Dr. Dyer has coached, interviewed, and reviewed the CVs of countless aspiring MSLs. His insights and guidance have resulted in hundreds of aspiring MSLs successfully breaking into their first roles.
Dr. Samuel Dyer is the CEO of the Medical Science Liaison Society and has over 24 years of international MSL experience. During his career, he has managed MSL teams and operations in over sixty countries across the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and New Zealand. He has facilitated the successful launch of pharmaceutical and medical device products for both Fortune 500 pharmaceutical companies and small biotechnology companies.Dr. Dyer has coached, interviewed, and reviewed the CVs of countless aspiring MSLs. His insights and guidance have resulted in hundreds of aspiring MSLs successfully breaking into their first roles. While leading the MSL Society, he has conducted MSL training programs for over 50 pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies in more than 15 countries. Dr. Dyer has also written extensively on the Medical Science Liaison profession, including numerous published articles, benchmark studies, and reports. He has been the keynote speaker and moderated numerous international conferences on various MSL-related topics, including creating teams, management, MSL training, proper utilization of MSLs, global trends, and the KPIs and metrics used to measure MSL performance. Dr. Dyer has also served as a resource and consultant on a number of MSL-related projects for several organizations, including McKinsey & Company and Bain & Company.Dr. Dyer has an MD from Washington University (Health & Science) School of Medicine, a PhD in Health Sciences from Touro University, a master's degree in Tropical Biology (where he studied in the Amazon) from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and a bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of the State of New York. Dr. Dyer also completed a certificate program for Executive Leadership and Strategy in Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology at the Harvard Business School.Dr. Dyer is an Amazon #1 best-selling and multi-award-winning author of The Medical Science Liaison Career Guide: How to Break Into Your First Role and Medical Science Liaison Job Application Tracking & Interview Self-Evaluation Journal
