I think it's great to pray on people. Just not prey on people. And yes this is for real. All cons are for real. They really take your money and you really get screwed. If you want the best fucking of your life give the 5 grand to an upscale hooker. I guarantee you will enjoy the process a lot more!
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the fact that these boards are anonymous are lies in it self. Maybe it works maybe it doesn't. $5000.00 for maybe doesn't seem right. I agree, if they hook you up with the job first that would sound more appealing.
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I had promised myself that I would not get "caught" in this trap of people (mostly unemployed pissed off people) posting inaccurate information about what we do. However, at the request of one of our students, I have decided to share the ACCURATE information about what we do and how our placements work.
First of all, I see many posts that read "get a job first then pay". Let me set one thing straight, we don't charge to get a job. We are NOT selling jobs. What we do is to EDUCATE our students in both sales and the attributes needed to have a successful career in medical sales. This benefits both the students and prospective employers.
Our process is simple, due to our size we offer "World Class Medical Sales Training" to a SELECT group of people. We could collect thousands of checks in hope of many students being placed into medical sales. But that is not US. What we do is find the very best talented sales representatives, teach them through an eight-week process and offer a placement service to our students and clients that hopefully places the student in medical sales in a short period of time.
In less than six months, we have become the largest single location for Medical Device Opportunities. Why? Most companies recognize the need for a better talented salesforce. Turnover in our industry exceeds almost any other industry. Training cost of a sales representative for a company or distributor is in excess of $75,000 in the first year due to a guarantee of commissions (or base). That is something that companies are looking to reduce. They cannot continue to flip people.
As a recruitment firm, we have received over 70 job opportunities for placement in just the last 60 days. Of course, one challenge is that they do not always align with our students locations. In addition, the student in most cases still needs to interview to get the position.
As far as statistics, of course it is still early to tell and many orthopaedic companies do not know we exist. We have been growing so fast that is has been hard to keep up. But for those of you whom have asked, here it goes.
We started our first class in December (13 students). That class graduated in February. Just over 60 days ago. The second class came in in January (19 students) and just graduated. The third class is now in house (5 in spine - 13 in ortho). We do not have 35 students as one post had noted.
As for companies, in the last 100 days, here is the list that have been through our Memphis facility. They include Presidents / CEO's, VP of Sales and Area management.
Stryker, Synthes, Biomet, Zimmer, Medtronic, Smith & Nephew, Integra, Wright Medical, Exactech, and many others.
Typically companies do not fire up the corporate jets to fly the President in to see a recruiter.
From our first class, 10 of the 13 students have been placed in positions. The other three candidates are still interviewing with prospective companies and ALL have had more than 3 interviews with prospective medical device companies. (not a bad start)
At this point, nobody has requested a refund due to the original 30 day placement guarantee. The guarantee only existed because several people on this sight was posting that this was a scam back in November. At some point, we will not offer any guarantee of placement but for now, it will continue to ease fears until our track record does the talking.
To the point in which people assume we are getting very wealthy off this, I ask you to consider this.
In November we opened a facility in Memphis that was 4,200 square feet. In March we expanded that to 7,200 square feet. In February we continued expansion in Iowa with 6,000 more square feet. In March, we opened our new headquarters in Denver in which we started with 8,000 square feet and ALREADY have submitted expansion to an additional 5,000 square feet. That will bring our total to over 27,000 square feet of teaching space.
All of this in five months. In addition, we have purchased over $400,000 worth of furniture (ask any student or visitor about the quality of our facilities), and over $1,500,000 in Operating Room equipment (with the addition of the OR in Denver).
Our staff in Memphis consists of 4 full time trainers (Former VP of Sales - Sales Training, Former Distributor and Corporate Director of Hips & Knees - Ortho Recon Training, Former tech, first assist, rep, corporate spine trainer - Spine Training and former rep, product manager, corporate trainer - Biologics / Extremities Training. We have a Director of Operations and 6 full time people that work in recruitment.
Our Denver location and Iowa location we are still in the process of staffing.
Obviously, we are here for the long haul. That is why you do not see any other companies doing what we do. $100,000 per month of tuition fees needless to say doesn't even scratch the surface of overhead or investment.
We do much more than just Medical Sales Education. We have a technical sales training program for engineers, advanced selling skills courses for existing reps and companies and consulting services for various needs.
At some point, I feel that a high percentage of hiring will come through AIMS. That is why we took the risk and massive initial investment to make this work.
In summary, I want to make sure I am very clear about our services. It pisses me off to see individuals whom sit around all day pissing and moaning about their life and only have this forum to attend. I haven't seen any postings about how a student paid $35,000 a year for college only to have NO placement service and now are delivering pizza's. Or what is the placement rate from Memphis University. I am sure our students that TODAY are selling orthopaedics are more than pleased with their choice. Is there risk? Of course there is. Anything worth having typically takes some risk.
I started the business based of a couple simple observations. The Medical Device community NEEDS better educated sales representation. Almost every position advertised requires Medical Device Experience. This is an opportunity to solve both issues. It is easy, if you don't like what we offer, then go away. We have plenty of genuine candidates to choose from.
I care dearly about our students and will do EVERYTHING in my power to help them succeed. Again, nobody bitches about universities, beauty colleges, medical billing schools or any other trade school idea. We offer advanced sales training with placement opportunities to most. We get people trained and hired into the most difficult and finically rewarding career at a fraction of what the others above charge.
Our students win and our clients the employers win. If it was a bad idea, we wouldn't receive hundreds of resumes a day and employers flying corporate jets in to see our students.
If you have a true concern about our program or want to speak with us, please call us at 901-383-8950.
What I will NOT do going forward, is get into a blog fight with a bunch of pissed off people whom where not accepted to our program or recruiters which are pissed off that we have their business.
Every employer who has came through are facility has said the same thing. Great Idea, much needed and how do I hire one of your students.
Thanks for the blog supports out there!
-AIMS
First of all, I see many posts that read "get a job first then pay". Let me set one thing straight, we don't charge to get a job. We are NOT selling jobs. What we do is to EDUCATE our students in both sales and the attributes needed to have a successful career in medical sales. This benefits both the students and prospective employers.
Our process is simple, due to our size we offer "World Class Medical Sales Training" to a SELECT group of people. We could collect thousands of checks in hope of many students being placed into medical sales. But that is not US. What we do is find the very best talented sales representatives, teach them through an eight-week process and offer a placement service to our students and clients that hopefully places the student in medical sales in a short period of time.
In less than six months, we have become the largest single location for Medical Device Opportunities. Why? Most companies recognize the need for a better talented salesforce. Turnover in our industry exceeds almost any other industry. Training cost of a sales representative for a company or distributor is in excess of $75,000 in the first year due to a guarantee of commissions (or base). That is something that companies are looking to reduce. They cannot continue to flip people.
As a recruitment firm, we have received over 70 job opportunities for placement in just the last 60 days. Of course, one challenge is that they do not always align with our students locations. In addition, the student in most cases still needs to interview to get the position.
As far as statistics, of course it is still early to tell and many orthopaedic companies do not know we exist. We have been growing so fast that is has been hard to keep up. But for those of you whom have asked, here it goes.
We started our first class in December (13 students). That class graduated in February. Just over 60 days ago. The second class came in in January (19 students) and just graduated. The third class is now in house (5 in spine - 13 in ortho). We do not have 35 students as one post had noted.
As for companies, in the last 100 days, here is the list that have been through our Memphis facility. They include Presidents / CEO's, VP of Sales and Area management.
Stryker, Synthes, Biomet, Zimmer, Medtronic, Smith & Nephew, Integra, Wright Medical, Exactech, and many others.
Typically companies do not fire up the corporate jets to fly the President in to see a recruiter.
From our first class, 10 of the 13 students have been placed in positions. The other three candidates are still interviewing with prospective companies and ALL have had more than 3 interviews with prospective medical device companies. (not a bad start)
At this point, nobody has requested a refund due to the original 30 day placement guarantee. The guarantee only existed because several people on this sight was posting that this was a scam back in November. At some point, we will not offer any guarantee of placement but for now, it will continue to ease fears until our track record does the talking.
To the point in which people assume we are getting very wealthy off this, I ask you to consider this.
In November we opened a facility in Memphis that was 4,200 square feet. In March we expanded that to 7,200 square feet. In February we continued expansion in Iowa with 6,000 more square feet. In March, we opened our new headquarters in Denver in which we started with 8,000 square feet and ALREADY have submitted expansion to an additional 5,000 square feet. That will bring our total to over 27,000 square feet of teaching space.
All of this in five months. In addition, we have purchased over $400,000 worth of furniture (ask any student or visitor about the quality of our facilities), and over $1,500,000 in Operating Room equipment (with the addition of the OR in Denver).
Our staff in Memphis consists of 4 full time trainers (Former VP of Sales - Sales Training, Former Distributor and Corporate Director of Hips & Knees - Ortho Recon Training, Former tech, first assist, rep, corporate spine trainer - Spine Training and former rep, product manager, corporate trainer - Biologics / Extremities Training. We have a Director of Operations and 6 full time people that work in recruitment.
Our Denver location and Iowa location we are still in the process of staffing.
Obviously, we are here for the long haul. That is why you do not see any other companies doing what we do. $100,000 per month of tuition fees needless to say doesn't even scratch the surface of overhead or investment.
We do much more than just Medical Sales Education. We have a technical sales training program for engineers, advanced selling skills courses for existing reps and companies and consulting services for various needs.
At some point, I feel that a high percentage of hiring will come through AIMS. That is why we took the risk and massive initial investment to make this work.
In summary, I want to make sure I am very clear about our services. It pisses me off to see individuals whom sit around all day pissing and moaning about their life and only have this forum to attend. I haven't seen any postings about how a student paid $35,000 a year for college only to have NO placement service and now are delivering pizza's. Or what is the placement rate from Memphis University. I am sure our students that TODAY are selling orthopaedics are more than pleased with their choice. Is there risk? Of course there is. Anything worth having typically takes some risk.
I started the business based of a couple simple observations. The Medical Device community NEEDS better educated sales representation. Almost every position advertised requires Medical Device Experience. This is an opportunity to solve both issues. It is easy, if you don't like what we offer, then go away. We have plenty of genuine candidates to choose from.
I care dearly about our students and will do EVERYTHING in my power to help them succeed. Again, nobody bitches about universities, beauty colleges, medical billing schools or any other trade school idea. We offer advanced sales training with placement opportunities to most. We get people trained and hired into the most difficult and finically rewarding career at a fraction of what the others above charge.
Our students win and our clients the employers win. If it was a bad idea, we wouldn't receive hundreds of resumes a day and employers flying corporate jets in to see our students.
If you have a true concern about our program or want to speak with us, please call us at 901-383-8950.
What I will NOT do going forward, is get into a blog fight with a bunch of pissed off people whom where not accepted to our program or recruiters which are pissed off that we have their business.
Every employer who has came through are facility has said the same thing. Great Idea, much needed and how do I hire one of your students.
Thanks for the blog supports out there!
-AIMS
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Well that was an interesting response. I wonder why he wouldn't attach his name to his answer....hmmm....
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That post is so full of misinformation....call the school and see what kind of answers you get.
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Listen, it would take an idiot to not see that this program has the makings of being WILDLY successful. Its a new concept that IS GREATLY needed for people like myself whom have been trying to get in this industry for multiple years. The owners have found a problem that exists and created a solution. Period. For me, this is a dream come true. I would venture to say in the next couple of years it will be nearly impossible to gain entry into this program because the competition will be sooo fierce. I do respect the feedback I have been given by some recent Grads and I bet if they hang in there, they will secure a position. It just doesnt make sense for a couple of entrepreneurs (ex dev guys) to spend all of their time, resources and energy to screw people!!!! I am a believer. I am excited and I am going to take a risk to follow my passion. I will be risking a SOLID b2b job that I have spent 5 years growing my biz in, to take a leap of faith. The Presidents, CEO's and VP of Sales coming out to check out the facility is enough for me...I look at them in terms of Talent Scouts...just knowing they are excited about AIMS is proof enough for me. I just hope I make it in the program...because I KNOW if I get a face to face I WILL KILL IT! Offer for sure.
Wish me luck!!!!
Dara
Wish me luck!!!!
Dara
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Thanks for the plug Dara - you are definitely getting in! Your friends at AIMS.
Listen, it would take an idiot to not see that this program has the makings of being WILDLY successful. Its a new concept that IS GREATLY needed for people like myself whom have been trying to get in this industry for multiple years. The owners have found a problem that exists and created a solution. Period. For me, this is a dream come true. I would venture to say in the next couple of years it will be nearly impossible to gain entry into this program because the competition will be sooo fierce. I do respect the feedback I have been given by some recent Grads and I bet if they hang in there, they will secure a position. It just doesnt make sense for a couple of entrepreneurs (ex dev guys) to spend all of their time, resources and energy to screw people!!!! I am a believer. I am excited and I am going to take a risk to follow my passion. I will be risking a SOLID b2b job that I have spent 5 years growing my biz in, to take a leap of faith. The Presidents, CEO's and VP of Sales coming out to check out the facility is enough for me...I look at them in terms of Talent Scouts...just knowing they are excited about AIMS is proof enough for me. I just hope I make it in the program...because I KNOW if I get a face to face I WILL KILL IT! Offer for sure.
Wish me luck!!!!
Dara
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Listen, it would take an idiot to not see that this program has the makings of being WILDLY successful. Its a new concept that IS GREATLY needed for people like myself whom have been trying to get in this industry for multiple years. The owners have found a problem that exists and created a solution. Period. For me, this is a dream come true. I would venture to say in the next couple of years it will be nearly impossible to gain entry into this program because the competition will be sooo fierce. I do respect the feedback I have been given by some recent Grads and I bet if they hang in there, they will secure a position. It just doesnt make sense for a couple of entrepreneurs (ex dev guys) to spend all of their time, resources and energy to screw people!!!! I am a believer. I am excited and I am going to take a risk to follow my passion. I will be risking a SOLID b2b job that I have spent 5 years growing my biz in, to take a leap of faith. The Presidents, CEO's and VP of Sales coming out to check out the facility is enough for me...I look at them in terms of Talent Scouts...just knowing they are excited about AIMS is proof enough for me. I just hope I make it in the program...because I KNOW if I get a face to face I WILL KILL IT! Offer for sure.
Wish me luck!!!!
Dara
I was told the same thing about Rainbow vacuum cleaners and Herbalife. Ask me how? The 2 previous posts are spot on and if I ran a start up there's no way I'd be addressing the knuckleheads on CP if I was legit. Look. Life is tough. Snake oil sales is alive and well. I know VPs at Stryker, Guidant, and Cordis. I've averaged a couple of bills every year for 15 years and I can tell you that it's hard work, playing it smart. Not going in for cons. If something seems too good to be true, it is. Wishes don't pay your bills. A fool and his money are soon parted. Cut your teeth, pay your dues. You'll learn a lot in the long run.
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I had promised myself that I would not get "caught" in this trap of people (mostly unemployed pissed off people) posting inaccurate information about what we do. However, at the request of one of our students, I have decided to share the ACCURATE information about what we do and how our placements work.
First of all, I see many posts that read "get a job first then pay". Let me set one thing straight, we don't charge to get a job. We are NOT selling jobs. What we do is to EDUCATE our students in both sales and the attributes needed to have a successful career in medical sales. This benefits both the students and prospective employers.
Our process is simple, due to our size we offer "World Class Medical Sales Training" to a SELECT group of people. We could collect thousands of checks in hope of many students being placed into medical sales. But that is not US. What we do is find the very best talented sales representatives, teach them through an eight-week process and offer a placement service to our students and clients that hopefully places the student in medical sales in a short period of time.
In less than six months, we have become the largest single location for Medical Device Opportunities. Why? Most companies recognize the need for a better talented salesforce. Turnover in our industry exceeds almost any other industry. Training cost of a sales representative for a company or distributor is in excess of $75,000 in the first year due to a guarantee of commissions (or base). That is something that companies are looking to reduce. They cannot continue to flip people.
As a recruitment firm, we have received over 70 job opportunities for placement in just the last 60 days. Of course, one challenge is that they do not always align with our students locations. In addition, the student in most cases still needs to interview to get the position.
As far as statistics, of course it is still early to tell and many orthopaedic companies do not know we exist. We have been growing so fast that is has been hard to keep up. But for those of you whom have asked, here it goes.
We started our first class in December (13 students). That class graduated in February. Just over 60 days ago. The second class came in in January (19 students) and just graduated. The third class is now in house (5 in spine - 13 in ortho). We do not have 35 students as one post had noted.
As for companies, in the last 100 days, here is the list that have been through our Memphis facility. They include Presidents / CEO's, VP of Sales and Area management.
Stryker, Synthes, Biomet, Zimmer, Medtronic, Smith & Nephew, Integra, Wright Medical, Exactech, and many others.
Typically companies do not fire up the corporate jets to fly the President in to see a recruiter.
From our first class, 10 of the 13 students have been placed in positions. The other three candidates are still interviewing with prospective companies and ALL have had more than 3 interviews with prospective medical device companies. (not a bad start)
At this point, nobody has requested a refund due to the original 30 day placement guarantee. The guarantee only existed because several people on this sight was posting that this was a scam back in November. At some point, we will not offer any guarantee of placement but for now, it will continue to ease fears until our track record does the talking.
To the point in which people assume we are getting very wealthy off this, I ask you to consider this.
In November we opened a facility in Memphis that was 4,200 square feet. In March we expanded that to 7,200 square feet. In February we continued expansion in Iowa with 6,000 more square feet. In March, we opened our new headquarters in Denver in which we started with 8,000 square feet and ALREADY have submitted expansion to an additional 5,000 square feet. That will bring our total to over 27,000 square feet of teaching space.
All of this in five months. In addition, we have purchased over $400,000 worth of furniture (ask any student or visitor about the quality of our facilities), and over $1,500,000 in Operating Room equipment (with the addition of the OR in Denver).
Our staff in Memphis consists of 4 full time trainers (Former VP of Sales - Sales Training, Former Distributor and Corporate Director of Hips & Knees - Ortho Recon Training, Former tech, first assist, rep, corporate spine trainer - Spine Training and former rep, product manager, corporate trainer - Biologics / Extremities Training. We have a Director of Operations and 6 full time people that work in recruitment.
Our Denver location and Iowa location we are still in the process of staffing.
Obviously, we are here for the long haul. That is why you do not see any other companies doing what we do. $100,000 per month of tuition fees needless to say doesn't even scratch the surface of overhead or investment.
We do much more than just Medical Sales Education. We have a technical sales training program for engineers, advanced selling skills courses for existing reps and companies and consulting services for various needs.
At some point, I feel that a high percentage of hiring will come through AIMS. That is why we took the risk and massive initial investment to make this work.
In summary, I want to make sure I am very clear about our services. It pisses me off to see individuals whom sit around all day pissing and moaning about their life and only have this forum to attend. I haven't seen any postings about how a student paid $35,000 a year for college only to have NO placement service and now are delivering pizza's. Or what is the placement rate from Memphis University. I am sure our students that TODAY are selling orthopaedics are more than pleased with their choice. Is there risk? Of course there is. Anything worth having typically takes some risk.
I started the business based of a couple simple observations. The Medical Device community NEEDS better educated sales representation. Almost every position advertised requires Medical Device Experience. This is an opportunity to solve both issues. It is easy, if you don't like what we offer, then go away. We have plenty of genuine candidates to choose from.
I care dearly about our students and will do EVERYTHING in my power to help them succeed. Again, nobody bitches about universities, beauty colleges, medical billing schools or any other trade school idea. We offer advanced sales training with placement opportunities to most. We get people trained and hired into the most difficult and finically rewarding career at a fraction of what the others above charge.
Our students win and our clients the employers win. If it was a bad idea, we wouldn't receive hundreds of resumes a day and employers flying corporate jets in to see our students.
If you have a true concern about our program or want to speak with us, please call us at 901-383-8950.
What I will NOT do going forward, is get into a blog fight with a bunch of pissed off people whom where not accepted to our program or recruiters which are pissed off that we have their business.
Every employer who has came through are facility has said the same thing. Great Idea, much needed and how do I hire one of your students.
Thanks for the blog supports out there!
-AIMS
6 full time people in recruiting? Not True. Names please? And where are these "recruiters" housed? Not in memphis? The "recruiters" are also the owners/trainers/operations.
4 full time trainers? Not true 2 trainers and 2 owners. 1 owner has trained the other has never "taught" anything but how to take your money and then disappear.
1 director of operations. True.
3 part time employees. Very young. Very part time. One is a former aims student still trying to be placed.
Placement for 2nd class is coming up on 30 days after graduation. Placement figures?
Placement for 3rd class graduates next saturday. Placement figures?
1.9 million in furniture and "or" equipment? No possible way.
70 jobs? Prove it.
Facts. Not fluff. Talk is cheap. Tuition and living expenses for a month in memphis are not.
Former AIMS student. Not placed. Willing to relocate.
And no I am not a student who did not get in or a recruiter. The commercial refrigerator in the break room with beer and sodas was a nice touch. And we loved the popcorn machine.
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If you are a student, call me and complain. At this point nobody has. I will be more than happy to refund your money!
As for your post, you obviously have not been alert to see what we do hence why you probably don't have a job.
We do have 6 people that work on recruiting. You may have been in Memphis, but you have not been at the other locations.
We do have 4 trainers just at the Memphis location. You say we have 3 and 1 who has run off with your money. I would be the one which I concentrate on getting positions filled. All 4 of us work 100 hours a week and you know it!
Furniture and OR equipment, again, you only know memphis which is in excess of 500K. In addition, please feel free to come out to our Denver office and have a look. That would silence you!
3 part time employees? not true! Only Allison is part time.
1 part time former student working for us -
That is true with the exception that she is full time, was in St. Louis and interviewed and TURNED DOWN that position because she decided that her and her husband wanted to move to Memphis. I had a responsibility to place my other Memphis student first therefore I offered her a position with us while she was waiting. As a side note, she has done a fabulous job for us.
Facts, you want facts? Then expose yourself and tell me what is not true about the following.
Again first class, 3 still not placed. The unplaced three have had the following interviews
Student #1 - Turned down several interviews during class, post class has interviewed with Wright (3 different interviews and locations, Exactech, and Dallas this week)
Student #2 - Declined interview with Orthofix (wanted larger company), interviewed with Synthes, Stryker & Smith & Nephew
Student #3 - Interviews with Integra, Zimmer, Depuy and Arthrocare
Once more, I can set up your interviews but can't interview for you. All three of these unplaced students have had multiple opportunities to be placed. We should be 13 out of 13! We will keep setting up interviews until they get placed.
Class # 2 - 12 business days post graduation...
Every single student has or is in the process of interviewing with a company with the exception of one student....
Jason - Smith & Nephew
Gordon / Nancy - Zimmer, Biomet and Exactech
Robin - Stryker, Exactech
Dan - Stryker, Wright
Basel - Spinewave
Erin - Biomet, Exactech
Jim - Placed
Brett - Placed
Kendra - Placed
Brett - Smith & Nephew, Exactech
Melanie - Spinewave
Chip - Stryker, Zimmer, Wright and Asculap
Jeff - Placed
Kristen - Stryker, Exactech
Ryan - Zimmer
Patti - Thekken Spine
Elliot - In process of formal interview with Biomet (only student who has not interviewed)
Now if anyone thinks this is not progress, I would love to hear about it.
31 students with no medical experience making their dream happen!
That is 31 students to date. 30 of 31 have been in front of employers. Many have been already placed. Your crazy if you don't think this is impressive. The average student has been trying to get into medical sales over 6 months. A high percentage have not been able to secure even ONE interview prior to our school.
And yes, once more, we DO NOT sell jobs. We educate you to succeed in medical sales. We also have many connections hence why all of these interviews have been taking place.
If you're GOOD, you will be placed. Our employers love the process and are willing and ready to hire our graduates. In some cases, it may take longer than you or I would like. But in the end, you might not be happy because YOUR not placed but we have several very satisfied students.
Again, if you want a refund call me! I don't need one bad attitude ruining the experience for other students.
As for your post, you obviously have not been alert to see what we do hence why you probably don't have a job.
We do have 6 people that work on recruiting. You may have been in Memphis, but you have not been at the other locations.
We do have 4 trainers just at the Memphis location. You say we have 3 and 1 who has run off with your money. I would be the one which I concentrate on getting positions filled. All 4 of us work 100 hours a week and you know it!
Furniture and OR equipment, again, you only know memphis which is in excess of 500K. In addition, please feel free to come out to our Denver office and have a look. That would silence you!
3 part time employees? not true! Only Allison is part time.
1 part time former student working for us -
That is true with the exception that she is full time, was in St. Louis and interviewed and TURNED DOWN that position because she decided that her and her husband wanted to move to Memphis. I had a responsibility to place my other Memphis student first therefore I offered her a position with us while she was waiting. As a side note, she has done a fabulous job for us.
Facts, you want facts? Then expose yourself and tell me what is not true about the following.
Again first class, 3 still not placed. The unplaced three have had the following interviews
Student #1 - Turned down several interviews during class, post class has interviewed with Wright (3 different interviews and locations, Exactech, and Dallas this week)
Student #2 - Declined interview with Orthofix (wanted larger company), interviewed with Synthes, Stryker & Smith & Nephew
Student #3 - Interviews with Integra, Zimmer, Depuy and Arthrocare
Once more, I can set up your interviews but can't interview for you. All three of these unplaced students have had multiple opportunities to be placed. We should be 13 out of 13! We will keep setting up interviews until they get placed.
Class # 2 - 12 business days post graduation...
Every single student has or is in the process of interviewing with a company with the exception of one student....
Jason - Smith & Nephew
Gordon / Nancy - Zimmer, Biomet and Exactech
Robin - Stryker, Exactech
Dan - Stryker, Wright
Basel - Spinewave
Erin - Biomet, Exactech
Jim - Placed
Brett - Placed
Kendra - Placed
Brett - Smith & Nephew, Exactech
Melanie - Spinewave
Chip - Stryker, Zimmer, Wright and Asculap
Jeff - Placed
Kristen - Stryker, Exactech
Ryan - Zimmer
Patti - Thekken Spine
Elliot - In process of formal interview with Biomet (only student who has not interviewed)
Now if anyone thinks this is not progress, I would love to hear about it.
31 students with no medical experience making their dream happen!
That is 31 students to date. 30 of 31 have been in front of employers. Many have been already placed. Your crazy if you don't think this is impressive. The average student has been trying to get into medical sales over 6 months. A high percentage have not been able to secure even ONE interview prior to our school.
And yes, once more, we DO NOT sell jobs. We educate you to succeed in medical sales. We also have many connections hence why all of these interviews have been taking place.
If you're GOOD, you will be placed. Our employers love the process and are willing and ready to hire our graduates. In some cases, it may take longer than you or I would like. But in the end, you might not be happy because YOUR not placed but we have several very satisfied students.
Again, if you want a refund call me! I don't need one bad attitude ruining the experience for other students.
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Jeez dude, drink much at night? You protest too much methinks.
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So you're telling us proudly that out of 31 students only 13 have been placed? I'm not counting the student who's working for AIMS as a placement. How many of the students you named got their own interview without the help of AIMS/BlueChip or whatever you want to be called these days? Why would someone pay $4,800 for this? "If you're good you'll get placed?" We thought you only take the best of the best - that is how you're marketing it to employers, right? World class training? Are you kidding me? Have you experienced world class training? If so, you have to admit you ain't it! You shouldn't be taking money from people without having a solid business plan/strategy - clearly you are making things up as you go along and those who have already invested in this program are the sacrificial guinea pigs. Save yourself the money and disappointment boys and girls and buy yourself an anatomy coloring book, watch surgical videos on YouTube and O-R live, go to medical device manufacturer websites to view patient procedure animations, use google and wikipedia to fill in the blanks.
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The poster that said I would be better off getting a tech or nursing degree needs to tell me where I can do that with $5000 in a short period of time. AIMS isn't for everyone, but it is a great option for people who are motivated to educate themselves for ortho sales.
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-most people want as much as they can gain, giving up as little as possible
-most new business ideas are implemented at the ground level, with the people who have the vision and the guts to dare being first, putting their livelihood and crazy amounts of time/money/energy/effort on the line to realize a dream and a concept
-most people want to criticize what is uncomfortable to them, and what is popular to oppose
-those very same people will adapt when something is comfortable, and serving to their purpose
-we all have choices: how do we spend our time, what do we value, where do we put our money, what level of risk are we willing take on, are we takers or are we givers, are we bold or do we stand in timidity waiting for a better hand of cards
-whether AIMS came to you on MedReps, through a friend, etc.- there are probably one of 3 general ways you intepreted it:
1)I can pay some money, give 8 wks of my time, use somebody else's connections to "give" me a job
2)interesting concept; I really want a career in ortho device sales; this is a risk worth taking; i will use the curriculum, industry savvy, and my higher level thinking skills to use this opportunity to prepare & to gain an advantage over others seeking to be in this industry
3)dumb idea, too much risk, not for me
For those that determined it was worth pursuing, and stood out enough to be accepted, it still must be looked upon as an opportunity rather than a handout of a job.
An opportunity to work hard, to ask questions, to seek to understand, to give a high level of effort, to build relationships, to learn about the industry, to "EARN" exposure to companies, to "PERFORM" in interviews, to "DEMONSTRATE" why i am the best person for the job.
Are you committing to this program to be marketed to device companies, and to be placed in front of decision makers- ABSOLUTELY
Does it fall on you to sell who you are & what you can offer, to "EARN" an offer of employment- ABSOLUTELY
-If you didn't have the balls to join the program, you have no relevancy to comment- much less negatively
-If you have been in the program and your attitude & effort dictated that you missed a golden opportunity, and you are complaining that something wasn't handed to you- you are a bad representation of what AIMS is about.
-Is the program worth pursuing?- depends on your makeup as person
-Is there room for improvement w/ AIMS?- yes
-Are the owners & staff of AIMS stretched thin?- yes
-These people care, they are working tirelessly, they are passionate
-You can't bluff your way into having synthes/stryker/biomet/smithnephew/zimmer & others wander into your facility, interview your people, and hire ones that earned it
-Ideally the program would have it's legs and be fully formed- having a perfect balance between industry recognition and qualified candidates. My belief is that AIMS will get to that place. A close to 50% hit rate through 2 complete classes is a good start.
-Keep this in mind:
*AIMS serves individuals with a grand opportunity to earn entry into Medical Device, AIMS also serves Medical Device by finding/training/& marketing the best people. In the early stages huge focus has to be on both ends. That's facilities/curriculum/staff/candidate recruiting/device company marketing & relationship building. It costs money, it takes time, and it's a balancing act.
-AIMS is a ground-breaking idea, as an individual you have a choice to buy-in, then you have a choice to the level of personal responsibility you choose to employ to better your future. Your attitude & your effort will tell the story, whether it's AIMS or somewhere else.
Stand idly by and watch it pass, Decide you are in and throw your heart over the bar
-the choice is yours
If have serious questions, or constructive thoughts, feel free to contact me
Jason
AIMS Class 2 Graduate
(806)683-0367
-most new business ideas are implemented at the ground level, with the people who have the vision and the guts to dare being first, putting their livelihood and crazy amounts of time/money/energy/effort on the line to realize a dream and a concept
-most people want to criticize what is uncomfortable to them, and what is popular to oppose
-those very same people will adapt when something is comfortable, and serving to their purpose
-we all have choices: how do we spend our time, what do we value, where do we put our money, what level of risk are we willing take on, are we takers or are we givers, are we bold or do we stand in timidity waiting for a better hand of cards
-whether AIMS came to you on MedReps, through a friend, etc.- there are probably one of 3 general ways you intepreted it:
1)I can pay some money, give 8 wks of my time, use somebody else's connections to "give" me a job
2)interesting concept; I really want a career in ortho device sales; this is a risk worth taking; i will use the curriculum, industry savvy, and my higher level thinking skills to use this opportunity to prepare & to gain an advantage over others seeking to be in this industry
3)dumb idea, too much risk, not for me
For those that determined it was worth pursuing, and stood out enough to be accepted, it still must be looked upon as an opportunity rather than a handout of a job.
An opportunity to work hard, to ask questions, to seek to understand, to give a high level of effort, to build relationships, to learn about the industry, to "EARN" exposure to companies, to "PERFORM" in interviews, to "DEMONSTRATE" why i am the best person for the job.
Are you committing to this program to be marketed to device companies, and to be placed in front of decision makers- ABSOLUTELY
Does it fall on you to sell who you are & what you can offer, to "EARN" an offer of employment- ABSOLUTELY
-If you didn't have the balls to join the program, you have no relevancy to comment- much less negatively
-If you have been in the program and your attitude & effort dictated that you missed a golden opportunity, and you are complaining that something wasn't handed to you- you are a bad representation of what AIMS is about.
-Is the program worth pursuing?- depends on your makeup as person
-Is there room for improvement w/ AIMS?- yes
-Are the owners & staff of AIMS stretched thin?- yes
-These people care, they are working tirelessly, they are passionate
-You can't bluff your way into having synthes/stryker/biomet/smithnephew/zimmer & others wander into your facility, interview your people, and hire ones that earned it
-Ideally the program would have it's legs and be fully formed- having a perfect balance between industry recognition and qualified candidates. My belief is that AIMS will get to that place. A close to 50% hit rate through 2 complete classes is a good start.
-Keep this in mind:
*AIMS serves individuals with a grand opportunity to earn entry into Medical Device, AIMS also serves Medical Device by finding/training/& marketing the best people. In the early stages huge focus has to be on both ends. That's facilities/curriculum/staff/candidate recruiting/device company marketing & relationship building. It costs money, it takes time, and it's a balancing act.
-AIMS is a ground-breaking idea, as an individual you have a choice to buy-in, then you have a choice to the level of personal responsibility you choose to employ to better your future. Your attitude & your effort will tell the story, whether it's AIMS or somewhere else.
Stand idly by and watch it pass, Decide you are in and throw your heart over the bar
-the choice is yours
If have serious questions, or constructive thoughts, feel free to contact me
Jason
AIMS Class 2 Graduate
(806)683-0367
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see that is cool. This guy Jason makes some good points, and leaves his name and phone number to chat for anyone that is interested. Although I am not interested in this, those that are can talk to this person and make the decision for themselves.
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-most people want as much as they can gain, giving up as little as possible
-most new business ideas are implemented at the ground level, with the people who have the vision and the guts to dare being first, putting their livelihood and crazy amounts of time/money/energy/effort on the line to realize a dream and a concept
-most people want to criticize what is uncomfortable to them, and what is popular to oppose
-those very same people will adapt when something is comfortable, and serving to their purpose
-we all have choices: how do we spend our time, what do we value, where do we put our money, what level of risk are we willing take on, are we takers or are we givers, are we bold or do we stand in timidity waiting for a better hand of cards
-whether AIMS came to you on MedReps, through a friend, etc.- there are probably one of 3 general ways you intepreted it:
1)I can pay some money, give 8 wks of my time, use somebody else's connections to "give" me a job
2)interesting concept; I really want a career in ortho device sales; this is a risk worth taking; i will use the curriculum, industry savvy, and my higher level thinking skills to use this opportunity to prepare & to gain an advantage over others seeking to be in this industry
3)dumb idea, too much risk, not for me
For those that determined it was worth pursuing, and stood out enough to be accepted, it still must be looked upon as an opportunity rather than a handout of a job.
An opportunity to work hard, to ask questions, to seek to understand, to give a high level of effort, to build relationships, to learn about the industry, to "EARN" exposure to companies, to "PERFORM" in interviews, to "DEMONSTRATE" why i am the best person for the job.
Are you committing to this program to be marketed to device companies, and to be placed in front of decision makers- ABSOLUTELY
Does it fall on you to sell who you are & what you can offer, to "EARN" an offer of employment- ABSOLUTELY
-If you didn't have the balls to join the program, you have no relevancy to comment- much less negatively
-If you have been in the program and your attitude & effort dictated that you missed a golden opportunity, and you are complaining that something wasn't handed to you- you are a bad representation of what AIMS is about.
-Is the program worth pursuing?- depends on your makeup as person
-Is there room for improvement w/ AIMS?- yes
-Are the owners & staff of AIMS stretched thin?- yes
-These people care, they are working tirelessly, they are passionate
-You can't bluff your way into having synthes/stryker/biomet/smithnephew/zimmer & others wander into your facility, interview your people, and hire ones that earned it
-Ideally the program would have it's legs and be fully formed- having a perfect balance between industry recognition and qualified candidates. My belief is that AIMS will get to that place. A close to 50% hit rate through 2 complete classes is a good start.
-Keep this in mind:
*AIMS serves individuals with a grand opportunity to earn entry into Medical Device, AIMS also serves Medical Device by finding/training/& marketing the best people. In the early stages huge focus has to be on both ends. That's facilities/curriculum/staff/candidate recruiting/device company marketing & relationship building. It costs money, it takes time, and it's a balancing act.
-AIMS is a ground-breaking idea, as an individual you have a choice to buy-in, then you have a choice to the level of personal responsibility you choose to employ to better your future. Your attitude & your effort will tell the story, whether it's AIMS or somewhere else.
Stand idly by and watch it pass, Decide you are in and throw your heart over the bar
-the choice is yours
If have serious questions, or constructive thoughts, feel free to contact me
Jason
AIMS Class 2 Graduate
(806)683-0367
Sorry Jason. I have the balls, I'm just too proud to show them. My relevency is in my years of experience and common sense. If you are truly stupid enough to put your real phone number on a public board, it only proves that your the type of person that is easily brain-washed. If you want to waste 5 grand, the poster who talked about a model/hooker had a much better idea. If you are going to get screwed...
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#57 Thank you for reinforcing the first part of Jason's message about people criticizing what they don't understand.
Jason thank you for sharing your experiences and your opinion of what is being done at AIMS.
Jason thank you for sharing your experiences and your opinion of what is being done at AIMS.
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I too graduated from the 2nd class of AIMS with Jason, and agree with him 100%. The bottom line is that AIMS is offering an unique solution, an unique opportunity, an unique education in the medical industry, for individuals such as myself who take risks to develop their skills, their minds, and their world.
I could sit here all day and argue with the miserable individuals on this site, but life is too short and would rather be remembered for my legacy and not my writing on Cafepharma. I would recommend to anyone at AIMS that spending time reading and responding on Cafepharma also serves no purpose for yourself or your students. It's like chatting with the devil when you want to get to heaven. What's the point? It offers no real information, provides no opportunities, and get's in the way of being productive. The negativity here is never resource for anyone. It's a joke! The entire platform.
I am thankful for the opportunity, the education, my new friends, and my experience at AIMS. Because of AIMS, I have INTERVIEWS, new friendships, and conversations with individuals that inspire me! I will leave a legacy for my children. They will know that I took part in something not yet proven, because I believed in it and I believed in myself. I take risks because that's how you grow---and guess what, haven't missed a meal yet! So for those of you on here, good and bad, move on. We just have too much to do!
TO RISK
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your dreams, ideas before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To hope is to risk despair.
Tor try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.
They may avoid suffereing and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave: they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is truly free. -Anonymous
Wishing you all success!
I could sit here all day and argue with the miserable individuals on this site, but life is too short and would rather be remembered for my legacy and not my writing on Cafepharma. I would recommend to anyone at AIMS that spending time reading and responding on Cafepharma also serves no purpose for yourself or your students. It's like chatting with the devil when you want to get to heaven. What's the point? It offers no real information, provides no opportunities, and get's in the way of being productive. The negativity here is never resource for anyone. It's a joke! The entire platform.
I am thankful for the opportunity, the education, my new friends, and my experience at AIMS. Because of AIMS, I have INTERVIEWS, new friendships, and conversations with individuals that inspire me! I will leave a legacy for my children. They will know that I took part in something not yet proven, because I believed in it and I believed in myself. I take risks because that's how you grow---and guess what, haven't missed a meal yet! So for those of you on here, good and bad, move on. We just have too much to do!
TO RISK
To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out to another is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your dreams, ideas before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To hope is to risk despair.
Tor try is to risk failure.
But risks must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing.
They may avoid suffereing and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their certitudes, they are a slave: they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is truly free. -Anonymous
Wishing you all success!
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I still don't get it, how is that I got a job in medical device making amazing money and didn't need this program? I interviewed with my #1 company and got the job after 2 interviews...Hell I wasn't even looking and they called me...I make great money but am a tightwad. I drive a 6 year old car and don't waste money on anything...
I agree that AIMS isnt probably making much money on this, because I imagine their expenses are RIDICULOUS. I wish them success. Anyone willing to start a new business and take a risk in this economy is ballsy. We need more Americans thinking that way.
I agree that AIMS isnt probably making much money on this, because I imagine their expenses are RIDICULOUS. I wish them success. Anyone willing to start a new business and take a risk in this economy is ballsy. We need more Americans thinking that way.