Use LinkedIn to reach out and make friends in the medical and pharmaceutical sales community.
Use a "custom connection request" that has two parts:
*Compliment the person! (Genuinely find something you admire)
*Ask for their help! ( Ask for their advice or suggestions)
Your chances are much higher to make a new connection with this approach, rather than randomly sending out generic connection requests. Not one wants to feel spammed!
If you want friendships that will lead to interviews then start off by being a genuine friend with your personalized invitation!
Have a goal to send out so many a day, say 5-6, and then follow up and build your network!
If you are interviewing then leverage those relationships to get the inside scoop about a "day in the life" for that role.