We’re About Changing Lives
Tom Ruff Executive Search specializes in the placement of medical sales and sales management professionals into over 100 of the nation's leading health care companies. With over 40 years of combined recruiting experience, we have placed more than 3000 sales professionals and are able to meet the needs of clients and candidates in all of the major metropolitan areas in the United States, whether they are looking for a job in medical sales, medical device sales or medical sales management.
Our Approach
At Tom Ruff Executive Search, we aren't simply a medical sales recruiter, we believe we are in the business of changing lives. And we take our job seriously. We understand the significance of making a career transition or hiring a new team member. And we respect the trust you place in us to facilitate these weighty decisions.
We are constantly striving to reach our absolute best. For our clients, for our candidates, for ourselves. Over the years, we have developed and refined our recruiting, screening and qualifying processes to create long-lasting partnerships in the medical sales industry.
Our Promise
To listen to your desires.
To get the details.
To know your needs.
To not waste your valuable time.
To take the utmost pride in the job we do for you.
So, when you are faced with sourcing your most valuable resource or landing your next position, Trust Tom Ruff Executive Search.
About Tom
Tom Ruff, President and CEO of Tom Ruff Executive Search, LLC, has placed over 3,000 pharmaceutical and medical sales representatives with the help of his team at Tom Ruff Executive Search, a firm he founded more than 29 years ago at age 24. Tom Ruff Executive Search now services more than 100 of the nation’s top medical device companies nationwide.
His authoritative best seller, "How to Break Into Pharmaceutical Sales: A Headhunter’s Strategy" has been hailed by critics and medical industry insiders as the book to consult for pursuing a career in pharmaceutical sales. Selected as a "Best Books" Awards finalist by USA Book News and a "Book of the Year" Awards finalist by ForeWord Magazine, Ruff’s work has also attracted the attention of a number of online, print and broadcast media outlets including National Public Radio (NPR), Forbes.com, Fortune.com, Yahoo!Finance, LATimes.com, Kiplinger.com, DallasMorningNews.com, South Bend Tribune, Easy Reader and The Beach Reporter.
Recognized as an expert in his field, Tom speaks regularly at national meetings, forums and universities about trends and opportunities in pharmaceutical sales, recruiting, motivation and leadership. He is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives, U.S. Recruiters Organization and also serves as a consultant to the healthcare industry with the Gerson Lehrman Group.