There are many opportunities available within the pharmaceutical industry if you just know someone. Sending in your resume via the companies website ends with thousands of other resumes and makes it difficult for you to land the interview. The key is getting your resume into the hands of a live person that can deliver it to the hiring manager so that there is some sort of human connection. This also holds true in the technology sector where companies have to screen thousands of resumes to reach a select few in order to conduct the interviews. Dell reports that Austin resumes that they receive locally numbers in the 100 thousand. This means that your resume has to stand out but not going over the top to where they feel you are not serious about the opportunity.