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I am a high school student and I am interested in becoming an independent sales rep, where do I go from here? |
I am only in high school but I already know that I would like to do some thing that involves sales, I like the fact that an independent sales rep can pretty much pick his own hours and time that he works. This job seems like a good option for me but I do not know much about it. What can I do in high school to prepare for a job in sales? and for anyone who is already a sales rep any info on the job itself would be perfect, thanks. First this is a good thing that already a this young age you are Open Minded some people will past their entire life without knowing what is it THEY WANT to do. Been an Independant rep can be hard at time if you work in a company that pays only commision on your personnal effort because eveyone try to destroy the other ones in order to get the best commission possible. There is other way (and these are a lot more profitable) Working along with people that want the best possible result for you is not common in traditionnal business this is why I hated the corporate world until I discovered the company I'm presently affiliate with. The latest technologies are OURS to market and we all help each other because that way EVERYONE have SUCCESS. The key is we only take people whom are serious about having a great life and are willing to learn and stay on the side of integrity. Anyhow if you want to start learning you can communicate with me via my portal: http://brigittevallee.acnrep.com... I have been in retail sales since I was 17. With an outside selling career there is usually no guaranteed money, depending on what you are selling and the company you work for. Some companies give you leads, and some throw you to the wolves and you make your own business. If you think you can sell a particular product door to door or business to business, I say go for it. If you don't want to spend about 2 hours on the phone, 2 hours in the car, and 6 hours trying to sell product to someone who might or might not be interested in your product I suggest reatil sales, not outside sales. I'm not in sales myself but I'm personally trying to get into sales and trading. Sales, when you're talking about an investment bank, just keeps strong relationships with clients so they continue to trade financial instruments through that particular bank. The hours are something like 8-5 and the pay is phenomenal (we're talking hundreds of thousands for an average sales guy plus tons of perks like great dinners you get to take your clients on all comped by the company) if you're good and often times has nothing to do with how the market is doing. Pharmeceutical sales is great too, high paying, lots of travelling. For sales and trading, you should start taking economics courses or finance courses. For pharmeceutical sales, general courses on basic chemistry/biology are fine for high school. Neither of these will hire anything but college grads, so most importantly, go to college! Selling is the same anywhere, it's what you sell that will determine how much you can make. If you're a natural salesman (know exactly what to say in order to manipulate or at least make people feel great and like you) then you will be successful no matter what kind of sales you go into. But success is measured by different standards in different industries so think carefully about the industry you join. Work in finance at large investment bank. |
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