The answer to the question "how do I find the best sales job" should be a fairly obvious one.
First, you need to sell yourself.
If you want someone to offer you a job selling their products or services, then you need to convince them that you are the best man or woman for the job.
If you want someone to offer you a job selling their products or services, then you need to convince them that you are the best man or woman for the job.
After all, how can you expect someone to believe that you will do an amazing job selling what they have to offer if you don't do a good enough job selling what YOU have to offer?
A successful career in sales means knowing your subject inside and out. Being able to answer any questions that someone might ask, and presenting a compelling argument why the buyer should buy. It follows that you should adopt the same strategy when selling yourself.
Re-visit your resume.
The first thing you need to do is make sure that your CV is in order. Don't just click on the file, print it out and stick it in your bag.
You should go over it again to make sure that it is painting the right picture for the specific employer you are targeting.
Are the skills and qualifications in your CV relevant, up to date and saying positive things about you? Does your work history suggest reliability and success?
Nail the interview.
Most sales jobs require good communications skills. Whether it's in person, by telephone or email, your job as a sales person is to make people want to buy what you're selling.
In a job interview, the buyer is the employer and the product is you.
Check your references and referees.
If you get through the initial interview stage, and your potential employer likes what they see on your CV, they are going to want to ask some people who you have worked with or for previously to vouch for you.
It is critically important that you know what those people are going to say about you. There have been plenty of sales job candidates in the past who have nominated an old boss as a referee, assuming that they thought the world of them, when the reality is quite different.
Tailor your referees to the position you are going for - and make sure that their contact details are current!!
Seek out SEEK.
There are few better places to start your search for a great sales job than this very website you are on now.
SEEK has thousands of sales jobs in a variety of different product and service fields, in a multitude of locations.
Use Job Search to drill down through the many sub classifications and you are sure to find several great jobs that suit what you are looking for.
The jobs and opportunities are there for the taking, but sales is by its very nature a competitive business.
Make sure that your next employer is sold on you.
Give yourself the best chance of snaring a Sales job, by completing a SEEK profile so that prospective employers can find you. You can write your own summary so that people will know who you are and what you have to offer.
