Sales jobs are in high demand. We are a consumer driven society and we need salesmen and saleswomen to help us find the perfect product at the perfect price. Companies are looking for sales personnel who can negotiate good deals on merchandise for their company. Experience and a desire to work in sales will guarantee you many options and career paths to success. In today’s job market many of the jobs that are available are posted online. Creating accounts at these sites and posting your resume helps to market yourself to companies and will help get a job faster.
http://www.salesjobs.net/
This website is devoted strictly to sales and sales management jobs. On this site you create an account, post your resume, search for jobs, and apply for jobs through the website. This website allows you to have one cover letter in addition to your resume. This website will give you the name of the company but won’t release the contact information to the businesses that have positions listed with them. If the company likes or your qualifications meet what is needed for the position the company will contact you. There is no recourse for you to follow up with the employer after your resume submission.
http://www.salestrax.com/
This website connects sales personnel with companies and job fairs. You create an account, post a resume and begin looking for your dream job. It also gives information and resources about Sales Careers. When you sign up for a free account with this website you can have up to three resumes, apply instantly, have job alerts for your dream job. The sales jobs targeted by this service are in the pharmaceutical, medical, technical, industrial, financial sales services. The website also gives you Resume services.
http://www.salesanimals.com/
This website also allows you to register for an account and post a resume. It offers resume writing services, free magazines, and newsletters. You are able to sign up for job alerts as well in case your perfect job comes along. This website allows you to search for jobs by state. You can also search by keywords too. The website offers Career Advice about interviewing, negotiating, resignation, and salary survey. Other resources on the site are listings for where you can access sales training, sales books, sales movies, sales dictionaries, sales associations, and a way to write for the organization.
When looking for a job especially online the resume is the key to being noticed or ignored.
1. Have an impressive and powerful objective statement
2. List top skills at the beginning of resume
3. Don’t be afraid to have a resume that is longer than one page
4. Include any awards or accomplishments that are sales related need to be included in the top section of the resume.
5. Have a cover letter explaining your sales style, training, mentor, and show your creativity.
Resources
http://www.salesanimals.com/sales_how_to_prepare_for_a_sales_interview.htm
