I'm a 22 year old student living in Utah starting my career path in Sales. I have a year of Sales experience in the telecommunications industry (Sales Rep for Sprint). I also have one year of Door2Door Sales Experience running my own business. I am also fluent in Spanish as a second language. I will be graduating with my Bachelors Degree in Professional Sales in just under 2 years. I'm looking to work in Software Sales or something similar. I'm seeking advice from those in the industry in what I can be doing NOW to get myself a head start and what employers look for when hiring college graduates! Ideas? Thoughts!?
What school?
When I was in that position I got a job at Marketstar they had me on the HP team and Cisco teams learned a lot and got big names on my resume ..... however after school no more than 12 months be ready to move on greater starter but more than 2/3 years it's time to move on very hard to get promotions there
Entry level technician sales for the "cold caller" in Utah was in the 30-40 range base with 10-20 upside approx 8 years ago when I was there . That next level up is more like 50-70k base and potential to make over 100
Get on an Adobe lead generation team. Then network with the sales teams. By he time they give you a shot you're already comfortable talking about the products and know the backend systems/procedures
You should check out companies like Domo that are in Utah. Getting your foot into SaaS companies in Utah while they are growing will be really beneficial.
Check out insidesales.com they have a nice SFDC plug in to track calls, gameification, etc. They are in Salt Lake.
I have heard that Qualtrics is a great company, our head of product joined them about a year ago and they seem to be doing great. I got my foot in the door at Avalara doing lead generation/cold calling. In about 8 months I was promoted to a regional sales manager and closing business. Just need to find your in, cold calling builds your skill set very very fast, but it is definitely no fun!
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find a device like security appliances and sell those. lots of $$$
Like home security systems?
Like firewalls and routers