Sales Careers

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The Best Sales Jobs for a Lucrative Career

By Martina Mascali, Monster Contributor

Got the gift of gab and a knack for persuasion? Sales might be your calling. The best sales jobs we are about to reveal offer high earning potential and the thrill of closing deals and making meaningful connections. Whether you're smooth-talking your way into a client's heart or dazzling them with product knowledge, sales careers can be incredibly ...

The Highest-Paying Sales Jobs: How to Pick Your Industry

By Venus Gentile, Monster Contributor

If you've been eyeing the exciting and dynamic world of sales, you're on the path to a lucrative career with massive growth potential. Sales roles are diverse and abundant, spanning from entry-level positions to top-tier executive roles across a wide range of industries. And you'll find some of the highest-paying sales jobs right here on Monster. ...

How to Become a Fashion Buyer

By Venus Gentile, Monster Contributor

Are you a passionate innovator with a keen eye for detail, excellent communication skills, and a talent for forecasting fashion trends? In that case, you should learn how to become a fashion buyer. A career in fashion buying is a fantastic choice if you're creative and possess exceptional business acumen as well as great analytical and problem-solv...

What Is Visual Merchandising and How Can You Turn it into a Career?

By Isabel Thottam

If the questions “what is visual merchandising exactly?” and “how do I get into work in this industry?" are on your mind, you’re in the right place. As a visual merchandiser, you’ll get to use your creativity every day. You’ll envision, plan, and execute a brand representation in stores to enhance customer experience and, in turn, support profit...

How to Become a Brand Ambassador

By Kathleen Walder, Monster Contributor

Are you the first person your friends call when they need a gift idea or recommendation for a restaurant? When you find a product you love, do you instantly sing its praises on social media? If so, you’re already on the path to learning how to become a brand ambassador. This fun career is a serious money-maker for top companies, including Red Bu...

How to Become a Real Estate Agent

By Kathleen Walder, Monster Contributor

Buying or selling a home is one of the biggest decisions a person will ever make. Learn how to become a real estate agent, and you’ll be taking a huge amount of stress off your clients’ shoulders. But it takes training, experience, and keen insight to help someone find their perfect new home. Find out all there is to know about starting a career...

Explore Retail Management Careers

By Dillon Price, Monster Contributor

Are you a people person with sales and management skills? If so, Monster can help you search for retail management careers. From minor customer complaints to holiday rushes, managing a retail store comes with a unique set of challenges. It takes someone with a lot of patience and a knack for customer service to keep patrons coming back. An effec...

How to Become an Insurance Agent

By Kathleen Walder, Monster Contributor

Everyone needs insurance to protect their car, home, health, and even their children’s futures. Before buying insurance, people need to compare premiums, coverage, deductibles, and who has the most humorous commercials—it can be overwhelming at the best of times. When you learn how to become an insurance agent, you can assess your clients’ situatio...

Best Sales Companies to Work For

By Dillon Price, Monster Contributor

Whether you’re a seasoned sales professional, new grad, or career changer, the world of sales offers plenty of opportunities to grow and thrive. With so many options out there, identifying the best sales companies to work for can be challenging. This article will help you save time and energy on dead-end job searches, so you can work for a company ...

How to get a sales job without any experience

By Daniel Bortz, Monster contributor

Many job seekers wonder: Can I apply to sales jobs that require two years of experience when I don’t actually have two years of experience? Will that immediately disqualify me from the running? Good news! You don’t need experience to kickoff a career in sales. It’s an industry that welcomes go-getters of all types and levels of work experience....

5 must-know tips for getting an executive position in retail

By Jacqueline Lisk

You’ve worked your way up to a senior-level retail role, and you want to do more. There are fewer jobs available at the top, but there are steps you can take to best position yourself for that next move, assuming you have the right type of experience and plenty of achievements under your belt. “It’s not just about how hard you work,” says Rob Bo...

The Best Retail Jobs That Are Hiring Now

By Camilla Andersson, Monster Contributor

Are you looking to start your first career or transition to a new one? Consider getting your start in the retail industry—one of the largest sectors of the U.S. economy. While about 4 million Americans work directly in retail sales jobs, the industry as a whole supports over 32 million jobs, making retail larger than healthcare or IT. Now sure h...

Retailers that pay well above minimum wage

By Monster Staff

As we head into the busy retail-hiring season, it's time to take stock of the companies that are pushing their minimum wage way past the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour. A lot of the top retail jobs have been inching their starting pay upwards over the past year, and with Amazon's announcement that all U.S. employees will start at $15/hour, you s...

5 Best-Paying Retailers and Their Salary Breakdown

By Shannon Sweeny

Looking for a boost in pay? The retailers are hiring right now on Monster. In addition, here are the five best-paying retailers and their salary breakdowns so you are sure to get properly compensated for your work. 1. Polo Ralph Lauren | Average Salary Range: $39,771 to $176,326 Polo Ralph Lauren comes in at number one with the highest salary...

5 Reasons Retail Needs More Female Executives

By Catherine Conlan

Although women make up more than half of major retailers’ workforces, less than three percent of these companies have female CEOs, according to a study by Catalyst, a nonprofit advocacy group for women. And women only hold a fifth of board seats at S&P 500 retail organizations. Does the industry need more female executives and women in leadershi...

Pharma, Biotech, Medical-Device Sales: Which Is for You?

By Megan Malugani, Monster Contributing Writer

Salespeople's roles in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical-device industries are closely related, but there are some key differences in what each of the three types of sales jobs entails, as well as in the skills and personalities necessary to succeed. From differing levels of technical know-how to varying degrees of on-the-job autonomy, ...

Can You Transition into Insurance Sales?

By Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert

A career in insurance sales can be a real gamble even for someone with prior sales experience. While the most successful agents in the nation make more than $1 million annually, many of those who sign on to sell insurance wash out within a year. While life insurance sales has a reputation for being an easy field to enter, that’s not always the c...

Hot retail career: secret shopper

By Isabel Thottam, Monster contributor

You may have heard the term “mystery shopper” or “secret shopper” before, but have you ever wondered what exactly someone in this role does or how to become a secret shopper? By definition, this type of worker is hired by a company to pose as a customer in order to evaluate a business’s customer experience. Here’s a look at everything you need t...

Top 10 Most Profitable Retailers You Want To Work For

Apparel Magazine released its annual report of the Top 50 apparel brands with the highest overall profit margin. We've highlighted the top 10 most profitable retailers and their secret to success. Make sure to apply to your favorite retailer today! lululemon athletica Why they're winning: The retailer managed to nab the top spot with a 17....

The Future for the Retail Worker

Experts say that the retail industry will change more in the next 50 years than it has in the past century. Technological innovation is spearheading this movement with virtual stores, checkouts that can be done on your mobile phone, and apps that dispense your clothes shopping selections to a dressing room. But the consumer isn't the only one in...

Can You Make It as a Sales Engineer?

By Allan Hoffman, Monster Tech Jobs Expert

Got charisma? To make the leap into selling technology, you'll have to prove you've got the personality for it. Traditionally, technology salespeople have come from sales backgrounds. Now they may rise through the technical ranks, especially if they have proved themselves by working with customers, handling presentations and playing a role in th...

Build a career in real estate development

By Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert

How would you like to be a government relations expert, prime negotiator and financial whiz? Real estate development jobs let you do it all. Developers buy land, persuade zoning officials to grant permits, and manage the labor that builds a commercial or residential project, all while overseeing the budget and sales teams. Commercial or residentia...

What Buyers Want from Sales Reps

By Chris Lytle, Monster Contributing Writer

Never approach a customer unprepared. According to a survey by Purchasing magazine, lack of preparation is the number one dislike buyers have about sellers, with a lack of interest or purpose following close behind. "Hello, your account has just been assigned to me," is blatant behavioral evidence that the salesperson is going through the motions. ...

How to get a job in pharmaceutical sales

By Megan Malugani, Monster Contributing Writer

Does a job with a good salary, a company car, a flexible schedule, generous bonuses and no boss breathing down your neck sound like a dream come true? It's a reality for pharmaceutical company representatives. But the work isn't pure glamour. It's also intense, highly competitive and sometimes frustrating. Insiders say it's difficult to get your...

The seasonal retail process

By Valerie Lipow, Monster contributor

Have you noticed that even before the kids go back to school, many retail shelves are already stocked with Halloween candy and Christmas cards? To be successful in this industry, companies plan their product and marketing approaches months in advance to help ensure healthy retail sales. Seasonality plays a big part in planning the retail cycle. ...

Commercial vs. Residential Real Estate Sales

By Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert

Considering a career in real estate sales? In most markets, your first choice will be whether to sell commercial or residential properties. An entrepreneurial, aggressive salesperson can succeed in either, but there are some distinct differences you should know about. Residential is easier to break into, says Mike Winkeler, owner of RealtyPlusUS...

Managers Work the Retail Floor

By Malcolm Fleschner, Monster Contributing Writer

Between staying on top of a seemingly endless pile of office work and the need to monitor the store floor, retail managers struggle continuously to balance the many demands on their time. Retail consultant Tom Shay, author of 100 Profits+Plus Ideas for Power Promoting Your Retail Business, says that when confronted with the competing draws of the o...

Sales Not for You? Don't Be So Sure

By Peter Vogt, Monster Senior Contributing Writer

Sales -- to many a recent college grad, it's the dreadful career path of last resort. A quick look at posts on the Career Planning for College Students message board shows: "I've been looking up jobs on Web sites and in local newspapers. I have had very little response, and the responses I do get are for sales jobs, which I am not interested ...

Inside or Outside Sales?

By Ron Coxsom, Monster Contributing Writer

Which is more important: Your independence or your interdependence? Do you cherish your water-cooler time with your peers, or would you rather meet new people every day? These are just a couple of the factors you should consider when choosing between inside and outside sales. Before you can make a decision, you'll want to get a handle on the typ...

Apparel Retailing: A Good Fit for You?

By Valerie Lipow, Monster Contributing Writer

Wander through any mall or shopping center, and most stores sell something for someone to wear. Apparel retailing is obviously a major part of the retail industry, but would it suit you as a career? A Major Niche Apparel retailers include department stores, mass merchandisers, specialty stores, national chains, outlets, online stores, mail-or...

An Introvert in Sales?

By Peter Vogt, Monster Senior Contributing Writer

If you're an introvert, you might dismiss pursuing a career in sales, believing it would be a horrible fit for your reserved, reflective personality. But that kind of thinking could make you miss out on a potentially lucrative career choice. "Many of our most successful graduates, some of whom earn high-six-figure incomes, are introverts," says ...

What It Takes to Succeed in Retail

By Valerie Lipow, Monster Contributing Writer

Successful retailing professionals have a passion for the industry. They're committed to outdistancing their competition and giving 110 percent to their employers and careers. Seeing their companies beat the competition by selling better products, toppling last year's sales figures, and pushing their sales staffs to reach and exceed sales goals giv...

Sales Management Careers

By Matt Krumrie, Monster Contributing Writer

Why is moving from a sales job to sales manager job so difficult? Why do some salespeople excel at selling but fail at managing sales staff? While the principles within the field are the same, the overall skills you need to succeed are very different, says Tony Alessandra, a professional speaker who wrote several books on sales management. Alessand...

Be a Contract Sales Professional

By Ron Coxsom, Monster Contributing Writer

The prospect of ditching your 9-to-5 sales job to become a contract sales professional (CSP) is both exciting and downright scary. You may be confident about your sales ability but feel tentative about trading in the security of your W-2 status for the uncertainty that comes with a 1099. But don't let fear deter you from a path that could be per...

From Real Estate Agent to Branch Manager

By Dona DeZube, Monster Finance Careers Expert

You've been selling real estate for 20 years, and you're starting to feel a little burnt out. You don't want to leave the field entirely, but you need a new challenge. Have you considered becoming a branch manager? Branch managers are the realty industry's coaches, while individual agents are the players who get the glory of hitting the home runs -...