This article is perfect to people that are interested in being a salesperson or people who would simply like to learn more about that career. I am motivated to right that article because I like to share my knowledge.
Being a salesperson is really satisfying, challenging, and it can be profitable. Also, there is a lot of communication, interaction, and it makes you learn a lot.
A salesperson has to gain their customer's trust to sell them things. Also, to be a good salesperson, they need to use different psychological techniques, and they need to have a lot of charisma.
They do a lot of calling, talking and convincing to be able to sell. Also, they do a lot of negotiation to conclude deals.
They can work from stores, malls, offices, home, outside. They can work pretty much everywhere, as long as they have clients to buy.
As long as you have charisma, and that you are willing to work a lot and hard, you can be a salesperson. You just have to find a company and a product or service that fits your values, then you apply there.
A salesperson can make a lot of money, but it can also make little money. It depends on what you sell, and how many you sell, also it depends on whom your selling.
They can do training to know well their products and knowing psychology tricks to understand well how to sell.
Most of the time, salesperson are paid by commission, so if they don't sell, they get paid their minimum salary, which is, for most of the time, not enough to provide their needs especially is they have a family. Also, if you sell enough, the risk of getting fired are high.
Like in most of the fields, there are risks of being replaced by a robot. The bigger the purchase the salesperson sell, the lowest are the chance of being replaced by a robot.
Every salesperson is different, if the person is really at their job, they will probably retire at a young age, maybe even before 50 year old, but most of the time, someone that is really good at something doesn't want to stop. For a salesperson that is selling less expensive stuff and that is less good at their job, they might retire at an older age.
In conclusion, salesperson is not a job for everybody, it comes with its advantages and disadvantages. Before making an important career choice, people should make sure that it's really what they want.