Every day someone posts asking “how do I leverage ‘x’ experience to land a job in ‘y’ company/industry?”. I’ve shared this many times via DM, but here it is in the comments for everyone to see. HOW TO GET ANY JOB IN SALES!

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This applies to SaaS, and any kind of sales- if you want a job that you don’t fit the exact listing for you need to sell yourself. What does that mean?
1. Plan: where do my skills and experience align with the industry I’m interested in (ex. work in banking, move to ERP SaaS sales; work in retail or customer service, move to SDR role at CX Service company; etc.)
2. Research: find a few companies that fit your research, then see whether they have open roles.
3. Prospect: connect with hiring managers and/or current reps at the company, explain your interest based on the research you’ve done and ask for time to connect
4. Sell: Okay you got some time, now sell- that’s all recruiting is. Sell your skills and experience, build a relationship, find out what matters to the company and team
5. Close: tell them you appreciate their time, and that you would love the opportunity to join their team. You have the job requisition pulled up right now and you’re planning to apply, is there anything else you can do to assure them that you’re the right person for the job?
6. Rinse and repeat: this will not work every time because it’s sales, if you were closing 100% of attempts you wouldn’t be reading this you’d be on a yacht in Mallorca. Get back out there and keep trying until you get the job you want.

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Thank you for sharing!!

This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

Interesting!

This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing.

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