I’ve been noticing that a lot of sales job descriptions now include things like “consultative selling” and “strategic partnerships.” It feels like the focus has shifted away from pure quota-hitting to more relationship-driven selling. Personally, I love that direction—it makes the work feel more meaningful. Has anyone else seen this trend in the roles they’re applying for?

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They say this but it really means you’ll be doing more, meaning, instead of having teams support you, you have to mange current business and prospect and you won’t have strategy support you’ll have to know your product inside and out to sell it.

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Thanks for the insight!

Yes, I’m seeing an emphasis on consultative selling though I’m not seeing any shifts away from meeting KPIs and hitting quota.

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Same.

Don’t get it twisted - you have to do all of that WHILE hitting your quota.

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Thanks!

I just applied to a job that had ‘strategic partnerships’ in the description. What that means once (or hopefully) I get in there, I’m not too sure. I do like seeing the change, though, and think for certain industries it is much needed.

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Interesting.

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