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I agree - I’d say look for an SDR/LDR role at a smaller company, then after a year go to one of the bigger players!
In sales? Absolutely not. Entry-level positions are calibrated very differently across industries (i.e entry-level hospitality staff couldn’t be expected to do what an entry-level nurse would).
If you are hired in a sales position, a company is betting on you and putting their reputation and revenue on the line in doing so. Graduating with a masters degree and no relevant working experience sounds like user error tbh.
Need a job -> need experience-> need a job -> need experience.
All circular reasoning and gatekeeping potentially great employees. All you need is someone to who has the ability to learn and you can teach them the skills. Someone will adapt and get better after they work hands on.
In my opinion, never pay attention to the years of experience requirements in a job ad. They mean nothing and are simply ideal situations as defined by some admin. Especially if you’re close….If it says 4-6 and you have 2, apply anyways.
Really poor advice. 2 years isn’t anywhere close to 4-6 and you’d be disrespectfully wasting the recruiters time, and your own.
Consider it your first opportunity to show you don’t give up the first time someone tells you “no” or throws an obstacle in your way. You are applying for a sales job after all, not an order taker job. Sell yourself!
Because very few companies want to spend the time & money educating entry level salespeople. There are a few (like Rapid7) that bring new people on, but most of them wash out after a week.
Agree with posters here! Starting out at a smaller company early in your career will most likely give you more hands-on experience not just from a sales function, etc. But a smaller shop will expose you to other business functions (marketing, ops/enablement, solution engineering, etc.) that may also interest you down the road.
Also more likely to get face-time with your manager (the 1st one is always an important one!)
How is your Fish Bowl title sales executive if you have yet to get a job in sales? If you want to get a sales job you need to start from the bottom and get experience. Look for a job cold calling. If you can succeed doing that you can sell anything.
This is accurate. How many Presidents/Leadership/Inner Circle awards are out there as incentives that are truly sales-performance-over-time awards?
Strong I.C. performances does not make one right or ready for leadership.
Also equally true that the best leaders can come from anywhere and any background. But for cripes sake know how read a room and motivate a crowd!