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Sales Rep: World's Sexiest Career?

January 13th, 2009 @ 5:30 am

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Categories: Ethics, Humor, Personalities, Watercooler

Tags: Career, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Geoffrey James

I’m not talking about the cache of the job title.  Let’s face it, a business card with “sales rep” does not generally impress the opposite sex.

Even so, anybody who’s been around business for awhile knows that the sales team gets (by far) the most “action” in the romance department.

I have a theory why this is true.

If you’re good at sales, you’re good at reading other people.  You’re good at relationships.  You probably take pains with your appearance.  You’ve cultivated a positive attitude.  You truly like people and so they like you in return.  You know how to spot an opportunity, overcome objections, and (especially) how to close the deal.

Combine all of the above with the undeniable fact that you meet a LOT of people and is it any wonder that sales reps are seldom alone on Saturday night?

Anyway, that’s what I think.

But I’m curious whether you guys agree, so here’s a poll:

In general, the sexiest people work in:

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    ptiseo

    01/14/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Sales Rep: World's Sexiest Career?

    Hey, where's IT in the list?

    Wait.

    "Sexiest people work in"?

    Nevermind...

    happy

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    Geoffrey James, Sales Machine

    01/14/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Sales Rep: World's Sexiest Career?

    Quote from alphadogg: Hey, where's IT in the list?

    That reminds me of back when I worked with about 120 dog-faced male operating systems programmers. Management instituted an internship program, which resulted in the sudden appearance of a drop-dead gorgeous female programmer in our midst. All work ground to halt (pretty much) until it was sorted out who would end up dating her. Much to the disgust of the programmers (who were, you must realize, the creme-de-la-creme of programming talent and thus felt themselves worth of a special perk) the winner was (you guessed it) the only sales guy who worked at the facility. And, to make matters worse, he was still married (though separated) to a professional belly dancer. True story.

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    ilive2win.com

    01/14/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Sales Rep: World's Sexiest Career?

    Absolutely true. Couple that with a "successful" sales career and you are passion candy. A halfway nerd in a Maserati and Gucci shoes is a babe magnet. Point is, the "success" element combined with the schmooze factor of the experienced sales rep is a lock. If your success quotient is not to an acceptable level, call me.

    Matt

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    eyeSell

    01/15/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Sales Rep: World's Sexiest Career?

    Of course it's Sales!
    Engineering (7%) is still checking tolerances to see if the specs match.
    Management (7%) is pretty sure it's a good idea, but will have to have a teleconference to schedule a meeting on Tuesday.
    HR (4%) is waiting for the Wonderlick results.
    Manufacturing (1%) is the Wingman waiting for Sales (48%) to make it happen.
    Oh, and Marketing (33%) couldn't actually speak, but got some terrific pictures;-)

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    wbryant

    01/18/09 | Report as spam

    RE: Sales Rep: World's Sexiest Career?

    YES! I've heard soooo many stories about car salesmen having experiences with customers. Now, granted, most of them are single or divorced...

    William Bryant
    http://wpbryant.com

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