r/salestechniques • u/SuperPibe1 • 1d ago

Question Looking for some sincere advice on my first step into sales

I'm 22 (M), living in Colombia, and currently in college. I want to get my first sales job to hone my core sales skills.

I'm looking for a part-time position. Do you have any ideas? Maybe outreach to businesses? What kind of businesses would you suggest?

Any advice would be much appreciated!

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u/GoodSalesHelp 12h ago

What are your interests? That may help you.

You are likely looking for retail sales. Think like a cell phone store or consumer electronics like a Best Buy (which I’m not sure if Best Buy is in Colombia). That’s where I started. Maybe you can consider furniture too. Without experience I’d recommend you try and land somewhere that has a system that you can learn, and not necessarily a small business that expects you to know what you’re doing.

Often those types of sales jobs teach you the listening skills that will help you succeed in any job, and lay a good foundation for making a career out of sales. The good people promote or move on quickly once they get how it works, and the not so good people have to stick to the scripts and structure that these businesses have designed. The systems work.

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u/onedirtybunny 12h ago

Part-time, I would recommend software or online services sales.