Time for a word from management.
My company is hiring account executives. They will be expected to be working from 9:00am to 5:00pm, Monday through Friday. There time is pretty much their own. They are given existing customers to call, leads produced by business to business telemarketing, and they are expect to self-generate (i.e. cold call) for new business. They are given a cell phone, complete sample kit, use of a laptop, weeks of training, and all the corporate infrastructure they could want. They earn approximately 15% commission on average sales of between $600 and $700 each. Fair reps sell about $20K a month, good reps sell about $35K a month, we have several who sell in excess of $40K per month. They also get a $300 per week salary and $250 per month towards expenses. Yeah, we have reps making $80K+ per year. There is minimal paperwork and the product is fun and easy to sell.
We can't get any reasonably qualified applicants.
We are also looking for graphic artists, production support, and telemarketers. All of our positions pay in the top 20% of our industry.
Now I would not be surprised if some of the heavy duty moaning and groaning on this board would be due to to the abundance of IT people we have lurking here. The lack of high paying jobs in IT MIGHT have something to do with years of "get a high paying job in the computer field" commercials for IT schools that flooded the job market with former construction personel intent on becoming rich sitting on their butts. Maybe.
We are expanding into the Texas and New York markets. Not that I think any IT people would lower themselves to accept a job in sales. Just because that's how I got my foot in the door doesn't mean it will work for you.
P.S. The only thing more valuable to a company than a good sales rep is a good sales rep with computer skills.