Door-To-Door Sales Workers, News & Street Vendors, & Related Workers
Also called:
Demonstrator, Independent Sales Representative, Independent Beauty Consultant, Independent Distributor
What they do:
Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.
On the job, you would:
- Deliver merchandise and collect payment.
- Write and record orders for merchandise or enter orders into computers.
- Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products.
Business
- sales and marketing
- customer service
Education and Training
- teaching and course design
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Basic Skills
- talking to others
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Social
- talking people into changing their minds or their behavior
- understanding people's reactions
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
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People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Independence
- Integrity
- Cooperation
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Persistence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Route navigation software
Internet browser software
Data base user interface and query software
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some high school or
high school diploma
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$21,470
per year, on average
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