I trust that God will provide, some days are harder than others though. The job opportunities here are atrocious (mostly nursing and random general labor) so I'll likely have to sell the house (at a loss) and move from the area. We also have 4 children. Very uncertain what I should do next, but kind of excited for what could happen next.
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It depends highly on the type of sales, the product you’re selling, and geography you’re responsible for.
For example, if you’re in territory sales, southwest USA, expect to be traveling up and down CA, NV, AZ, NM maybe some of Texas.
If you’re in distribution sales in New England, you could cover 5 states and still be within 3 hour drive of home.
However, yes, if you want to get good at sales, you have to be willing to be uncomfortable a put yourself out there, and taking a couple shitty sales jobs before finding a good one. And if you suck you might find yourself in a shitty one for a while.
My recommendation would be to get into industrial automation, circuit protection, or some sort of building automation field.
There are a number of jobs out there in both distribution and working for manufacturers. Key words: Schneider electric, Siemens, Allen Bradley, phoenix contact, Honeywell, sigmatek, festo, Eaton, Emerson. If you’re in distribution they’ll want you to sell electrical conduit, pipe and wire as well.
Might seem technical but it’s not. And you will learn a shit ton about factories, the business ecosystem around them. Etc.
It’s a hustle but everybody needs electrical control systems in one form of another, and the experience is easily leveraged into other industries if you tweak your resume (ie: robotics, network, software, heavy machinery, etc.)
For example, if you’re in territory sales, southwest USA, expect to be traveling up and down CA, NV, AZ, NM maybe some of Texas.
If you’re in distribution sales in New England, you could cover 5 states and still be within 3 hour drive of home.
However, yes, if you want to get good at sales, you have to be willing to be uncomfortable a put yourself out there, and taking a couple shitty sales jobs before finding a good one. And if you suck you might find yourself in a shitty one for a while.
But if you’re brave it can be a good path.
My recommendation would be to get into industrial automation, circuit protection, or some sort of building automation field.
There are a number of jobs out there in both distribution and working for manufacturers. Key words: Schneider electric, Siemens, Allen Bradley, phoenix contact, Honeywell, sigmatek, festo, Eaton, Emerson. If you’re in distribution they’ll want you to sell electrical conduit, pipe and wire as well.
Might seem technical but it’s not. And you will learn a shit ton about factories, the business ecosystem around them. Etc.
It’s a hustle but everybody needs electrical control systems in one form of another, and the experience is easily leveraged into other industries if you tweak your resume (ie: robotics, network, software, heavy machinery, etc.)
Hope this was helpful.