What You'll Do

  • 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.
  • Arrange buying parties and solicit sponsorship of such parties to sell merchandise.
  • Answer questions about product features and benefits.
  • Circulate among potential customers or travel by foot, truck, automobile, or bicycle to deliver or sell merchandise or services.
  • Develop prospect lists.
  • Distribute product samples or literature that details products or services.
  • Order or purchase supplies.
  • Set up and display sample merchandise at parties or stands.

Essential Skills

Speaking 4.0/5
Persuasion 4.0/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.75/5
Service Orientation 3.62/5
Active Listening 3.38/5
Coordination 3.25/5
Negotiation 3.25/5
Reading Comprehension 3.0/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.0/5
Writing 2.88/5
Critical Thinking 2.88/5
Monitoring 2.75/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

Common styles

Integrity, Initiative, Dependability, Independence, Persistence

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Expression 4.0/5
Oral Comprehension 3.88/5
Speech Recognition 3.5/5
Speech Clarity 3.5/5
Written Expression 3.12/5
Written Comprehension 3.0/5
Information Ordering 3.0/5
Fluency of Ideas 2.88/5

Technologies & Tools

Facebook Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Route mapping software Web browser software

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Integrity (High importance: 4.38/5)
  • Initiative (High importance: 4.33/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.21/5)
  • Independence (High importance: 4.17/5)
  • Persistence (High importance: 4.17/5)

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How to Become One

Little or no previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for this career. Training is provided on the job.

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