Uggh....application woes

[ufcrusher]

How the hell would one explain the duties of a sales person? For whatever reason this one application that I am filling out for a lovely government attorney position is asking me for my employment history. Simple enough. But for whatever reason I cant figure out how to explain what a sales person does. It just seems that if you are a sales person its evident what you did, you sold things. I feel like an idiot writing, I sold X...but truthfully when you are a sales person you sell things. That is your job.

Anyone have any ideas?

[mojo]

overclocked will be here shortly with your answer :hihi:

[Nija]

ADvised customers on similarites and differences between consumer electronics.
Helped customers with inquiries and helped them make cost-efficent decisions based on their budgets

something like that? :)

[Jenny]

Originally posted by Nija
ADvised customers on similarites and differences between consumer electronics.
Helped customers with inquiries and helped them make cost-efficent decisions based on their budgets

something like that? :)

Damn, who knew Nija was good for something other than sex?? ;) J/K!!!

[Nija]

Originally posted by Jenny


Damn, who knew Nija was good for something other than sex?? ;) J/K!!!

Nija did :P

[ufcrusher]

That is pretty good. So far I had this:


Responsible for selling the products carried by The Good Guys! I was in constant contact with the general public, provided information/demonstrated the products we carried, and conducted the final transactions. Additional duties included setting up and maintaining displays as well as trouble shooting customer problems.


I had not tweaked it yet to make it sound better...this was more or less just the pre-tweaked version.

[whitak24]

applications suck. you have my sympathies, man.

i'm not in a bulls------g sort of mood, or else, i'd come up with some kind of suggestion

[Grimm]

How about "Conducted secure financial transactions"?
AKA took credit card payments.

[TERRIBLETOM]

Originally posted by ufcrusher
That is pretty good. So far I had this:


Responsible for selling the products carried by The Good Guys! I was in constant contact with the general public, provided information/demonstrated the products we carried, and conducted the final transactions. Additional duties included setting up and maintaining displays as well as trouble shooting customer problems.


I had not tweaked it yet to make it sound better...this was more or less just the pre-tweaked version. Was there anything else outside your job description that you performed, for example either opening or closing the store, checking in inventory, etc. Those also can be added in as responsibilities.

[blueindian]

from my resume, 2 sales jobs. both in retail.

1998-1999
Sales Representative
BDS Marketing/Canon Computer Systems, Irvine CA
• BDS is a full service marketing company that provides sales promotion, field marketing, training/demonstrations, and interactive technology for national corporations.
• Responsible for building account relations and enhancing the Canon brand image in 19 key accounts in North Carolina
• Trained sales associates in features/benefits and business solutions for the complete line of Canon printing and imaging hardware
• Performed direct sales, product demonstration, competitive analysis, and inventory management of Canon products
• Unit sales consistently in the top five percent of 36 reps in six states

1997-1998
Retail Sales Associate
Best Buy
• Computer Sales Specialist responsible for qualifying customer needs and matching them with appropriate equipment and service
• Unit Sales of computers and service plans consistently highest in the store
• Attended numerous trainings for hardware and software manufacturers including Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Toshiba, Dragon, and Microsoft
• Responsible for training all new computer associates between November 1997 and July 1998