5 Questions for Finding a Great Sales Job — and Avoiding the Revolving Door

Today on the Pipeliner CRM blog, I’m offering a few questions for the applicant side of the job interview equation. Finding the right fit by reflecting on these questions early in the job hunt will help salespeople achieve staying power in their sales positions.

The sales vocation holds two interesting distinctions: 1) Seemingly endless opportunities 2) An alarmingly high rate of burnout. Presently, the annual turnover rate for direct sales representatives is 26%.

The crucial question about this statistic is whether these turnovers are voluntary or involuntary. It’s one thing to get shown the door because you are just not very good at what you do, but in the case of sales, the majority of turnover is voluntary.

Sales is a great vocational choice but obviously, you do not want to be a member of the 26% club. So, how do you find the company that you really click with? How do you land that perfect position that gives you everything you are looking for in a sales career?

Read the full article on finding a great sales job here.