I got a job last week... but is it worth my time?
Hi fastlaners,
I got a a summer job at a semi-truck dealership last week, the reason is to improve my sales skill. One week into the job and I don't know if I made the right decision or not. I had this image of customers coming in the showroom to chat with the salesman but reality proved me wrong. In one week I counted 2 potential customers walking through the door and that's for the whole dealership with 7 salesmen. That number makes sense because the commission for 1 truck can cover 2 months of expense. But what I am after is practice not money. Sure, I can do marketing on social media and generate my own customer but that's not sales.
I am considering 3 options
Hi fastlaners,
I got a a summer job at a semi-truck dealership last week, the reason is to improve my sales skill. One week into the job and I don't know if I made the right decision or not. I had this image of customers coming in the showroom to chat with the salesman but reality proved me wrong. In one week I counted 2 potential customers walking through the door and that's for the whole dealership with 7 salesmen. That number makes sense because the commission for 1 truck can cover 2 months of expense. But what I am after is practice not money. Sure, I can do marketing on social media and generate my own customer but that's not sales.
I am considering 3 options
- Contitnue the job and probably talk to <15 customers before I have to go back to university
- Find a job selling something else cheaper and have more customers. With this option I will have to go through job seeking and product training again.
- 2 tenants are going to move out of my dad's 4-plex, I can use this opportunity to do a little bit of sales. This sounds enticing because I get to be at home but there are only 2 rooms
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