How To Apply Basic Sales Skills When Job Hunting - Guest Mike Conner - 219
- Author
- Mike Simmons, Catalyst Sale
- Published
- Mon 05 Oct 2020
- Episode Link
- https://catalystsale.libsyn.com/mike-conner
Mike Conner is back....
In this episode, Mike talks with Mike about ways to apply basic sales skills when job hunting, along with a number of other things. Don't miss the last 10 min where we discuss some foundational things many sales pros miss.
Questions Answered:
- How can you apply sales skills to a job hunt
- What basic things can early Sales Pros do better?
Key Takeaways:
- Be sure to take time to have an evaluation process. Ask if you really enjoy what you are doing.
- Ask, is this new thing that I am looking to do the right fit for me?
- If you do good things over a long period of time, things tend to work out.
- Use the following criteria when thinking about a new position:
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- Who is hiring?
- Who is thriving?
- How have they navigated their way through our current working environment?
- Are they living their mission?
- Try to make meaningful connections.
- Basic things that any early Sales Professional can work on doing better:
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- Pick the company you are going to invest your time in wisely.
- Ask questions and take the information in. Listen to the answers.
- Don’t wait to build your network and build a diverse network
- Do the basics - ask questions, put together project plans, account plans, territory plans and call plans. Do the work.
- Don’t wait to continue learning new things.
- Leverage the people that are inside your organization.
Show Links:
Mike Conner on Twitter
Mike Conner on LinkedIn
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