Numbers tells all. You are applying as a sales person and it matters if you write down the numbers you achieved from your former job. Highlight the quota you handled and the percentage it increased since you managed it. Moreover, the number of clients you generated and maintained and any numbers that will foretell what [...]
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Who screens you resume?
In general, people who screen the candidate’s resumes most often are not from the sales department. Usually they are recruitment personnel’s from the HR department and before it lands on the Sales Manager’s table they have already scrutinized your resume. These people screens hundreds of resumes almost everyday and they really know what’s a standout [...]
Keep Your Resume to a Single Page
The thing about resumes these days is the shorter it is the better. Contrary to beliefs that having a couple of pages to sum up your expertise would do the job and work to your advantage is not something appealing. Most recruiters would want summaries of your qualifications and not a novel to read on. [...]
Present the Best Sales Resume
Make sure that you have the best sales resume and open the most lucrative doors to success. Believe it or not, job-changing success depends largely on how you package and sell your self, and less on your actual background and ability. You may not realize it, but those who win jobs at all levels are [...]
Preparing the Cover Letter
The cover letter is the applicant’s opening move and has one aim only, to secure an interview schedule in order to boost his chances in getting the position. The cover letter intends to create an impact and arouse the employer’s interest in the applicant that would result in placing him in the top ten candidates [...]
The Key to Open the Door
In the highly competitive sales world, sales resume, rather than the interview process is seen as the key that would unlock the door to your sales career and point your path to success. In order to enhance the effectiveness of this key, it is important to recognize that one of the most common defects in [...]
How to make a successful sales resume
The business world nowadays is highly perceived by a lot of would be sales person as their ultimate goal for success. Firstly, to be successful in this field you must prepare your sales resume; you define clearly the sales industry or the career type you are interested to pursue. Emphasize the strengths you want the [...]
Do’s and Dont’s in Writing a Resume
Image Source: thepinkc.net Do Honesty is the best policy Give ample time to think and prepare before even writing the draft for your resume. Be formal as much as possible with the language you use in composing. Your resume should tell the important skills neede for the job. Make it a short resume but straightforward [...]