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Top Sales Industries

April 21st, 2011
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If you fancy making a mid-career move to a different sales sector then perhaps you would like to enter one of the better sales careers out there. But how do you decide which sales career is the best? There are so many unique things connected to each job. You have the prestige of the job, how it benefits the community, will it be working with people, or out in the field, the benefits of the job and finally the pay. All of these together make certain sales careers more appealing than others. However since a sales career is a personal choice, it has to meet your own requirements, we couldn’t simply pick the single best sales sector. What we have done is put together a list of the 3 top sales jobs for you to evaluate.

Pharmaceutical Sales – Pharmaceuticals are a highly lucrative and highly sought after sales careers. Many college students try to land their first jobs for one of these major companies. These jobs offer excellent benefits such as a company care and insurance packages. You often work with people, but at the same time out in the field on sales calls. The potential for personal growth and earnings is high.  You are in a great position as you will be dealing with medicine and doctors, ultimately providing the best pharmaceuticals to save more lives. The median salary is around $56,000.

Software Sales – With computers, the internet, software and web applications rocketing into the forefront of so many established and growing economies, this is a great time to land yourself a job in software sales.  You will be working with both the vendors and developers as the in-between man.  If you have a real passion for technology then this could be the one for you. You will be able to glean lots of information for personal development while in this career. The median salary is around $62,000.

Petroleum Sales – This sector is pretty much crying out for new and versatile sales professionals to add to its current teams. As a petroleum salesperson you will be working for the oil companies and negotiating with retail centers and energy suppliers the cost of petroleum. There is a high potential for earnings and development in petroleum sales, as well as the opportunity to travel. The median salary is $72,000.

While this was only a short look at some of the top sales job, it is important to realize that your success and income when in a sales career depends greatly upon yourself. While they all offer varying degrees of pay and prestige, they all offer excellent potential for personal growth as a sales professional. The choice is up to you now, if you wish to find out more about working in any of these sectors visit the leading company’s websites for each sector. For example try GlaxoSmithKline, Abode & BP for their respective sectors.