Do you have a Bachelor or Master Sales Degree?
Probably not as there is no Bachelor or Master Sales degree (as far as we know).
Many types of Bachelor and Master Degrees exists for all kinds of professions in most industries.
Students aim for a certain degree in order to get into a profession or industry.
However the most important function in any company is in Sales as:
- Salesmen
- Inside Sales
- Pre-Sales
All without specific studies. There is no Sales degree.
Still the Sales professional exists and has amongst the better salaries in any company.
Leftovers or gifted professionals?
It seems that people who get into Sales are somewhat the leftovers not getting the real job.
As if you are not good enough for a job related to your Bachelor or Master degree, then the only choice you have left is getting into sales: becoming a Sales rep. or Salesman.
It can also be approached differently:
If you are as well as good in your profession and you have the gift of selling then you can make it in Sales. This has as a result the higher pay Sales can achieve if they do well.
Probably there will be people that go and become successful in Sales because that’s the main thing they know. Whereas others combine their degree, experience in the industry and know how to sell.
No degree vs Sales trainings boot and camps
A significant part of the people who obtain their Bachelor or Master degree, will eventually end up in Sales.
Still there is no Sales degree in University or High-school, but once in business most companies will send their Sales people to sales trainings, motivation courses, boot camps and the like.
What did you study when you where young?
What profession did you aim at?
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Interesting how colleges/universities have decided not to offer classes or degrees in sales as if it were beneath them. But where do most of the world’s wealthiest people come from but from the ranks of sales professionals. Then again, maybe it’s not the educational institutions that are missing out as much as it might be the possibility that there is little or no demand for these types of classes from students.
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