Targeted Job Search – Who’s Hiring in Sales

Sales are down in just about every industry and in many cases, sales jobs have followed. Looking at the trends, the number of sales jobs posted has not really decreased that much. Of course, much depends on the industry you are in and how that industry has performed. As an example, compare car salesman job trends to retail sales and you can see what I mean. Not being a sales person myself, I really don’t know how much truth there is to the view that a good salesman can sell anything, however, there is truth to the saying that if you can’t sell yourself it is likely you won’t get the job. But if you look hard enough, there are plenty of sales jobs out there. As with all targeted searches, there are a number of avenues you can use to focus your search. A broad range of traditional methods should be used, such as:

Networking
Job Search Sites
Recruiters
Company websites

But there are other methods as well which can be leveraged in your job search such as associations, unions, alumni / college career sites and professional organizations. Today’s post will cover a few

Salesjobs.com – This is the “World’s largest Sales Employment Site” according their tag line. And, according to the stats on their main page, there are over 59,000 jobs on their site. The main page has tabs at the top, but Candidates seems to be the only one that would be of interest. Below this (middle of the page) is a quick search box (using industry and area code). Bottom left hand side is the candidates section where you can upload your resume, login or get advice. Clicking the Candidates tab at the top leads to a page with dedicated resources such as Search, post resume, advice, sales links and more.
National Association of Sales Professionals – This is an example of a professional organization (this one focusing on sales). In addition to other services, this association also has a career center (one of the tabs at the top of the page). Click on career center and the left hand side of the page is dedicated to Job Seekers where you can post a resume, View jobs, create personal alerts and more. When I clicked on the view jobs link, over 9,700 jobs were available on this site.
Sales Talent – This is a national recruiting firm that specializes in the placement of sales professionals. Click the “Find Sales Jobs” link to see their current searchs (there were 69 when I checked). At the top of the page there are links for Job Agent and Ask our Recruiter. On the lef hand side of the page there are additional links for “contact us” where you can find all of the information you need to submit your resume.
Macy’s Retail Sales Job – I’ve used Macy’s as an example of a company career site as a resource for sales positions. Using the link to the left will lead to Macy’s Job Recruiting site. Click on search jobs and, when the next page is viewed, type in Sales in the keywords field. This will lead to a page of jobs related to sales. Use this same concept for other companies that have sales forces.
Bestheadhunters.com – “Best Headhunters, a nationwide professional Executive Search Firm, helps organizations recruit the best executive star talent in the market” according to their website. Top of the page has a number of links to Job List, Blog, How to Use this Site and more. On the right hand side of the page are a number of functional links, click Sales to go to the sales specific site. You will immediately see a list of jobs. Click on any job to see a full page job description along with a link (at the bottom of the page) to apply.