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Career in car sales. Why are they always hiring? Etc…?
I’ve long considered trying my hand at car sales. I’m self employeed and my customers seem to love and trust me. I’m always honest and upfront with them and the experience has taught me how to interact with customers well. One might think that being honest/direct wouldn’t go hand in hand with car sales, but I hear the better salesmen these days tend to be the ones who are straight shooters.
A few questions: Why are there always ads for car salesmen? I would assume it’s high turn over but what is causing that? Are you expected to make cold calls? I’m good at the one on one but don’t expect myself to do well at all if I’ve got to make phone calls out of the blue. Since I’d expect lots of time on my hands waiting, are we allowed to read/etc to kill time? Will you get canned if you don’t meet a quota every single month, or are they willing to hold onto somebody who is trying but the market is bad at the moment? How long is training and what does it involve? “Cheer sessions”?
I met 2 car salesmen years apart, and they both told me the same thing. For every car sold, they may get $100. Some companies won’t give out commissions til the end of the quarter. There are tough times, when you sit for hours with nothing to do, if people are not looking.
Hence, it’s not cracked up to be what you, or I , had thought. So people move on. I actually had a person looking for a job, who came to me at work to apply for a retail sales job at $7.00 per hour, because he was not making money selling cars.
Car Sales Training – The Classic 4 Square Presentation
