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The 7 CV Errors You Cannot Afford to Make

The 7 CV Errors You Cannot Afford to Make

You’ve found a job sent from the employment gods. You’re perfect, the company is perfect and the interview would be only a formality. Before you apply and change your life forever, there is one vital thing to remember. The CV. Have you fallen...

5 Interview Questions You Should Never Ask

5 Interview Questions You Should Never Ask

What is more nerve-wracking than an important job interview? Meeting the in-laws? Maybe Best man speech? Sure Skydiving? What? Throwing yourself out of a plane? Definitely! Ok, all very scary. However, when it comes to an interview you REALLY...

Stop People from Hanging up on you – Cold Calling

Stop People from Hanging up on you – Cold Calling

Cold calling is an early stage in the selling process and usually refers to the initial call to a potential customer. Cold calling could also refer to face-to-face interaction aka 'door-to-door' selling. Cold calling is an extremely important stage of the...

10 Toughest Tasks Sales Teams are Faced With

10 Toughest Tasks Sales Teams are Faced With

Working in sales is tough and salespeople are faced with challenges every day of the week. But what are the toughest tasks that sales teams face on a daily basis? I got a group of the Simply Sales Jobs sales team together to discuss it. First...

4 Ways To Find Your Dream Sales Job

4 Ways To Find Your Dream Sales Job

Stuck in a job you simply cannot stand? Tired of dragging yourself out of bed each morning and trudging off to a place where your creativity, knowledge and communication skills go unnoticed? It sounds like a career change is in order. And that...

Sales Jobs: Fast Track Your Career After Graduation

Sales Jobs: Fast Track Your Career After Graduation

Graduation is nearly here and that means you’ll soon be expected to get a job- shock, horror! Luckily, the Graduate Recruitment Bureau bring you some things you can start doing now to seriously boost your chances of employment after graduation....

The other side of the table: 6 things interviewers want from you

The other side of the table: 6 things interviewers want from you

Browse the internet and there are hundreds of articles claiming to share secrets on how to get your dream sales job. What if you're not into tricks though? What if you have the skills and the hard-working attitude? What if your only problem at interview...

How do Diageo succeed in a difficult market?

How do Diageo succeed in a difficult market?

Diageo has a success story every company envies, but how do they keep up sales in an ever-changing marketplace? Attractive to investors and often at the forefront of innovations within their special corner of the consumables sales marketplace,...

How to write a standout sales CV

Find out what recruiters are secretly looking for and how you should present your CV.