Sales Representative: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Sales reps often help people for a long time, so they can become friends with the shop owners and managers they visit.
Through history
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Long ago
Before phones and computers, sales people traveled from town to town to show their products and talk face to face.
Tools of the trade
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Order Notebook
A sales rep writes down what each customer wants, so they remember every detail for the next visit.
A day in the job
- MorningThe sales rep checks emails and plans which shops and offices to visit. Then they pack up their pictures and samples.
Words to know
- Pitch
- A short, friendly talk where a sales rep explains how a helpful thing works and why it can make a job easier.
Quiz time
A sales rep helps bakeries find the right size oven.
Sales reps only talk to children at school.