My Dad's Job in Sales
Q: What kind of degree did you need to qualify for a position in sales?
A: I needed a Bachelors in business.
Q: What classes did you need for a Bachelors in business?
A: Accounting, marketing, economics, math, sociology, and English were a few that were necessary .
Q: How many years in college did that require?
A: I needed four years in college for a bachelors.
Q: What made you interested in this job?
A: I had a lot of possibilities with my degree, but thought that a position in sales would help me gain more experience with something I enjoyed.
Q: How long did you work weekly?
A: I usually worked five days, maybe six if the product I was selling had high demand.
Q: How many hours a week would that add up to?
A: Typically I worked a total of 70 hours per week.\
Q: What were the negatives of your job?
A: The long work days and the demanding and difficult customers were never good.
Q:What were the positives?
A: I wasn't required to work behind a desk all day, and never had to do the same thing over and over.
Q: Could you travel?
A: Yes, that job allowed me to travel to: the UK, Singapore, Korea, and Japan.
Q: How long did you work there?
A: I worked there a total of 12 years.
