Tips for Entry
Read the Journal of Personal Selling and Sales Management (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpss20/current) to learn more about the field.
Visit https://careers-amanet.icims.com and https://salesmanagement.org/jobs for job listings.
Talk to sales managers about their jobs. Ask them for advice on breaking into the field.
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