abupapi

Guest Services Agent

I am sick and tired of looking for jobs in Sales. A nurse and a construction engineer get jobs in Tech Sales, while a product owner has to beg them on LinkedIn for an opportunity to prove himself.

Title. Companies say anyone can apply, entry-level, inclusive, and all that nonsense. I don't understand now. I am not in a good headspace after so many ghosting and rejections. A nurse and a construction engineer who probably has nothing with b2b SaaS are getting SDR jobs. Good for them. More power to them. But it is. Also, I don't know. I don't want to sound jealous. I cannot vent on LinkedIn. So I am doing it here. What should I do? What should I change in myself? Is it the attitude? Upskill? I don't understand. I have been honest on my resume. Only recalling what I did at my job without copying 'outstanding' achievements. I have pointed out KPIs and numbers I achieved as a product owner without sticking to generic responsibility-related points. Is that not enough? Should I say launched a 10 million dollar product with x YoY revenue without saying 200000 dollars? Should I say I solely did everything without saying I was a primary member? I feel so bad for other people who are at a worse spot than me. I had a salesforce referral, at least. So I guess meritocracy is bullshit.

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SADNESSLieutenant

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follow my interview posts fam

ThatNewAE

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Account Executive - Mid enterprise

Yeah, I do. +1. Good stuff, Sadness!

saaskicker

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Enterprise AE

Sales is an absolute roller coaster in itself. This interview process you’re going through / job hunting process is semi-similar to the ups and downs. I’ve gone months sending 100s of emails and making 1000s of calls without a bite to sell anything - that’s the name of the game.

Take a step back, a deep breath and really think about if this is the career you’re going to be happy in. I understand the need to vent & frustration but gut check yourself.

Find an outlet (exercise or something creative / whatever you enjoy) to blow off the steam. Detach the personal side of the process and focus on what you can control.

sleepingjaguar

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CSM, Emerging Markets

All of this.

Diablo

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Sr. AE

Correct you have to correct your resume and your have to tell what others want to listen. There are some companies out there I know of that hires only product owners in the sales team as they sell products for product owners. Find relevant companies, customize resume for each job and network with people. Things will strike. All the best !

CuriousFox

WR Officer

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Fantastic advice Diablo. Keep on truckin friend. You'll find something.

DungeonsNDemos

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Rolling 20's all day

This. When I edited my resumes to tailor them to the company listing this was a better way to get my foot in the door. I would add that having a metric heavy resume is also a helpful choice.

WhoDey

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VP of Sales

Fix your resume and polish your interviewing skills. The jobs are out there. Sorry to hear you're getting nothing but rejection or ghosting.

Sunbunny31

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Sr Sales Executive 🐰

Also, it sounds like you know the others who have gotten roles when you haven’t. What did they do differently than you did? Can you find out? Find out what they did that made them successful, and try that.

Sunbunny31

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Sr Sales Executive 🐰

This is so hard to go through. I’m very sorry. There’s some great advice here - hope you take advantage of it.

DungeonsNDemos

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Rolling 20's all day

If you can try to get more peer review time. Connect with other SDRs or AEs on LinkedIn and ask for 15 mins of their time to pick their brain for how you can improve.
Having a strong network never hurts as a long term play either.

TennisandSales

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Head Of Sales

yeah man interviewing is a bitch. check out @SADNESSLieutenantadvice / posts on interviewing.

activity

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VP, Business Development

Whatever you job is, you need to associate dollar values that you influenced to make your resume look appealing for sales.

abupapi

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Guest Services Agent

@SADNESSLieutenant

connect with the SDR's, AE's, Managers, Directors, CSM's of the company you want to work for (my note to managers and directors is usually a pitch to if they have openings and why I'm a great fit)

Where do you connect, email? Call? linkedin?
How does your pitch look? and what points do you use to prove why you are a good fit

SADNESSLieutenant

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Officer of ♥️

Folow my hiring posts its all outlined already

SADNESSLieutenant

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@Gasty can we pin my hiring posts

sleepingjaguar

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CSM, Emerging Markets

1) if you can’t handle rejections and ghosting then….perhaps sales isn’t for you.. 2) work on your storytelling. Sales can be very dynamic and requires constant adaptability among many, many other things. Lastly, put more numbers on your resume. Quantify EVERYTHING.

RedLightning

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Mid-Market AE

You should NOT be applying via job portals. Go read a book called "the two hour job search." It will teach you an outbound sales - esque approach to job searching.

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