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Rich King Gawlas

Enterprise Customer Success Executive

Retail Sales to Tech Sales: How To?

My buddy is looking to get out of retail and into a remote role. 

He's been crushing it in luxury fashion for 10 years, but is tired of the in-person slog and wants to take his sales experience in a new direction.  

Any advice on how to start digging into a remote sales role, tech or otherwise? 
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braintank
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Enterprise Account Executive
Have a good resume and network like hell...
GDO
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BDM
second part really is crucial. good CV is just a bare minimum
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Account Executive
This is basically what needs to happen.
Phillip_J_Fry
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Director of Revenue
Network hard and start applying to SDR/BDR roles.
CuriousFox
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I have friends that do that. The physical work it takes to do these shows - whew it exhausts me just listening to it. LOL
HVACexpert
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sales engineer
They ok with possibly having to take a step back to jump industries?
Beans
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Enterprise Account Executive
Define retail sales, like they're a floor guy at Cartier?
cache.money
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Manager, Business Development
I made that transition after college. Was brutal. Took me around a year to land my first BDR gig. The stigma is very real when it comes to retail workers. I even have a little bias being a Biz Dev Manager. The talent pool is so strong these days. I’ll be tough land a tech sales job without previous SaaS experience.
wolfofmiami
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Start applying to SDR roles...
ThatNewAE
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Account Executive - Mid enterprise
A couple of courses and certifications as a foundation, word of mouth, referrals and a solid resume: LinkedIn would be the best friend to help them seek a new job in this industry.
If they are looking to start small, they can look at a fractional role as well from Flex or platforms like that.
Kosta_Konfucius
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Sales Rep
Do Tech Sales U

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