Sales skills are an important skill for all jobs. People view sales skills as specific to closing deals and sales people. These skills stretch beyond those capacities and are important in any job capacity you are in. One skill that transfers across all jobs is communicating effectively. No matter what job setting you are in this skill to communicate effectively is crucial. Building this skill not only helps yourself but whatever business you are in. Another key sales skill is the ability to persuade. This skill is very helpful in all jobs as persuasion can help foster change and create new processes of doing things.
Another key skill is empathy. Empathy is skill that is valuable throughout all of life. People think empathy is simply something someone is person with, but it is a skill that one can grow at. The last sales skill that is important across all jobs is resilience. Having the ability to bounce back from hard times is key to life and success. These are all sales skills that are important to grow at that help you succeed throughout all areas of your life. Sales skills are not just job specific but transformable to all areas.
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Great insight! This blog explore the broader implications of sales skills reinforces the notion that these skills are not confined to the sales floor but are indeed essential in every job and industry.
Great Blog post! Having these sale skills will help to sell to various different customers.
Sales was not a topic that I thought would apply to other areas of my life coming into this class. This post and this class have shown me all the times I’ve been selling without even realizing it. Things that apply to my life are things I grab a hold of, and this class has been exciting in that way.