{"id":1104,"date":"2018-06-25T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/franke\/?page_id=1104"},"modified":"2023-08-24T22:08:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:08:39","slug":"why-sales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/clubs-organizations\/professional-selling-program\/why-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Selling program: why sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list on-this-page\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/clubs-organizations\/professional-selling-program\/why-sales\/#sales\" title=\"Why Sales?\">Why Sales?<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul><h6>Related pages<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/clubs-organizations\/professional-selling-program\/\" title=\"Professional selling program\">Professional selling program<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/?page_id=2530\" title=\"Selling program news\">Selling program news<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/clubs-organizations\/professional-selling-program\/student-resources\/\" title=\"Selling program student resources\">Selling program student resources<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"back-to-top\"><a href=\"#\">Back to top<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-3657\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-3657<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:fcb@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> fcb&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\">College Business<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Selling program: why sales<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why sales?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Find a career that matches your lifestyle.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you enjoy being rewarded for your hard work and effort? Do you like uncovering problems and finding creative ways to solve them? Would you like to develop valuable skills that are transferable to most careers? If you answered \u201cyes\u201d to any of these questions, you owe it to yourself to explore a career in sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section  \n    class=\"nau-block nau-block-panels reduceSpaceBelowThisBlock  \" \n    data-layout_mobile=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_tablet=\"groupLayout-Stack gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_desktop=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\"\n        data-layout_xl=\"groupLayout-Grid gutter_Default panelLayoutPhotoTextVertical  photoAspect-1-1\">\n\n    <div class=\"background-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"block-main-content\">\n            \n            \n            \n            \n            \n            <div class=\"panel-wrapper\">\n                \n                                \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-gold  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--0\"\n                            id=\"panel--0\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">Achieve career goals<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Create the opportunity to find a job in the area of business you are truly passionate about. Transfer your education in sales to work in an environment that fits your personality, whether it is in manufacturing, wholesale, retail, or service-oriented industries.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-twilight  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--1\"\n                            id=\"panel--1\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">Advancement opportunities<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Companies highly value individuals skilled in sales because they know the product or service the company sells better than anyone. In addition to product knowledge, sales professionals interact and learn from customers and other people vital to the company. This knowledge puts sales professionals in line for a quick progression track through the company, with the potential of one day becoming CEO.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-twilight-xxx-light  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--2\"\n                            id=\"panel--2\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">Flexibility<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>A career in sales offers you more freedom and flexibility to get work done. Sales professionals often have the ability to control their own schedules to account for their personal lives. The same old daily routine is nonexistent to sales professionals, because they are interacting with different people and tasks on a daily basis.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-monsoon  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--3\"\n                            id=\"panel--3\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">High demand<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Sales professionals are in demand by all types of companies worldwide. Some statistics place the odds of taking a sales job upon graduation at approximately 80% for all marketing majors. Nearly every type of company needs sales professionals, which makes the options of companies to work for nearly limitless. Focusing on professional selling during your college education will position you perfectly to get hired upon graduation.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                    \n                        <div class=\"panel bg-true-blue  panelTypeText  noHover \"\n                            data-role=\"tabpanel\"\n                            data-panel=\"panel--4\"\n                            id=\"panel--4\">\n\n                            \n                                                                    <div class=\"content\">\n                                            <div class=\"text-wrapper\">\n                                                                                                <h3 class=\"h3-tab-index\">High earnings potential<\/h3>\n                                                \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"text\">\n                                                        <p>Sales positions allow ambitious individuals to earn much more than a starting salary. Salaries permit employees to live comfortably, and the commissions and bonuses associated with sales provide near-endless opportunities. In addition to high earnings, the job security associated with sales positions empowers professionals to be financially stable throughout their careers.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                \n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n                                \n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                <\/div>\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10434,"parent":308,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1104","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1104"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12534,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1104\/revisions\/12534"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/college-business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}