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Sales and Accounts Representatives

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals sell non-technical goods and services locally and abroad. This group includes supervisors. They work for product manufacturers and service providers.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Target and solicit new clients.
  • Promote products and services.
  • Explain and describe the benefits and various uses of goods or services.
  • Evaluate and price products and services.
  • Describe credit or contract terms, guarantees, and delivery dates.
  • Ensure the drafting of sales contracts.
  • Provide after-sales service.
  • Learn about product innovations, competition, and market conditions.
  • Represent companies importing or exporting products and services.
  • Conduct transactions electronically, as required.
  • Supervise staff, as required.

Advancement and mobility

  • Experience or additional training leads to management and executive positions.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$16.00
Median
$24.52
Maximum
$36.03

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

22,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
35.2% Female
64.8% Male

Not available.
  • 35.2% Female
  • 64.8% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$54,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • None

All of Québec

  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    47% of jobs
  2. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    7% of jobs
  3. Food, Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 311, 312
    5% of jobs
  4. Information and Cultural Industries
    NAICS 51
    4% of jobs
  5. Advertising, Public Relations and Related Services and Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
    NAICS 5418, 5419
    4% of jobs
  6. Others
    33% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    47% of jobs
  2. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    7% of jobs
  3. Food, Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing
    NAICS 311, 312
    5% of jobs
  4. Information and Cultural Industries
    NAICS 51
    4% of jobs
  5. Advertising, Public Relations and Related Services and Other Professional, Scientific and Technical Services
    NAICS 5418, 5419
    4% of jobs
  6. Others
    33% of jobs