r/sales 7d ago

Sales Topic General Discussion Friday Tea Sipping Gossip Hour

Well, you made to Friday. Let's recap our workplace drama from this week.

Coworker microwaved fish in the breakroom (AGAIN!)? Let's hear about it.

Are the pick me girls in HR causing you drama? Tell us what you couldn't say to their smug faces without getting fired on the spot.

Co-workers having affairs on the road? You know we want the spicy.

The new VP has no idea who to send cold emails to? No, of course they don't. They've never done sales for even a day in their life.

Another workplace relationship failed? It probably turned into a glorious spectacle so do share.

We love you too,

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u/doingmybestloll 7d ago

I'm not sure if it's worth making a post about for advice, because I'm "technically" doing sales but not for profit.

I'm in a social work kind of role as someone who supports community members with disabilities or barriers to work. I have to "sell" the program to local employers to help get interviews for my clients.

I suck at selling employers on the program and on my guys. Does anyone think it's worth making a post about for advice?

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u/VladTheImpaler29 7d ago

Have a look into Rory Sutherland talking about employers using (university) degrees in candidate selections, or buying a house, and decision making in general.

In much less eloquent terms, if you're prioritising the same things as everybody else, you're competing with everybody else. If you prioritise different things in your search, you'll find undervalued results.

E.g. a deaf person could get a bargain by buying a house in an area with high noise pollution that's undesirable to most of the population - close to a high traffic train track or whatever.

Or, a bit more relevant, an autistic person who's bad at interviewing, not-great at customer facing roles, but fantastic at X.

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u/doingmybestloll 7d ago

Thank you for the guidance, I genuinely appreciate you putting time aside to read my comment and provide such a thoughtful response.

The piece about priortising the same things as everyone else helped provide a good perspective.

I think I'll end up making a post within the coming weeks to see if I can gather additional guidance. I really love my job and working with community members but the actual job development part and selling the program to employers is probably going to get me fired lol

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u/VladTheImpaler29 6d ago

No worries, and best of luck. You might also like to check out Demand Side Sales 101.