Some of the skills we found on sales/account representative resumes included "customer service," "crm," and "sales process." We have detailed the most important sales/account representative responsibilities below.
See the full list of sales/account representative skills.
Before becoming a sales/account representative, 68.8% earned their bachelor's degree. When it comes down to graduating with a master's degree, 5.0% sales/account representatives went for the extra education. If you're wanting to pursue this career, it may be possible to be successful with a high school degree. In fact, most sales/account representatives have a college degree. But about one out of every seven sales/account representatives didn't attend college at all.
The sales/account representatives who went onto college to earn a more in-depth education generally studied business and marketing, while a small population of sales/account representatives studied communication and accounting.
Once you're ready to become a sales/account representative, you should explore the companies that typically hire sales/account representatives. According to sales/account representative resumes that we searched through, sales/account representatives are hired the most by International Paper, Oracle, and U.S. Bank. Currently, International Paper has 97 sales/account representative job openings, while there are 72 at Oracle and 56 at U.S. Bank.
Since salary is important to some sales/account representatives, it's good to note that they are figured to earn the highest salaries at Smartsheet, Vista Equity Partners, and Fidelity National Financial. If you were to take a closer look at Smartsheet, you'd find that the average sales/account representative salary is $110,393. Then at Vista Equity Partners, sales/account representatives receive an average salary of $94,167, while the salary at Fidelity National Financial is $89,217.
View more details on sales/account representative salaries across the United States.
Some other companies you might be interested in as a sales/account representative include Novartis, Eli Lilly and Company, and Dell. These three companies were found to hire the most sales/account representatives from the top 100 U.S. educational institutions.
In general, sales/account representatives fulfill roles in the media and professional industries. While employment numbers are high in those industries, the sales/account representative annual salary is the highest in the technology industry with $72,531 as the average salary. Meanwhile, the manufacturing and professional industries pay $59,130 and $58,903 respectively. This means that sales/account representatives who are employed in the technology industry make 26.1% more than sales/account representatives who work in the telecommunication Industry.