Commercial sales representative to door to door seller
A commercial sales representative already meets 42% of what the door to door seller role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.1/ 100
1 How much of what a door to door seller is expected to do is already part of a commercial sales representative’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the door to door seller role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A door to door seller role treats 8 of its required skills as things a commercial sales representative already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- demonstrate products' features
- ensure client orientation
- guarantee customer satisfaction
- identify customer's needs
- implement customer follow-up
- product comprehension
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A door to door seller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a commercial sales representative background worth leading with.
- already held credit card payments business, administration and law
- already held keep records on sales information skills
- already held implement customer follow-up communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held consumer protection services
- already held prospect new customers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held demonstrate products' features communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the door to door seller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn carry out active selling required
- still to learn work independently in sales required
- still to learn achieve sales targets required
- still to learn adapt to different weather conditions required
- still to learn negotiate price required
- still to learn prepare presentation material required
- still to learn use different communication channels required
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held speak dialect optional
- optional, not held utilise cross-selling optional
- optional, not held establish customer rapport optional
- still to learn assist customers required
- still to learn apply health and safety standards required
- optional, not held prevent theft optional
- still to learn sales argumentation required
- still to learn plan customers' sales visits required
- optional, not held carry out products preparation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a door to door seller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist customers practise this
- 02 carry out active selling practise this
- 03 plan customers' sales visits practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held demonstrate products' features skill
- already held ensure client orientation skill
- already held guarantee customer satisfaction skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held implement customer follow-up skill
- already held product comprehension knowledge
- already held prospect new customers skill
- already held sales strategies knowledge
- already held consumer protection knowledge
- already held credit card payments knowledge
- already held keep records on sales skill
- already held process payments skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held carry out products preparation optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held speak dialect optional
- optional, not held utilise cross-selling optional
- optional, not held establish customer rapport optional
- optional, not held prevent theft optional
64 held skills the door to door seller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on merchandise features skill
- not needed by the target role analyse consumer buying trends skill
- not needed by the target role answer requests for quotation skill
- not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
- not needed by the target role apply technical communication skills skill
- not needed by the target role beverage products knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out sales analysis skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of products knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of services knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
- not needed by the target role clothing and footwear products knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role consumer goods industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role contact customers skill
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role dairy and edible oil products knowledge
- not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
- not needed by the target role demonstrate motivation for sales skill
- not needed by the target role develop media strategy skill
- not needed by the target role develop promotional tools skill
- not needed by the target role e-commerce systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role e-procurement knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic and telecommunication equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role electronic communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations skill
- not needed by the target role glassware products knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle financial transactions skill
- not needed by the target role hardware industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role household products knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
- not needed by the target role international commercial transactions rules knowledge
- not needed by the target role issue sales invoices skill
- not needed by the target role keep records of customer interaction skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role market pricing knowledge
24 further entries not listed here
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn sales argumentation required
Other moves recorded from commercial sales representative
Common questions about this move
Can a commercial sales representative become a door to door seller?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A commercial sales representative already covers 42% of what a door to door seller is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 8 of which the door to door seller role treats as required.
What skills does a commercial sales representative need to become a door to door seller?
11 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assist customers.
How hard is the move from commercial sales representative to door to door seller?
Its learning distance is 59.1 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.