Network marketer to door to door seller
A network marketer already meets 40% of what the door to door seller role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.6/ 100
1 How much of what a door to door seller is expected to do is already part of a network marketer’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 9 of its required skills as things a network marketer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- achieve sales targets
- carry out active selling
- demonstrate products' features
- product comprehension
- prospect new customers
- sales argumentation
What stands in the way is 10 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 9 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 network marketer background worth leading with.
- already held work independently in sales communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held achieve sales targets communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held prospect new customers communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held carry out active selling communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held sales argumentation business, administration and law
- already held demonstrate products' features communication, collaboration and creativity
All 9 carried skills, including the 9 the door to door seller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 missing skills fall into 7 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 identify customer's needs required
- still to learn implement customer follow-up required
- still to learn adapt to different weather conditions required
- still to learn ensure client orientation required
- still to learn negotiate price required
- still to learn prepare presentation material 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 guarantee customer satisfaction required
- still to learn apply health and safety standards required
- optional, not held prevent theft optional
- still to learn plan customers' sales visits required
- optional, not held process payments optional
- optional, not held credit card payments optional
- optional, not held carry out products preparation optional
- optional, not held keep records on sales optional
1 further area in the appendix
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 guarantee customer satisfaction practise this
- 03 identify customer's needs 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held achieve sales targets skill
- already held carry out active selling skill
- already held demonstrate products' features skill
- already held product comprehension knowledge
- already held prospect new customers skill
- already held sales argumentation knowledge
- already held sales strategies knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held work independently in sales skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held consumer protection optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held carry out products preparation optional
- optional, not held keep records on sales 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 consumer protection optional
- optional, not held credit card payments optional
- optional, not held establish customer rapport optional
- optional, not held prevent theft optional
- optional, not held process payments optional
28 held skills the door to door seller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply customer engagement strategy skill
- not needed by the target role apply social media marketing skill
- not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role channel marketing knowledge
- 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 communication knowledge
- not needed by the target role content marketing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role deal with pressure from unexpected circumstances skill
- not needed by the target role deliver a sales pitch skill
- not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
- not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
- 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 marketing mix knowledge
- not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role network marketing knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform market research skill
- not needed by the target role project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role public relations knowledge
- not needed by the target role relationship marketing knowledge
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role sell products skill
- not needed by the target role services marketing knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held consumer protection optional
- optional, not held credit card payments optional
Common questions about this move
Can a network marketer become a door to door seller?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A network marketer already covers 40% of what a door to door seller is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 9 of which the door to door seller role treats as required.
What skills does a network marketer need to become a door to door seller?
10 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 7 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 network marketer to door to door seller?
Its learning distance is 60.6 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.