Success in sales can lead to very rapid promotion. Sales led businesses have become adept at spotting talent and reward individuals who deliver results with challenging entrepreneurial assignments.

Typically you can advance from a telemarketing role to field sales role in as little as 1-2 years. As your experience increases you will take on more responsibility for handling larger and more prestigious accounts and selling more complex, higher value products and services.

Promotion into management and ultimately director positions can be equally rapid with the best making it to the top in their late 20’s.

It is possible to utilise the selling skills learned in one industry to transfer to another. Many sales people make the move out of sales into training or recruitment functions or move into the related disciplines of advertising, marketing and public relations (PR).

Sales is also the biggest feeder career for entrepreneurs who use their skills, contacts and money (earned through hefty bonuses) to establish their own businesses.