Before you start your new, better outside sale job you need to quit your current one. When you give your notice you will either be walked out or asked to work your two weeks.
You should prepare for both scenarios no matter what relationship you have or think you have with your employer. The key to both scenarios is to be professional and keep from burning bridges.
…Fast and Furious… In like a Lion… Baby bird pushed from the nest…
Call it what you will I am quickly getting overwhelmed with the influx of calls looking for Training. This is different than most sales jobs… they come looking for me. It sounds good however it can be very intimidating to a new rep.
Traditional sales where people don’t want to see you and you have to fight to get an appointment seem difficult… from my point of view it’s what I want.
I knew this was how it would be… however I did think there would be this magical easy period of soft introductions and small talk. It has been said that “talk is cheap” and I’m quickly learning that lesson.
The sales division I am leaving is more relaxed, more casual business, smaller and more personable… this has given some at the division of the company that I am moving to an image of softness, under-achieving and generally more slack.
My first objective is to change that image, I have started it somewhat by pushing a start date when I could have enjoyed the summer more with my ‘in transition’ status.
This week I don’t have a lot to do other then get my phone and computer up and running, I’ll be meeting with the VP of sales who is familiar with my territory and going over the accounts as well as our CRM software… I’ll need to change his image first and this could be a good start.
First 90 Days of Outside Sales 