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Resume Roast for Sales Representatives

Sales Representative resumes get the fastest read in the building, because the reviewer is a sales manager and sales managers read like they forecast: numbers first, adjectives never. Quota, attainment, rank. Results-driven sales professional is a warning label. 127 percent of a 800 thousand quota, top 3 of 24 reps, two years running: that is the entire pitch, delivered in the first bullet.

What Gabe checks first on a Sales Representative resume

Lead every role with quota and attainment, like 115 percent of 750 thousand annual quota. A sales resume without numbers reads as a confession.
Add your rank when it flatters you, like number 2 of 18 reps. Percentages tell the target; rank tells them about the competition.
Name your motion: hunting or farming, deal size, cycle length, who you sold to. Crushed quota selling what, to whom, is the actual question.

Worth knowing

Recruiters spend about 7 seconds on a first resume scan. (Ladders eye-tracking study)

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