Education:
57%
Less than a High School Diploma
43%
High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)
Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News & Street Vendors, & Related Workers
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Job Outlook:
None
Education:
No formal educational credential
Salary
High:
$51,860.00
Average:
$36,280.00
Hourly
Average:
$17.44
What they do:
Sell goods or services door-to-door or on the street.
On the job, you would:
- Explain products or services and prices and demonstrate use of products.
- Develop prospect lists.
- Deliver merchandise and collect payment.
Personality
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Characteristics of this Career |
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85% | Integrity - Job requires being honest and ethical. | |
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83% | Initiative - Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. | |
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80% | Dependability - Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. | |
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79% | Independence - Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. | |
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79% | Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. | |
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74% | Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. | |
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73% | Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. | |
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71% | Achievement/Effort - Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. | |
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70% | Self-Control - Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. | |
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69% | Concern for Others - Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. | |
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58% | Attention to Detail - Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. | |
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55% | Social Orientation - Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. | |
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52% | Leadership - Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Strengths |
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100% | Enterprising - Work involves managing, negotiating, marketing, or selling, typically in a business setting, or leading or advising people in political and legal situations. Enterprising occupations are often associated with business initiatives, sales, marketing/advertising, finance, management/administration, professional advising, public speaking, politics, or law. | |
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61% | Conventional - Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Values of the Work Environment |
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67% | Relationships - Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
Aptitude
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Abilities | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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75% | Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. | |
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72% | Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. | |
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63% | Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. | |
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63% | Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. | |
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53% | Written Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand. |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Skills | Cognitive, Physical, Personality |
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57% | Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior. |
Job Details
Responsibilities
Arrange delivery of goods or services.
Process sales or other transactions.
Take product orders from customers.
Explain technical product or service information to customers.
Demonstrate products to consumers.
Contact current or potential customers to promote products or services.
Coordinate sales campaigns.
Answer customer questions about goods or services.
Sell products or services.
Arrange delivery of goods or services.
Identify potential customers.
Distribute promotional literature or samples to customers.
Purchase stocks of merchandise or supplies.
Set up merchandise displays.
Stock products or parts.
Sell products or services.
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Attributes & Percentage of Time Spent |
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95% | Freedom to Make Decisions - How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? | |
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94% | Structured versus Unstructured Work - To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? | |
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93% | Deal With External Customers - How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? | |
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89% | Telephone - How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? | |
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87% | Electronic Mail - How often do you use electronic mail in this job? | |
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87% | Contact With Others - How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? | |
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78% | Face-to-Face Discussions - How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? | |
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68% | Public Speaking - How often do you have to perform public speaking in this job? | |
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67% | Physical Proximity - To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? | |
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55% | Level of Competition - To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? | |
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54% | Letters and Memos - How often does the job require written letters and memos? | |
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52% | Spend Time Standing - How much does this job require standing? | |
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51% | Work With Work Group or Team - How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? | |
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51% | Time Pressure - How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
| A3 | Your Strengths | Importance |
Tasks & Values |
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90% | Selling or Influencing Others - Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions. | |
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87% | Performing for or Working Directly with the Public - Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests. | |
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82% | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships - Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. | |
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71% | Communicating with People Outside the Organization - Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail. | |
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68% | Getting Information - Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources. | |
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66% | Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work - Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work. | |
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66% | Coaching and Developing Others - Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. | |
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64% | Developing and Building Teams - Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. | |
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63% | Working with Computers - Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information. | |
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60% | Training and Teaching Others - Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. | |
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60% | Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates - Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. | |
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57% | Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates - Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. | |
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57% | Scheduling Work and Activities - Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others. | |
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52% | Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others - Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others. | |
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51% | Performing Administrative Activities - Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |