vallumlj

i am currently a field sales rep for a giftware company earning 30k basic and no comission really. I have just bought a house with my girlfriend and need to earn more money.

I dont mind changing industrys but i would really like to earn quite a bit more. i have been told advertising pays well. What other sales jobs pay well with still 30k or more basic but better commision?

In the meantime I want a part time job for in the evenings or weekends. Any one got any ideas i was thinking of a driving job or a warehouse job.

Thanks

mrtheedge2u2

Pharmaceuticals...........

PaulC72

pull pints in the local pub?

GC8

Youll die on your **** in any real advertising position; Id avoid it at all costs.

GC8

You have to wonder if this poster is suggesting moving into the pharmaceutical industry as a sales representitive: or whether he is suggesting some part-time pharmaceutical sales to supplement your current income..... Youd certainly make more in the car park than you could in the bar!

exvaux

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retrain as an electrician,get a job on the oil rigs,if you have no fears get one in a "volatile" area,great money

Petem95

30k+ at 23 isnt bad going -you won't easily get significantly more unless you retrain as a solicitor or something which will obviously take years. Also the jobs market isnt exactly booming right now..

Richard_P

Pharmaceuticals are decent, food, packaging.

Are you selling into retail?

Why no commision, is there no new business development or just a company that doesnt pay much commision?

nixxon

If you want good money on commission, you'll have to drop the basic pay.
How big are your *****?

jaytc2003

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30k is good for a basic.

Could try IT sales (software/hardware) basic will be lower, but commision is good. A mate of mine earned of 100k last year but that was selling a new product

bioforger

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Go on the game mate, u can work from home to

paulwrxboro

tell your girlfreind to get a 20k a year job, if she already has why do you need more than 50k a year...life is for living, theres more to life than money and working

jaytc2003

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50k a year doesnt get you much really

paulwrxboro

you can be happy on 50k im sure
what im saying is happyness is more important than money
the more you have the more you spend
if you think you need more than 50k a year to live you have had to much money in your life

vallumlj

30 k is a good basic but i dont get much comission at all 2k a year.

What jobs site are worth uploaded my cv to do you think.

Thanks

MikeCardiff

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I'm assuming that as you work in sales you dont have any other formal qualifications or skills ? ( sorry to generalise, but if you were a qualified plumber, engineer etc... I imagine you'd be looking for work doing this ? )

At your age I really dont think anyone is going to pay you much more without a specific qualification or experience - you 'may' get more in another sales job, but if it is higher commission with a much lower basic, then you could easily end up worse off.

As an example, for me to qualify as an engineer took 4 years of studying - as a graduate engineer, I could expect to get around £20K as a starting salary at your age - OK, I would end up earning a lot more with promotions and more experience, but the money you are earning now is pretty good.

What you need is not more money, buy to spend less of the money you are earning. Unless you really want to be working 60 or 70 hours a week, which wont last long.

Richard_P

Upload it to monster, that's what a lot of recruiters use to search for people for jobs.

Abdabz

You dont need to earn more money lad, your missus needs to earn more money.
30k is a good wage - tell her to get another job or you will dump her and marry a rich bird

J4CKO

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My cousin drives for a executive taxi firm, seems to like it, moneys ok.

john banks

Pharmaceutical sales is usually graduate entry, and the basic is about £30-35k to start with. They have also made a lot of people redundant.

mrtheedge2u2

I started off in Pharmaceuticals as a QA technician on a whopping 14,000 a year lol ...... 10 years later I am a Regulatory Affairs Manager in the Pharma industry and earn considerably more...... the thing is that people will not throw money at you for the sake at it..... you need to prove to them you are worth it through experience or qualifications......

30k at 23.... I wish I earned that when I was 23!

SiPie

timmy2take

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How many people do you know that earn more than you that are your age? & what do they do for a living?

MikeCardiff

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What would be useful is if you break down all your outgoings and see where the money is going.

I assume that you have quite a large mortgage as this seems to be the reason for you wanting to earn more ? Perhaps it would have been better to rent, or if you really fetl you had to buy, then get somewhere cheaper, or if you couldnt do that then you'll have to make sacrifices from other areas to pay the mortgage.

Does your girlfriend work, and if so is she contributing towards the household expenses, if not, why not ?

I agree with #23 - I'll bet there are very few 23 year olds on £30K, let alone more - most will have either just graduated, or only been in a career for a short time, so arent going to be earning loads.

Money isnt that important though, as long as you have enough to pay for a reasonable lifestyle, and if you find that 30K at your age isnt enough, then lower your expectations of the sort of lifestyle you think you need.

I earn decent money, and only work part time hours for it - I could work loads more hours and earn more, but the money would either just sit in my bank, or get spent on stuff I really dont need. I'm sure I could quite easily spend lots of money on flasher cars and gadgets, but they're not really there for anything other than trying to impress other people.

There comes a point ( which you wont have reached yet as you are still young ) where you realise quality of life and free time is much more important than money.

pimmo2000

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My g/f is an accountant. Shes 23 has a degree and several other exams .. names of which I have no chance in remembering .. shes only on 18k at the moment.

Obviously the futures bright if all goes well .. but 30k at 23 is excellent .. even as a fantastic sales type person!

vallumlj

i agree 30k is a quite a good basic. I have a mortgage and also a loan from when i was younger i really want to try and pay off.

Is there any part times jobs you think could be worth doing. Takeaway delivery driver or something dont they normally pay cash.

Just could do with earning a extra couple hundard a month.

Scooby Soon!

To be honest 30k a year is pretty damn good, I know its probably not what you want to here but as said above you would be much better off making a list of everything you spend money on and see where savings could be made. In my experiance unless your salary increase hugely say £100,000+ then your standard of life doesnt really change and i would bet it doesnt make much differance until you are on £200,000 +

I think that the more money you earn the more you spend, you get slightly more money so you get a slightly bigger house, a slightly better car, eat in more expensive restaurants, spend slightly more on holidays.

The house insurance comes through for £400 you pay it (its only £400 you think to yourself), but when you had less money you would a spend a few days ringing round and end up only paying £150,

Cut your outgoings and you will easily be a few hundred quid a month better off!