Other Sales Related Occupations

(NOC 6623)
 

Career Description

Workers in other sales related occupations sell goods or services during home demonstrations or by telephone soliciting, retail exhibitions or street vending.

Duties May Include

Direct distributors


  • Contact potential customers by phone or through personal contacts, demonstrate and sell products directly to individual customers or at sales parties and deliver purchased goods to customers.

Door-to-door salespersons

  • Solicit sales and sell merchandise to residents of private homes.

Street vendors

  • Set up and display merchandise on sidewalks or at public events to sell to the public.

Telephone solicitors and telemarketers

  • Contact businesses or private individuals, by telephone, to solicit sales for goods or services.

Demonstrators

  • Arrange sales demonstration appointments, and show, describe and sell goods or services at wholesale, retail and industrial establishments, and at exhibitions, trade shows and private homes.

Examples of Titles

Canvasser - retail
Demonstrator - retail
Direct distributor - retail
Door-to-door salesperson
Home demonstrator - retail
Street vendor
Telemarketer
Telephone solicitor

Where They Work

Workers in other sales related occupations are employed by a wide range of retail and wholesale establishments, manufacturers, telemarketing companies and call centres, or they may be self-employed.

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Modified on January 26, 2022