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Career Interests 

Interest categories related to this occupation:

This occupation is associated with the following interest categories. These categories can be explored by clicking on the titles.
Enterprising
Enterprising occupations involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
Social
Social occupations involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
Administrative
Administrative occupations involve working with data and details more than with ideas and people. These people like clear routines and instructions, and enjoy checking facts and figures.

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Course Suggestions - CAO

Courses related to this or similar occupations:

If you are interested in this occupation, then these CAO courses may also be of interest. Note that these course suggestions are not intended to indicate that they lead directly to this occupation, only that they are related in some way and may be worth exploring.

Central Applications Office 56 courses found.
International Tourism and Hospitality Enterprise
Letterkenny IT
Marketing
IT Sligo
Marketing - PR with Events Management
IT Sligo
Tourism Marketing
DIT
Business - Marketing
IT Carlow
Business Studies (Marketing)
Limerick IT
Business Studies - Marketing
IT Tallaght
Marketing
Griffith College, Cork
Marketing
DIT
Marketing
Waterford IT
Marketing
Dublin Business School
Business
Athlone IT
Business and Management
NUI Maynooth
Business Management
DIT
Business Studies
Griffith College, Cork
Business Studies
Tralee IT
Business Studies
Athlone IT
Business Studies
Dublin Business School
Business Studies
IT Carlow
Business Studies
Cork IT
Business Studies - Enterprise
Dun Laoghaire IADT
Business Studies
Waterford IT
Transport Technology
DIT
Arts - Economics
UCC (NUI)
Arts - Economics
NUI Maynooth
Arts - Economics
TCD
Arts - Economics
UCD (NUI)
Arts - Economics
NUI Galway
Business Studies
IT Blanchardstown
Business Studies
DCU
Business Studies
Waterford IT
Business Studies and German
TCD
Business Studies and German
University of Limerick
Business Studies and Russian
TCD
Business Studies and Spanish
TCD
Commerce
UCC (NUI)
Commerce (European) With Irish
UCC (NUI)
Commerce (European) With Italian
UCC (NUI)
Commerce (European) With Spanish
UCC (NUI)
Commerce (International) German
UCD (NUI)
Commerce - International with Chinese Studies
UCC (NUI)
Commerce with Chinese Studies
UCD (NUI)
Finance
NUI Maynooth
Finance
UCC (NUI)
Business Economic and Social Studies
TCD
Finance and Venture Management
NUI Maynooth
International Finance and Economics
NUI Maynooth
Economics and Finance
UCD (NUI)
Bar Management
Cork IT
Bar Management and Entrepreneurship
DIT
Business Studies
Dublin Business School
Business Studies
Dublin Business School
Business Studies (Agri-Business)
Galway-Mayo IT
Property Studies
Galway-Mayo IT
Bar Management
Galway-Mayo IT
Business Studies - Entrepreneurship
Dun Laoghaire IADT

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Course Suggestions - PLC

Courses related to this or similar occupations:

If you are interested in this occupation, then these PLC / FETAC courses may also be of interest. Note that these course suggestions are not intended to indicate that they lead directly to this occupation, only that they are related in some way and may be worth exploring.

PLC/HETAC
13 courses found.

Examples include...
Auctioneering
Cork College of Commerce
Auctioneering & Estate Agency
Senior College Dun Laoghaire
Business Studies - Event Management
Stillorgan College of Further Education
Business Studies - Sales & Marketing
Crumlin College of Further Education
eBusiness - Start Your Own Business
College of Further Education Dundrum
International Trade
Pearse College of Further Education
International Trade - Export Marketing
Whitehall College of Further Education
Marketing - International & eBusiness
Rathmines College of FE
Marketing & Sales
Cork College of Commerce
Retail Management
Cork College of Commerce
Retail Studies - Management with Human Resources
Limerick Senior College
Retail Studies - Sales Assistant
Northside Campus - MacSwiney Community College
Retail Studies - Specialising in Pharmacy
Mullingar Community College

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In Brief... Sales Representative

 Brief Description:

Sells a company's products and services to other companies, associations and the general public.

 Detailed Information Online

  Detailed information on this occupation can be found from the links below (where available).
  Career Directions

Prospects UK - Sales executive
O*Net (US) - Sales Managers

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This occupation has been viewed 41,547 times since 1st Aug 2008
 

 Qualifications required?

Leaving Certificate + relevant experience

 Typical entry routes:

No set qualification but related Cert/Diploma or Degree in the business or technical area often seen as essential. Mature candidates often favoured for position.

 Sectors related to this occupation:

This occupation is typically found in the sectors below. You can explore information relating to sectors by clicking on the titles below.
Sales, Retail & Purchasing
Banking, Insurance & Financial Services

  
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1 LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION


The following information is based on the National Skills Bulletin 2010 and displays some useful information about selected occupations, or occupation groups.

Each occupation is examined in terms of its employment profile (based on the data from the Quarterly National Household Survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)), recent employment trends and other available indicators on the demand and supply of skills.

Identified shortages are defined in terms of their characteristics, i.e. skill shortage or labour shortage. For more information see the Labour Market Information section of this site.

 
Labour / Skills shortage indicator

This provides an indication of shortage for this occupation.

Comments:

Specialists
 
Skills Shortage Indicator
 


Growth Rate 2004 - 2009

This shows the average annual employment growth for the period. May be a guide to future trends
 
+0%
 
Scale
 
 
-0%
 
     
Part-time workers

This shows the percentage of part-time workers in the total employment of an occupation

Total employed in this occupation: 36100
%
Part-time
15%
 
Scale
 
 
85%
Full-time
 
 
Older workers

This shows the percentage of workers over 55 in the total employment of an occupation
%
Over 55
13%
 
Scale
 
 
87%
Under 55
 
     
Ratio of Male / Female workers

This shows the percentage of male and female workers in the total employment of an occupation
%
Male
69%
 
Scale
 
 
31%
Female
 
 
Non-Irish National workers

This shows the percentage of Irish national and non-Irish national workers in the total employment of an occupation
%
Non-Irish
11%
 
Scale
 
 
89%
Irish
 

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