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This group performs some or all of the following duties:

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.

• Some secondary school education is usually required. A high school diploma may be required by some employers.
• Self-employed street vendors and door-to-door salespersons may require a municipal merchant's permit.

• Progression to related supervisory positions is possible with additional training or experience.

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