Is Sales where the jobs are at?

<p>Saw thiis interesting article about sales majors in buisiness week. The full link is at the bottom. Here is a snippet. I never wanted to go into sales because of the pressure to sell in order to put food on the table. Nowadays I'm wondering how I would have done. </p>

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<p>As a professional sales major, he has done just that. He’s spent the past three years working with coaches in video sales labs and participating in high-stakes sales simulations, and this fall he’ll be one of 10 sales majors competing in the school’s first International Collegiate Sales Competition, where he’ll get a chance to mingle with about two dozen recruiters who’ll evaluate his performance during mock sales calls. Unlike most college students today, he’s confident he’ll have several job offers by the time he graduates; the school’s sales program has a 100 percent placement rate before graduation for sales majors, the school says.</p>

<p>Sales</a> Hits the Big Time at B-Schools - Businessweek</p>