Salaries
The income possibilities of salesmanship are excellent, but incapable of definite statement, since so much depends on the salesman. In no other branch of business does a man have greater opportunity to demonstrate his worth. The salesman is the one employee who is quite sure to be paid all he can earn. His sales readily indicate his value to the firm.
Opportunities Widely Scattered
In this profession men may choose their own location to a large extent. Salesmen are in demand throughout the whole country and men who have climatic preferences will be able to indulge them without jeopardizing their future.
Promotion
Promotion to sales manager is within the range of possibilities for live men who make a conspicuous success of their work. The man who is ambitious will have ample scope for growth in this field.
Handicaps
Men who take up this profession should possess good general health, the ability to get about with a fair degree of facility, good hearing, and unimpeded speech. Personality counts for much in salesmanship, and since personal appearance is one factor in personality it should be suggested that facial wounds, which are soon forgotten by friends, often distract attention on first acquaintance and put a man at a disadvantage before his customer. The loss of a leg or an arm will not prove a barrier to this occupation so long as a man’s general activity is not interfered with seriously.
PLAN No. 1090. ADVERTISING
The passing from war to peace conditions will increase the demand for all kinds of advertising. Business has largely marked time during the war because of lack of goods to sell and lack of men and facilities.