By Dan Mitchell, MLM Blog Correspondent
This from Richard Baum, the Seattle Career Coach for The Examiner:
Monday, June 1, was the Bellevue career fair hosted by National Career Fairs at the Bellevue Red Lion Inn. Several hundred job seekers visited 25 vendor booths looking for the missing link. I was there extolling the virtues of career coaching and reviewing resume samples brought in by anxious folks hoping to turn them into jobs.
I have noticed several things at the various recent career fairs I have attended. First, the composition of the exhibitors has become skewed not just toward sales, but even more towards MLM. Second, the education level of attendees is rising as are average ages, as well. Third, resumes continue to suck. So I am going to camp on these subjects for a while and explore some causes and some remedies.
Sell, sell, sell!
Sales has long been the easiest entry into just about any field. Sales positions generally come with either a very low, or zero, base rate with most compensation coming in the form of commissions based on sales. Most if not all the financial risk is carried by the sales person so companies are willing to take almost anyone, give them some training and send them out into the world.
A good salesperson can make a nice income, a great salesperson make a great income and advance to management. The independence and autonomy of sales appeal to many individuals who chafe at the restraints of office jobs. Many of the captains of industry started in sales and used their skills to advance their careers and guide corporations to global success.
Real estate was once the job of choice for entrepreneurs looking for a way out of the cube farm. Many women turned to real estate as a way to equalize the financial tables, often starting their new career after their children reached school age. But real estate has booms and busts and some pretty hefty financial burdens that can break you before you have a chance to get the sales ball rolling.
Enter Multi Level Marketing, or MLM. MLM has been billed as the poor person’s way to own their own business without having to invest an arm and a leg. All you have to do is tell your friends and family about the miraculous new discovery in health, fitness, financial services, and watch the money roll in. Especially when they start telling their friends and you get all those residual checks from your “downline.” In fact, in no time at all you’ll be retired while the checks just keep coming.
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I'm not real clear on what your point was in this article. Are you saying that people shouldn't be in sales or that it is not easy to get the residual checks in mlm? Or is your point that most people don't know how to write resumes? OR is it that mlms shouldn't be at career fairs?
Sorry, I love your blog but this post just ended. I didn't feel like there was a point. Maybe it was just a rant. I do that too sometimes.