Other sales related occupations

NOC

65109

include workers who sell goods or services during home demonstrations or by telephone soliciting, retail exhibitions or street vending.

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Workers in other sales related occupations sell goods or services during home demonstrations or by telephone soliciting, retail exhibitions or street vending. They are employed by a wide range of retail and wholesale establishments, manufacturers, telemarketing companies and call centres, or they may be self-employed.

Main Duties

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

Demonstrators and direct distributors

Contact potential customers by phone or through personal contacts

Arrange sales demonstration appointments, and show, describe and sell goods or services at wholesale, retail and industrial establishments, at exhibitions, trade shows or directly to individual customers or at sales parties in private homes

Deliver purchased goods to customers.

Door-to-door salespersons and street vendors

Solicit sales and sell merchandise to residents of private homes

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.

Also Known As

canvasser - retail
demonstrator - retail
direct distributor - retail
door-to-door salesperson
home demonstrator - retail

street vendor

telemarketer

telephone solicitor

Requirements

Employment Requirements

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.

Provincial Regulation

Not Provincially Regulated

Employment by Sex

The following graph shows the percentage of men and women working in this occupation in New Brunswick.

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48.7%

Female

51.3%

Male

Employment by age

The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons working in this occupation in New Brunswick by age group.

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28.8%

15-24

15.3%

25-34

11.9%

35-44

22.0%

45-54

19.5%

55-64

2.5%

65+

Employment by highest level of education

The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons working in this occupation in New Brunswick by highest level of education achieved.

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13.3%

No Certificate, Diploma or Degree

43.3%

High School, Diploma or Equivalent

5.0%

Apprenticeship or Trades Certificate or Diploma

22.5%

College or University Below Bachelor Level

15.8%

University - Bachelor Level or Above

Employment by Industry

The following graph shows the industry groups in which the largest shares of persons working in this occupation in New Brunswick are employed. Small percentages for all top three industry groups may suggest employment for this occupation is widely distributed amongst many industry groups.

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35.8%

Retail trade

24.2%

Administrative and support, waste management and remediation services

14.2%

Wholesale trade

25.8%

All Other Industries

Employment by Economic Regions

The following graph shows the breakdown of all persons employed in this occupation in New Brunswick by which economic region they reside in.

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18.50%

Northeast

27.70%

Southeast

32.80%

Southwest

16.80%

Central

4.20%

Northwest

Economic Regions

The following map displays New Brunswick’s five economic regions. An economic region (ER) is a grouping of counties, created as a standard unit for analysis of regional economic activity across Canada.

Annual Average Salary by Economic Regions

The following graph shows the average salary of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.

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$50,000

Northeast

$32,000

Southeast

$50,000

Southwest

$40,000

Central

N/A

Northwest

Economic Regions

Hourly Median Wages by Economic Regions

The following represents the median hourly wage of all persons employed in this occupation in each of New Brunswick’s five economic regions.

Salary

The following shows the average salary of everyone who worked full-time and year-round in this occupation across each of the Atlantic Provinces and nationally.

Employment Outlook

The following represents the number of job openings that are expected to occur in this occupation over the next three and ten years respectively, broken down by openings expected to result from growth (“new jobs”) and openings expected to result from attrition (death and retirements).

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