Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
On the Job
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Service Sales Agents buy and sell securities or commodities in investment and trading firms. They provide financial services to people or businesses.
Typical Work Tasks
People who work in this career often:
- Contact current or potential customers to promote products or services.
- Deliver promotional presentations to current or prospective customers.
- Sell products or services.
- Calculate costs of goods or services.
- Estimate costs or terms of sales.
- Analyze market conditions or trends.
- Gather customer or product information to determine customer needs.
- Gather customer or product information to determine customer needs.
- Contact current or potential customers to promote products or services.
- Customize financial products or services to meet customer needs.
Typical Working Conditions
- Using e-mail.
- Working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions.
- Frequent decision-making.
- The freedom to determine tasks, priorities, and goals.
- Dealing with external customers.
- Sitting.
- High levels of competition.
- Meeting strict deadlines.
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