Otherwise they might be in the wrong place. You're not always going to post healthy numbers and it's a struggle, but you can't cry about yesterday. In this business there's always a new day. Increasingly an MBA is a prerequisite for upper level sales management jobs. People who can sell will always have jobs, even in bad times.
Every company wants good salespeople.
But not everyone is cut out for sales. You really have to enjoy selling and be able to constantly meet and exceed sales goals. 1 SNOWboarding Business, December 1996. 2 STN, November 1997. 3 Charleston Daily Mail, October 30, 1997.