You can't put a price on a good salesperson, employers say.
Many students begin business careers as sales account executives.
Many don't stay. Discouraged by the hard work involved in prospecting for customers, building relationships and making sales, often alone in strange motels on rural highways, these young sales professionals decide there's got to be an easier way to make a living. I'm here for the duration. A marketing major, I decided to pursue a career in sales. Now I know that I chose one tough field.