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Originally Posted by Bayerische Motoren Werke
hey man, would you suggest someone interested in cars work in a decent dealership during college?
i'm after work ideas that is intriguing to me (barista, waiter etc no ty); i dont need the money either i just dont want to burn my free time when i can be out making money and at least setting myself financially free for some minor stuff from my parents
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Sorry, missed this one.
I wasn't a sales type, but I was fairly desperate to get a job to pay for school. So, I picked auto sales job during my school year. This was transition of people not knowing the invoice price to KBB starting get introduced online.
Auto sales industry change a lot since 15yrs ago, but here are my suggestion.
1. Go to a franchise dealership. Do not work at buy here pay here type of places. Also look at the ratings. There are still some franchise dealerships practicing 70s sales tactics to customers.
2. I would go to a decent brand franchinsed dealership, instead of high traffic dealership such as Toyota, Honda, Hyundai, Ford, GM, etc. Smaller dealership would have time to train you not just on sales, but other stuff.
3. Franchise dealership has district reps who comes in and train the product as well. Good way to learn about cars most people don't know about.
4. Go to a dealership which has less sales staff relative to car sales. Large heavy traffic dealership won't have time to train people. Acura Lexus Infinity type of dealership are ideal for startup.
5. State Dept of Reg Agency controls and enforces the law. Every state has a different law/standard/procedure. Most of states' auto sales exams are most likely far easier than life/fire&casualty or real estate. It is just legal stuff that you gotta mainly study.
6. After summer break is over, if you prove yourself, dealership might offer you a part time position. It is really hard to find a part time position at a dealership (due to heavy number of full time applicants), but if you can nimble around well, you can just set appt during weekdays after school, and sell on weekend. Again, this is possible at low to mid traffic stores.
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Originally Posted by ASBSECU E93
I can relate 
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