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Tools for landing your next sales job

A sales job search is a sales cycle: a resume that gets through the screen, a note to the person who hires, an interview that is really a sales call, and an offer to negotiate. These are the tools we recommend for each step, next to the free ones we built.

The paid tools below are partners: if you buy through one of these links we earn a commission from the seller, at no cost to you, and it never changes which roles we show. How we earn

Your resume

Most sales employers screen the resume first, often with software before a person reads it, so it has to name the numbers and the words the posting asks for.

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Rezi

Rezi builds a resume with AI in a format applicant tracking systems read, and scores it against the posting you paste in.

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Tracking and sending applications

Keep every application, follow-up and contact in one place, or let a tool send applications for you.

Reaching the hiring manager

A short note to the person who hires for the seat is the cold outreach a sales manager respects, and it often gets read before the pile of applications does.

Interview practice

Sales interviews test how you sell: discovery questions, objection handling and often a mock call or role-play with the manager.

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Educative

Educative teaches system design, cloud and coding interviews in interactive courses, for the technical rounds of a sales engineering loop.

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DesignGurus

DesignGurus teaches system design interview patterns in its Grokking courses, for the technical rounds of a sales engineering loop.

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Your profile and photo

Recruiters read your online profile next to the resume, and a clear professional photo is part of it.

Negotiating your offer

Compare what a seat pays on our pay pages, then ask for more: base, variable and quota are all on the table.

Getting into sales

Coming from another field? Short online courses prepare career switchers for SDR and BDR seats, the usual first step into tech sales.

Paid side work

Between seats or on the side: remote paid work that uses a salesperson's phone and outreach skills.

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Terac

Terac pays people for remote project work and expert studies, outbound calling campaigns and outreach work among them.

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Books salespeople recommend

The books sales managers hand new reps: how to run discovery, how to teach a buyer something new, and how to keep a pipeline full.

Partner: Bookshop.org

SPIN Selling

Neil Rackham

On the research behind discovery questions: situation, problem, implication and need-payoff, still the base of most discovery training.

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Partner: Bookshop.org

The Challenger Sale

Matthew Dixon and Brent Adamson

On why reps who teach the buyer something new win complex deals, and how to build that teaching pitch.

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Partner: Bookshop.org

Predictable Revenue

Aaron Ross and Marylou Tyler

On the outbound model behind most SDR teams today: splitting prospecting from closing, as first built at Salesforce.

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Partner: Bookshop.org

Never Split the Difference

Chris Voss and Tahl Raz

On negotiation from a former FBI hostage negotiator, for closing deals and for negotiating your own offer.

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Once you are in the seat

Tools sales teams prospect and run outbound with, for when the job is yours.

Questions about a sales job search

What should a sales resume show to get through the screen?

Numbers a manager can check: quota attainment by year, deal sizes, pipeline you sourced yourself, your rank on the team, and the product and buyer you sold to, in the words the posting uses. Screening software and recruiters both look for those words, so tailor the resume to each posting. The sales resume guide covers it line by line.

How do I practice for a sales interview?

Out loud, against someone who pushes back. Most sales loops include a mock discovery call or a role-play, so rehearse those rounds, not only the usual questions. Our free interview practice tool plays the buyer or the hiring manager and scores each reply; the tools above add mock interviews with feedback or a mentor who has done the job.

Should I contact the hiring manager directly?

In sales, usually yes. A short, specific note to the person who hires for the seat shows the prospecting skill the job needs, and it is often read before the pile of applications is. Name the role, one result that matters to them, and ask for a short call. Keep it to one follow-up.

Do I need a course to get into tech sales?

No. Many SDR and BDR seats hire people from other fields without a course, and the entry-level openings on this board list what each one asks for. A course can help a career switcher learn the vocabulary and practise calls before applying, so weigh its price against how many interviews you are already getting.

Ready to apply? Browse every open sales role, read from employers' own hiring systems each hour with the pay they post. Each role's page names one tool for each step beside its Apply button.

Sales Job Search Tools: Resume, Interview Practice, Offer | SalesJobs.Now