Looking some advice, career advice really! I'm in my mid 20s, I currently work in a jewellers. Fell into it by accident after I finished uni (MFL degree, waste of time, rubbish uni experience😢). I didn't know if I would like it but in fact I really do and I'm good at my job, if I do say so myself. I get a lot of positive feedback from customers and tend to do well with sales and meeting my quarterly targets.
It's certainly not a forever job, as much as I like the job, the company itself isn't great and there's no opportunities to increase my hours (I'm only part time/4 days).
Originally I was going to be a teacher, I didn't really want to do it but I didn't know what else to do and the 6 week summer holiday used to appeal, except now I've realised I actually like being in work and like being able to pick my holidays. I'm so excited to get back to selling this week after having been off for Easter 😆
Now I'm seriously considering making a career out of sales. Not jewellery but moving into either estate agency or the automotive industry. I know sales requires you to give up a lot of free time, weekends, late finishes, doing work when you're not actually in work... but I do all that now anyway and I love it! I'm just wondering is it practical, is there enough money to be made? My dream is to buy a home (as a single woman too) so I worry that being on a low-ish basic salary with commission may affect my ability to get a mortgage.
I'm interested to hear from any mumsnetters who have worked in the sales/estate agency/automotive industry long term and how it's panned out for you. Or if it hasn't!!😬