The Sales Director News (April 2008)

News Archive

• FSA proposes simplifying financial service sales role
  30/04/2008
  A financial services sales job will be clearly distinguished from financial services adviser role under new proposals from the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
• IT suffers female recruitment problem
  29/04/2008
  IT companies seeking to attract the full scope of talent available for sales jobs could be letting image affect their sales recruitment, womenintechnology.co.uk has suggested.
• Sales managers fear flexible working
  28/04/2008
  Long-in-the-tooth sales managers fear their sales jobs are at risk from the widespread introduction of a flexible working policy, it has been revealed.
• The £10 billion WiFi device boom
  25/04/2008
  Global sales of WiFi-enabled products are set to reach around £10 billion in the next three years, it has been claimed.
• The £10 billion WiFi device boom
  25/04/2008
  Global sales of WiFi-enabled products are set to reach around £10 billion in the next three years, it has been claimed.
• Unfair sales practices hit profits
  24/04/2008
  More than half of UK small businesses believe that profits are being hit by unfair sales tactics, according to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
• Longer hours do not mean harder work
  24/04/2008
  Sales jobs employees that work longer hours are not necessarily harder workers, new research has revealed.
• Companies neglect reward strategy for sales jobs
  23/04/2008
  A majority of companies are failing to get the most out of their employees, research by Thompson Online Benefits suggests.
• UK employees 'de-motivated'
  22/04/2008
  De-motivation among UK employees is leading many to consider leaving their jobs, one industry expert has claimed.
• Concentrate on 'concise adverts' for sales jobs
  21/04/2008
  Adverts for jobs should be concise to ensure that firms receive only the most relevant CV responses, it has been claimed.
• Retail sales jobs hit by new sexual harassment laws
  21/04/2008
  Employers in the retail sales are likely to be among the hardest hit by new sexual harassment rules, an industry expert has claimed.
• Businesses suffer in sales recruitment skills race
  18/04/2008
  Businesses are running the risk of falling behind in the sales recruitment skills race, research by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) suggests.