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Catalogue of occupations

Ocupacions

Door to door seller

Latest available data: December 2024 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Door to door entrepreneur Door to door salesman Door to door salesperson Door to door saleswoman Door to door seller Door-to-door seller Doorstep seller Home seller Travelling salesman Travelling salesperson Travelling saleswoman

Door to door sellers sell goods and services door to door.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Giving details of various goods or services and of terms of sale by visiting clients and potential clients in private homes;
(b) Demonstrating or describing goods or services on offer;
(c) Recording orders and transactions and placing orders received with suppliers;
(d) Preparing invoices and sales contracts and accepting payment;
(e) Distributing letters, information sheets and other documents to clients;
(f) Compiling lists of prospective clients and calling on them to obtain new business;
(g) Travelling between sales areas and clients and transporting samples or goods for sale.

Knowledge

  • Wholesale and retail sales
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Finance, banking and insurance
  • Protection of persons and property

Digital competencies

  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Selling products or services
  • Promoting products, services, or programs
  • Planning events and programmes
  • Providing general assistance to people

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

  • Working efficiently
  • Demonstrating willingness to learn
  • Supporting others
  • Communicating

Professional groups of the occupation

Service and sales workers

Sales workers

Other sales workers

Door-to-door salespersons

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know the demand for this occupation in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Door-to-door salespersons

73

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

17,26%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-33,03% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

95,89%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

26,03%

Part-time contracts

1,00% Turnover index

13

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

22%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Sales workers

46%

54%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Sales workers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Other sales workers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Door-to-door salespersons

No experience
9%
Less than 1 year
15%
Between 1 and 2 years
23%
Between 2 and 4 years
35%
Between 4 and 8 years
9%
More than 8 years
9%
Actividades profesionales, científicas y técnicas
22%
Comercio al por mayor y al por menor; reparación de vehículos de motor y motocicletas
15%
Otros servicios
10%
Construcción
10%
Actividades sanitarias y de servicios sociales
9%
Otros
34%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.