I/ we are in need of a hydraulic saleaman in the new england area if anyone knows of anyone please have them contact me, we have been in business 30 years and are still growing. thanks

There doesn't appear to be many sales types on the forum. Some ex-salesman that have gone to industry or consulting.

From my experience in the Fluid Power business, salesman are hired from other Fluid Power houses until the last one on the list has to get a sales type mechanically inclined individual and train them in Fluid Power. I left a dead end tool design job in 1959 and went to work for Miller Fluid Power since I wanted try sales and I wanted something mechanical to sell. Never looked back and would do it again in a heartbeat. How else can you make a great living by driving around all day in a company car and taking people out to lunch. At least that was how my daughter described the job.

BTW, I had used Miller Cylinders in my tool design job so I knew the product was good and afterward found out Selling was the least part of the job. Potential customers were looking for someone who could design their circuits and assist in applying them. The best circuit and sales followup person always got the order. After a couple of successful installations all you had to do is offer circuit and a parts lis with prices. In the larger companies your name was broadcst and you were in for life. Muy main work as a consultant was for the same customers I worked with for 25 years.

As far as I can tell Nothings Changed and Fluid Power circuit design is still the main part of a salesman's work.

The old College of hard Knocks should not be the way Fluid Power is implemented but from the main feedback on all the Fluid forums I don't see any change in the near or distant future.

If I were younger I would be seriously looking at training Salesmen for all the positions that come up over the year. Would be a full time job and very rewarding I believe.