Sales jobs in Melbourne: learn to sell and get hired
How to land a sales job in Melbourne with no experience: where the openings are, which job boards to use and how to practise before the interview. Ventaka is 100% online, so you train from Melbourne whenever you like (Australia).
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Sales in Melbourne
Melbourne has a big tech, education, health and retail sector, and many companies run their sales teams from there.
Many SDR and inside sales roles are hybrid or remote, so you can also apply from Melbourne to companies based elsewhere.
Sales jobs in Melbourne: what drives the local economy
Melbourne combines retail head offices, education, health and a strong tech and start-up community, with many sales roles in retail, education and B2B services.
Most sales hiring in Melbourne happens around the CBD and Docklands, Richmond and Cremorne, the business parks of Mulgrave and Clayton.
Sales roles you will find in Melbourne
The roles that hire most in Melbourne, what you would sell and the objection you will hear most (the one you rehearse first with Ventaka's AI customer):
education sales consultant
What you sell: courses and enrolments
The objection you will hear: "I'm not sure I'll have the time"
B2B account manager
What you sell: software and business services
The objection you will hear: "Let's talk after the end of financial year"
retail sales associate
What you sell: fashion and homewares in store
The objection you will hear: "I saw it cheaper online"
When Melbourne hires most
Hiring peaks in February and in July with the new financial year; retail hires for Christmas from October.
Your 4-week plan to land a sales job in Melbourne
- Week 1 · The basics: prospecting and closing lessons, then the objection you will hear most as education sales consultant: "I'm not sure I'll have the time".
- Week 2 · Your résumé: aim it at education sales consultant and B2B account manager roles, with your Ventaka certificate and its verification code.
- Week 3 · Applications: sales job alerts for Melbourne reach you in the app every day; start with employers around the CBD and Docklands and Richmond and Cremorne.
- Week 4 · Interviews: rehearse the "sell me this" with software and business services, and practise this objection: "I saw it cheaper online".
Where to find sales jobs in Melbourne
- SEEK. Australia's main job board, with the widest choice of sales roles.
- LinkedIn Jobs. Most BDR, SDR and account executive roles in tech.
- Indeed Australia. Good volume of retail, inside sales and trade sales jobs.
- Workforce Australia. The Australian Government's employment service and job board.
How Ventaka gets you ready
- Short game-style lessons: from zero to selling, 10 minutes a day
- Written role-plays with AI customers who push back with real objections
- The «sell me this pen» interview test with Cal, who scores you at the end
- A sales CV and a scam-offer detector
- A verifiable certificate to show recruiters