Lexmark job on Monster.com

[bubbadu]

Earlier today, I was poking around on monster.com, looking to see if there were any job postings that I thought were interesting. I saw a job for a lexmark rep, part time for my area. Right now I work at Staples part time, and we sort of have a lexmark/cannon rep that comes in like every 2 weeks. She is really nice, but I think lexmark is looking to put a decidated rep for staples, circuit city, best buy etc.... Well I was going to click apply, but the last line of the fine print says, current retail employees of where lexmark products are sold are not considered. I was like WTF? Don't they want people with printer experience? I know a ton about there product, and think this sort of job would be something I could do well at. Is the reason they don't want retail people is that MOST people agree that MOST ( not all ) lexmark machines are crap? It just doesn't make sense that if they want people with experience, yet they wont even look at people that happen to work at staples,circuit,bestbuy etc... Do they want someone off the street with no training???? It just boogles my mind.

 

[Freejack2]

That's whacked. What reason on earth would they not want someone who sells them? The company I work for likes to hire people selling in their industry to sell their product. Seems kind of stupid that Lexmark wouldn't do the same.

Edit: Oooh halfway to being a (no)lifer.

 

[rh71]

Kinda like how some jobs require no experience so they can train you from the start at a low starting salary... ?

 

[Saulbadguy]

I was hired as a Lexmark rep, and I had no prior training. I still float sometimes at the Best Buy store. I had prior retail experience, but not in a place that sold printers. I think the rule is 6 months out of that job, and then you can get it. Its not that difficult. Stand there, sell printers/ink/paper.

 

[Saulbadguy]

If you want more info about the job PM me.

 

[bubbadu]

Originally posted by: Saulbadguy
I was hired as a Lexmark rep, and I had no prior training. I still float sometimes at the Best Buy store. I had prior retail experience, but not in a place that sold printers. I think the rule is 6 months out of that job, and then you can get it. Its not that difficult. Stand there, sell printers/ink/paper.

Thats pretty much what I do right now anyway.. I just think its BS that I am "over-qualifed" for something like this after working at Staples for 2.5 years. Over the summer I was the "dedicated printer seller" for there new test program, yet I lexmark won't even consider hiring me? WTF is that.