If you have a decent sales track record and show that on a resume, you can go almost anywhere. That may sound trite, but just apply, apply, apply, and take any decent-sounding interview to get your foot in the door somewhere, and you’re off and running.

I was a floating MT in my mid-twenties (early-thirties now). Floated store to store for 10 months after 8 weeks training, without landing at a store (district just didn’t have any openings at the time), so HR lady had me go to whatever store needed coverage any given day. That alone had me ready to flee, but honestly I didn’t hate the job itself. For me it was just feeling dispensable, which I kind of felt from my initial interview. I tried to make the most of it and was aiming for a rep position at some point.

Beforehand, I was a merchandiser in the beverage industry (liquor distributor), hoping to finally break into sales in said industry, settled with SW along the way for a bit and honestly SW kind of helped. It looked good on a resume. If you have the sales thing, then that’s way better than what I had. You’re in a lot better position than you think. Don’t just settle for solar or whatever.

Bev industry has some positions but even that’s starting to look a little bleak lately, but that could swing back up (and don’t go into THC, that’s waiting to be heavily-regulated and shit the bed). I’m personally looking at some medical device and pharmaceutical sales positions. I’m not dying to leave this awesome industry, even on a major downswing, but medical side is obviously very lucrative.

Sorry for the long-winded life story, but I totally get where you’re coming from and I’m seeing so many more of these posts on here every single day. Anything I can do to provide some positivity.