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U.S. Department of Labor
Industry: Government; Labor
Number of terms: 77176
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
A professional who promotes sale of group or season tickets for sports or other entertainment events. Respnsibilities include: * Telephones, visits, or writes to organizations, such as chambers of commerce, corporate-employee-recreation clubs, social clubs, and professional groups, to persuade them to purchase group tickets or season tickets to sports or other entertainment events, such as baseball, horseracing, or stage plays. * Quotes group-ticket rates, arranges for sale of tickets and seating for group on specific date(s), and obtains payment. * May arrange for club to sponsor sports event, such as one of races at horseracing track.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who promotes sale of group or season tickets for sports or other entertainment events. Respnsibilities include: * Telephones, visits, or writes to organizations, such as chambers of commerce, corporate-employee-recreation clubs, social clubs, and professional groups, to persuade them to purchase group tickets or season tickets to sports or other entertainment events, such as baseball, horseracing, or stage plays. * Quotes group-ticket rates, arranges for sale of tickets and seating for group on specific date(s), and obtains payment. * May arrange for club to sponsor sports event, such as one of races at horseracing track.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sells dancing instructions to patrons at dance studio. Respnsibilities include: * Interviews patron to ascertain dancing background. * Dances with patron to determine dancing ability and discusses ability with patron. * Devises plan of instruction and persuades patron to purchase lessons. * May prepare sales contracts and receive payments. * May instruct patron in dancing.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who contacts prospective customers to sell radio and television time or captioning services for broadcasting station, network, or cable television franchise. Respnsibilities include: * Calls on prospects and presents outlines of various programs or commercial announcements. * Discusses current popularity of various types of programs, such as news, drama, and variety. * Drives auto vehicle to prospective customer's location. * May arrange for and accompany prospect to commercial taping sessions. * May prepare promotional plans, sales literature, and sales contracts, using computer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who contacts homeowners, apartment managers, and other prospects to sell cable television service. Respnsibilities include: * Compiles list of prospective customers from lists of homes that do not have cable television and lists of residential addresses with names of owners and occupants. * Travels throughout assigned territory to call on prospective customers in their homes to solicit orders. * Performs duties as described under sales representative Master Title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who calls on prospective customers to sell and estimate cost of furniture repair and upholstery service, utilizing knowledge of upholstery and repair procedures and material and labor costs. Respnsibilities include: * Examines worn or damaged furniture to determine extent of repairs required. * Estimates amount of material required based on style and dimensions of furniture. * Advises customer on color and type of fabric. * Completes estimate form and gives form to customer. * Prepares sales contract for upholstery work.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sells weather forecasting services to business establishments. Respnsibilities include: * Calls on or writes to establishments, such as construction contractors and airlines, explains services, and quotes prices to gain new customers or renew current accounts. * Writes customer orders and maintains order files. * May write advertising and sales promotion aids.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who purchases entertainment tickets in blocks at box-office prices, usually before attraction opens. Respnsibilities include: * Prices tickets for profitable resale, based on such factors as availability and demand for tickets and location of seats. * Sells tickets to public in accordance with legal regulations concerning amount of profit or place of sale. * May trade as well as buy and sell tickets. * May pick up and deliver, by automobile, tickets bought, sold, or traded.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who solicits business for tobacco auction warehouse and rents space for display of tobacco on warehouse floor. Respnsibilities include: * Meets tobacco growers at warehouse entrance, on streets, or visits growers prior to sale to solicit their business. * Informs customers or prospective customers of warehouse space available for tobacco display. * Issues tickets to growers reserving warehouse space and ascertains that space has been reserved.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who sells cattle, horses, hogs, and other livestock on commission to packing houses, farmers, or other purchasers. Respnsibilities include: * Contacts prospective buyers to persuade them to purchase livestock. * Reviews current market information and inspects livestock to determine their value. * Informs buyers of market conditions, care, and breeding of livestock. * Attends livestock meetings to keep informed of livestock trends and developments.
Industry:Professional careers