You help people decide, and your child has probably watched you talk someone into something.
How this is different: This isn't a book where your child pretends to be a salesperson. It's the book where your child finally understands what you actually do.
This personalized book follows you from the calls and the travel to the moment a deal closes, and explains why mom or dad is so often on the road or on the phone.
What salespeople actually do all day
Call and meet people to find out what problem they are trying to solve
Explain honestly whether this can help, including when it cannot
Hear no far more often than yes, and keep going
Follow through after the sale so the customer stays a customer
How to explain a salesperson's job to a child
If your child is 3 or 4
Salespeople help people find something that solves their problem. They listen to what someone needs, explain how it works, and help them decide.
If your child is 5 to 7
A salesperson talks with customers about what they need, then explains whether their product actually helps. They hear no most of the time, so the job takes patience and honesty to do well.
The tools kids find interesting
Phone
Notes on every customer
Calendar
Product samples
Email
What a child would notice at a salesperson's work
A parent who asks questions before talking
Cheerfulness after a lot of nos
Promises written down and kept
What kids learn from a WorkTale Book Company book about salespeople
Every WorkTale book closes with two pages no name-swap personalized book has. First, a "So, what does Mommy, Daddy, or your grown-up do?" page that distills the parent's entire job into one plain-spoken line a child can recite from memory, with no jargon and no job description. Then an "About the Author" page with the parent's real photograph, name, job title, and a short biography blurb, so the illustrated hero is revealed as the real person the child knows. Why the parent is the hero.