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O*NET detailed work activitySell products or services
AI-assistSell & persuade
38 jobs50 tasks
AI preps you: talking points, objection handling, tailored outreach and negotiation scenarios. The relationship and reading the room are yours.
Part of Sell products or services, under the O*NET work activity group Selling or Influencing Others. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 45 AI-assist, 5 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Plan, describe, arrange, and sell itinerary tour packages and promotional travel incentives offered by various travel carriers.
- Sell products being promoted and keep records of sales.
- Demonstrate and sell hair care products and cosmetics.
- Buy or sell stocks, bonds, commodity futures, foreign currencies, or other securities on behalf of investment dealers.
- Rent items, arrange for provision of services to customers, and accept returns.
- Sell various types of insurance policies to businesses and individuals on behalf of insurance companies, including automobile, fire, life, property, medical and dental insurance, or specialized policies, such as marine, farm/crop, and medical malpractice.
- Sell or collect admission tickets, passes, or facility memberships from patrons at entertainment events.
- Explain, promote, or sell products or services, such as travelers' checks, savings bonds, money orders, and cashier's checks, using computerized information about customers to tailor recommendations.
- Sell bicycles and accessories.
- Recommend and sell lotions, tonics, or other cosmetic supplies.
- Sell alcoholic beverages to passengers.
- Sell products, services, or memberships.
- Persuade customers to purchase merchandise or services.
- Sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons, or to other workers for resale to patrons.
- Sell tickets and collect fees from customers.
- Sell parts and equipment.
- Circulate among potential customers or travel by foot, truck, automobile, or bicycle to deliver or sell merchandise or services.
- Buy and sell jewelry, or serve as agents between buyers and sellers.
- Sell pet food or supplies to customers.
- Operate refreshment stands during intermission or obtain refreshments for press box patrons during performances.
- Sell travel packages.
- Arrange merchandise and sales promotion displays or issue sales promotion materials to customers.
- Sell products requiring extensive technical expertise and support for installation and use, such as material handling equipment, numerical-control machinery, or computer systems.
- Sell gambling chips, tokens, or tickets to patrons or to other workers for resale to patrons.
- Promote and sell nail care products.
- Rent post office boxes to customers.
- Provide food and beverage services to guests.
- Sell or rent equipment, clothing, and supplies related to expeditions.
- Purchase or sell financial derivatives for customers.
- Sell tickets and other items to customers.
- Sell services or equipment, such as trusts, investments, or check processing services.
- Solicit tour patronage and sell souvenirs.
- Sell service contracts for technical or scientific products.
- Sell stamps and money orders.
- Sell mail products, and accept payment for products and mailing charges.
- Perform foreign currency transactions and sell traveler's checks.
- Sell makeup to clients.
- Sell technical and scientific products that are environmentally sound or designed for environmental remediation.
- Sell food specialties, such as sandwiches and beverages, to office workers and patrons of sports events.
- Sell pet food and supplies.
- Sell and serve refreshments to customers.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Perform work activities of subordinates, such as cleaning and organizing shelves and displays and selling merchandise.
- Sell and install accessories, such as batteries, windshield wiper blades, fan belts, bulbs, or headlamps.
- Sell and collect payment for products such as stamps, prepaid mail envelopes, and money orders.
- Secure and renew orders and arrange delivery.
- Sell or arrange for delivery, insurance, financing, or service contracts for merchandise.
- Rent, sell, or issue sporting equipment and supplies, such as bowling shoes, golf balls, swimming suits, or beach chairs.
- Develop, sell, or lease property used for industry or manufacturing.
- Manage inventory or sale of artist merchandise.
- Promote health clubs through membership sales, and record member information.