Entry-level inside sales representative jobs: what the job is, skills and open roles
An inside sales representative sells by phone, email and video instead of traveling to customers. You own a book of leads or small accounts, run the call from first contact to close and keep the customer afterward.
What a inside sales representative does
In the sales family of jobs. Roles that start conversations with buyers, qualify them and close deals.
A typical day
- 1. Call and email leads and customers
- 2. Demo the product or service over video
- 3. Quote prices and prepare orders
- 4. Follow up on open proposals
- 5. Keep the CRM current
Do you need experience?
Entry-level inside sales representative jobs exist, but none are open on the career sites we track at this moment, so we cannot say how many ask for experience. Each posting states its own requirements, so read the requirements section before you decide a job is out of reach.
Open entry-level inside sales representative jobs
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Skills for inside sales representative jobs
The skills this job uses, most important first. Most can be learned or shown before the first day.
Skills to build or show
- 1. Phone and video selling
- 2. Product knowledge
- 3. Negotiation basics
- 4. CRM software
- 5. Questioning
- 6. Organization
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The market for inside sales representative work
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- Open entry-level inside sales representative jobs
- 0
- Employment outlook, the closest government category
- Projected -1% from 2025 to 2035 (little or no change).
- AI use at work, the closest government category
- Among sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks.
Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2025–2035.
Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
Outlook and AI-use figures are for the government category “Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products”, the closest match to this job.
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Questions about inside sales representative jobs
- What does a inside sales representative do?
- An inside sales representative sells by phone, email and video instead of traveling to customers. You own a book of leads or small accounts, run the call from first contact to close and keep the customer afterward. A typical day includes: call and email leads and customers; demo the product or service over video; quote prices and prepare orders; follow up on open proposals; keep the CRM current.
- Can I get an entry-level inside sales representative job with no experience?
- Entry-level inside sales representative jobs exist, but none are open on the career sites we track at this moment, so we cannot say how many ask for experience. Each posting states its own requirements, so read the requirements section before you decide a job is out of reach.
- What skills do you need to be a inside sales representative?
- The skills this job uses most are phone and video selling, product knowledge, negotiation basics, CRM software, questioning, organization. Most can be learned before the first day through coursework, short courses, practice or a related job.
- Where can a inside sales representative job lead?
- People in this job commonly move to account executive, account manager, sales development representative, outside sales representative. The link between jobs is the shared skills; the path is not guaranteed and depends on the employer.
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