Sales managers are responsible for training, directing, and supervising sales staff. They coordinate sales departments by establishing goals, territories, and quotas. They analyze market data to determine customer needs and pricing. A bachelor's degree is required, and experience in sales and marketing is necessary. While a master's degree can help find a job more easily, knowledge of statistics, mathematics, and technical fields is also important for some positions.

1. Sales Manager
By Jonathan Casasola

2. Career description
Education and Training Bachelor's degree minimum and prior
experience
Salary Median— $84,220 per year
Employment Outlook Very good
Sales managers are the ones who train, direct,
and supervise their sales staff. They coordinate
the operation of their sales department by
establishing territories, goals, and quotas for
their sales workers. Reviewing market analyses
helps them to determine customer needs, sales
volume potential, and pricing schedules that will
meet company goals.

3. Career Requirements
Education and Training Requirements
Sales managers must be experienced in sales and
marketing and need knowledge of statistics and
mathematics. To find a job easier it is recommended to
have a master's degree in business. Sales managers will
need to both a technical degree and a business degree
if working with computers in technical fields.

4. Private College- USC
i. About the college-USC is a large 4-year coed college. It is
located in los Angeles, California in an urban setting and is
primarily a residential campus. It offers bachelor's, master's
and doctoral degrees.
ii. Admission Requirements-They require the completion of the
SAT and/or ACT test.
iii. Prerequisites-Academic GPA, a application Essay,
recommendations, and Standardized Test Scores are very
important.
iv. Tuition and other expenses-Tuition and fees $44,463. With all
other expenses the average total is $59,883 at or off campus
and $49,503 at home same out of state as in state.

5. Public College-UCLA
i. About the college- It is large, 4-year, public university. It is
coed college and is located in los Angeles, California in an
urban setting and is primarily a residential campus. It offers
bachelor's, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees.
ii. Admission Requirements- Competition of SAT and/or ACT test
iii. Prerequisites-Academic GPA. Rigor of secondary school
record, application essay and Standardized Test Scores are
recommended.
iv. Tuition and expenses- In State/$31,554 on campus, $28,679
off campus, $23,247 at home. Out of State/ $54,432 on
campus, $51,557 off campus, $46,125 at home.

6. State College-Cal-State
LA
i. About the college-A large, 4-year, public university. This
coed college is located in a very large city in an urban
setting and is primarily a commuter campus. It offers
bachelor's and master's degrees.
ii. Admission Requirements-Completion of Sat and/or Act .
iii. Prerequisites-Academic GPA, Rigor of secondary school
record Standardized Test Scores, and State Residency
are looked at.
iv. Tuition and expenses-In State/$21,328 on campus,
$24,400 of campus, $16,741 at home. Out of
state/$32,488 on campus, $35,560 off campus, $27,901
at home.

7. References in MLA Format
The College Board, . "College Admissions." Collegeboard.
The College Board, 2012. Web. 7 Jun 2012.
<http://www.collegeboard.org/>.
University of Southern California." University of southern
california. University of Southern California, 2012. Web. 7
Jun 2012. <http://www.usc.edu/>.
. "UCLA Homepage." http://www.ucla.edu/. N.p., 2012.
Web. 7 Jun 2012. <http://www.ucla.edu/>.

8. Why These Colleges
I choose these colleges because I would like to stay at
home in California also they offer grade academics for
there level state, public, and private. I feel I could do well
at these colleges and they all offer degrees in business
which I am looking forward to.