im 24 mate!
have all sorts of qualifications really since i havent stuck to one job for more than a year yet i dont think. lol
i got the job purely because the fact of the multiple jobs i have had.
i have NVQ 2,3,4 in IT install and support, along with CLAIT and IBT II, III.
I have CLass 2 driving licence, fork lift licence.
Im fire saftey officer.lol
Think that is my official Qualifications to date.
But then on the job front upto now, i have been team mangers in- customer services, customer retentions, Technical help,
Accounts management for BGB,
Mechanic for Reg Vardy
Training Officer
Along with site labourer for Aggricultural companies
Basically my job that i have just got entails !
Being account manager/brokering deals for other business'
that deal with installation of swimming pools, and everything to do with swimming pools, heating, pumps, pool walls, non slip flooring, lighting the lot.
So my job is to basically sort out brokerin the deal, Basically they come to me with what the customer wants out of a swimming pool being the labourers, i go to the sellers of everything, being a middle man to the buyer and the seller, and then managing that account untill complation of the installation, dealing with technical queries, on-site issues (thus the company car/or pay my car insurance (but that wont be happening till the new year when i know the job more).
If you think of any business out there, say gas company, there is companies that will say "yes, we are not the cheapest, but we will offer you the best customer service"
then there is others that will just outsell and be the dirt cheapest on price, but have a shocking customer service.
My job is to basically say well screw that, i will get you THE best price, and cos' you only have to deal with ME, then im gonna offer you the best customer service aswell, giving the business best of both worlds, leaving me to deal witht he customer service off the seller, but being from a broker, it is alot easier to communicate, cos you dont speak to call centres. 
I just cant wait to get into it to be fair,
there is 2 brokers that work with the company - be it they are like 40 year old or there abouts, but on comission basis they made about 120k last year (they do know the job though, lol. and their basic is 59k.)
I know i will be nowere near that, but, it gives that inspiration of what could be, they do like 13/14 deals a month, im only expected to do 2. lol
Each Account manager deals with 1500 sites each..
The company i work for then get a 50% of all savings that the business that came to us would save.
so say that the deal they got from a seller was 40k but from us they got it for 20k they save 20k ,that means on a 50% savers deal, i just earned the company 10k in 1 deal, me working on a 5% commision per deal. i just earned myself £500 commision for that 1 deal,. 2 deals a month like that, £1000 commision that month. So a basic of say after tax £1800 plus commision on top roughly £2500 a month (hopefully) after tax. id be happy at that as a start off wage, knowing that it is only me that will determine my earnings a month, then there is the 4 stages within my job role (level 4 being what the 2 older guys are on and they been with the company 10+ years) ..
So really it was a matter of my experiance in job roles that got me the job rather, than any qualifications.
It was my managerial backround and the fact of my manual dexterity work through IT and Mechanics, that made me suitable for what they were after.
MEH
LONG post i know
sorry
