A sales representative for wholesale and manufacturing sells to businesses who need to buy items in bulk, whether it's food, furniture, or just about anything else. To succeed, sales reps are constantly trying to woo new clients, and often do this by requesting meetings with potential customers. (For example, a pharmaceutical rep might bring a catered lunch to a doctor's office so he could talk up his products to the staff.) It also works in the other direction: If a manager is looking to purchase 5,000 new computers for her employees, she's not going to visit a store and leave with 5,000 laptops. Instead, she'll call or email a wholesale rep to place an order and schedule delivery. Some wholesale sales reps travel frequently for weeks at a time, while others work mostly from their offices. Many attend conferences to learn about new products (and keep an eye firmly on their competitors, naturally). As with any sales job, you should love meeting new people, and it also helps if you're passionate about what you're selling, whether it's olive oil or X-ray machines. And the salaries for these jobs tend to be based on commission, meaning the more things you peddle, the fatter your paycheck—so it's a huge motivation to sell, sell, sell.