What are the main things to look for when recruiting a sales representative for a services-based company?

1. Patience

2. Attentiveness

3. Clear Communication Skills

4. Knowledge of the Product

5. Ability to Use "Positive Language"

6. Acting Skills

7. Time Management Skills

8. Ability to "Read" Customers

9. A Calming Presence

10. Goal Oriented Focus

11. Ability to Handle Surprises

12. Persuasion Skills

13. Tenacity

14. Closing Ability

15. Willingness to Learn

•  Empathy: Donate to put in the place of his interlocutor, to understand what the other feels,
•  The ego drive: force that pushes the seller to want to achieve a sale by need to persuade, to convince, to conquer, to persuade,
•  Business acumen,
•  The dynamism, initiative, the vicacité of mind,
•  problem solving,
•  Ambition, the desire to succeed financially,
•  Clarity of expression, rhetorical ability,
•  Order, method, organizational capacity, punctuality,
•  multitasking,
•  The taste of contact, sociability, adaptability,
•  The emotive balance, self-confidence, optimism, will, perseverence,
•  A physical and a nice presentation,
•  Knowledge of the business, market and especially of the product,
•  Good health, physical strength,
•  a good memory,
•  The integrity,
•  listening skills,
•  communcation skills,
•  The taste onfor travel, displacements,
•  overcome setbacks,
•  enhance the product. 

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• Experience.
• Motivated.
• Has an ability to find or open new markets.
• Has a good shape.

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Good listenner and communicator

Prepare presentations and very good presenter

Good negotiation and conversation skills

Good knowledge

Self and time management

Self confidence

Good and lovely personality

Organizational personality

I agree with sameer abdul wahab alfaddagh  answers, thanks for the invitation.

1. Clear verbal communication.

2. The ability to listen closely to customers.

3. Understanding of consumer behaviour.

4. Time management skills.

5. Priority management skills.

Quick route to Market by partnering with reps that have experience and contacts within your industry

The ability to manage cash-flow more effectively as you are only paying on closed business

Positive Approach To Customers at all situations with a pleasing manner.

Positive attitude,

People friendly

Pleasant personality

Tactful

There main things to look for when choosing out of many:

Image, Interpersonal Skills, Communication Skills, Language Skills, Sales Skills, Ability to work under pressure,Negotiation,Presentation Skills.

Negotiation skills.

Presentation skills

Sales should have some skills, such as communication, body language, negotiation, good technical knoweldge, in addition he should be good listener.