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By: pete mayes

pete mayes — Thu, 15 May 2008 08:55:38 +0000

Its all edited highlights i know but with the cakes there was not 1 question asked to the customer just trying to bully them into a yes,terrible.

By: Jamie Panter

Jamie Panter — Thu, 15 May 2008 05:05:49 +0000

How did Michael survive again? I know someone who worked with Michael and apparently he did quite well in his telesales role. I think it is pretty obvious that you cannot take that type of sales into this type of setting though.

Sara got a bit of a raw deal in my book – if she had been more vocal and put herself forward she probably would have survived. Still I think Alan got this one wrong. Michael seems to only have 1 way of selling and that simply is not good enough for the job thats on offer. I hope he learns and is better in the next show.

By: Andy Smith

Andy Smith — Thu, 15 May 2008 02:12:28 +0000

As ever, the contrast between the 'firee' on the show and how they came across afterwards on "You've Been Fired" is instructive.

On the post-firing chat show Sara came across as funny and likeable, they'd softened her eye make-up, and even her voice wasn't as whiny.

So why was she like that on the main show? I believe it was because she (like the other candidates) was under pressure and (unlike some of the other candidates) she let it get to her.

People can smell desperation in a salesperson a mile off – a lesson I learned very early on when I was trying to start up my old hypnotherapy practice.

So perhaps sales people should cultivate Zen Buddhist-style non-attachment to their targets!

Also, as Helene (sort of) pointed out last night in a rare moment of insight, it's easy to behave well to your colleagues when things are going well. The real test – one that most of this lot have failed already – is how you behave in the face of adversity.