Ex-Apprentice Kate Walsh on sales profession reputation

4 December 2012 Last updated at 07:51 ET Help

The millions of people who spend their lives selling goods and services are part of a forgotten profession, according to the runner-up in BBC1's The Apprentice 2009 series.

Kate Walsh looked back over her career history, and explained why people should consider working in sales, as she talked to Stephen Wright from the Institute of Sales Marketing and Marketing Management.

She claimed that sales was "has been the Cinderella profession for way too long" but was "vital for development of our economy".

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