"I can sell anything that I totally believe in, but I'm a horrible salesman of something I don't believe in." Nick Woodman, founder and CEO of GoPro. Current employment trends in sales and similar roles Recent economic trends have led to a huge increase in the number of sales people. Currently 1 in 8, or 13% of full time jobs in the US, are sales positions. This is continuing to grow and there is an ever increasing number of these that are solely, or heavily, commission based