Absolute Jobs
Updated 11th Feb 2010
Introduction:We are the Absolute Sales Corporation, part of the Absolute World Group of companies, one of Asia’s leading and most successful vacation ownership sales, marketing and resort development corporations in the region - see link - www.AbsoluteResorts.com.
Our company has sales and marketing operations in Bangkok, Koh Samui, Phuket, Pattaya in Thailand; 2 sales centres in Hong Kong (Gold Coast and Kowloon form mid March 2010) and Sanya, Hainan Island in China (only Russian speakers in Hainan); also Moscow, Khabarovsk and Vladivostok in Russia, Kiev in Ukraine, Antalya in Turkey, Tenerife in the Canary Islands; and Barcelona and Marbella, on the mainland of Spain.
We operate our own resorts using Absolute Resort Management with more than 350 rooms occupied each night in Thailand and have been registered with the Tourism Authority of Thailand. We arrived in Thailand 11 years ago (Feb 1999) and have consistently grown in strength and are always looking for new quality team players, whether as leader, marketers or the best sellers.
As Developers of several high end vacation ownership products, we simply sell our own membership to our own clients in over 9 languages. We also sell 7 Fractional Ownership resorts in Thailand and Hong Kong.
We sell a fantastic vacation club, with live inventory on line with around 10,000 weeks instantly book-able, there is no product even similar to what we sell.
We have off site and on site sales worldwide and we continually look to expand our member base. We have various ways to generate our clients from a range of very successful marketing programmes to generate interested parties to view our sales presentations in all our locations. Now we are generating around 3,500 presentations a month and are not short of quality tours.
The clients are pre-screened at least twice to make sure that we deem them 'Qualified to Purchase'.
After the screening process they will then be handed over to the Sales consultant, who will proceed with his multi-media presentation after (obviously) a brief introduction and friendly warm up. A sales presentation can vary in time, but the average time is between 2 and 3 hours; one of our sales managers will at different times of the presentation come and speak to the clients and at the end of the presentation will come in to do his best to close the sale for you! We recently introduced a new state of the art multi media Sales tool: www.generator-systems.com which has added another dimension to our presentations, increasing credibility, standardizing the presentation as well as increasing the average deal size.
New Sales reps receive commission flat 10% for the first FOUR weeks of employment as they learn the products and develop their techniques with full on going training and assistance. After that it rises to 13%. Commissions are paid out every Wednesday for the previous weekly pay period. There are daily cash incentives called spiffs, which are paid out the following day to anyone who made a sale according to the targeted criteria from the previous day’s sales meeting; these vary as the sales manager will set different targets in the morning sales meeting, often on a sliding scale whereby more sales means the higher the daily bonuses are! Our product selling prices range from 3,000 Euro’s for a trial or introductory membership up to 125,000 euros for fractional ownership in a two bedroom villa memberships and we have prices all the way in between and above;
We feel we have Absolutely something for everybody.
Independent Trustee:
All our Purchasers have an excellent fully independent consumer and legal protection established by a specialist vacation ownership trustee called Hutchinson & Co Trust Company Ltd offering escrow services and duly audited inventory management for the Club.
Sales Consultants:
Are given prospective clients after a 5 to 7 day on site Sales Training course and Product Orientation / introduction. We provide the clients and the sales consultant introduces our product range to the clients during an easy going and relaxed but informative tour of three or four of our properties and in a general friendly talk to allow you to show clients other resorts in our Club on line and this lets them see what types of accommodation that would be available and if its of interest to them. Normally the managers will show prices tailor-made to the clients and help you make the deal. This is where you make money -each sale creates a commission for you of what ever money is taken, less an admin, legal & product fee; Average prices being around 10,000 euros or a commission of around 1,300 euros on an average type of sale.
In certain 'hardship' cases we can fast-advance you commissions on money paid by your clients. We think this is fair and easy for us to help out. The collections are made locally by a professional contract and collections team on the resort and of course, you can speak with the collections department anytime to make sure your clients are all ok and paying on time. We expect and encourage this. We would expect you to sell one or 2 sales a week.
Clients generally leave a deposit by credit card or in some cases cash, of around 1 to 3,000 Euros and pay their balance within 7 to 14 days of returning home or they take the company finance plan and make it easy (From 1st March).
Clients come from everywhere but generally the main tourists in Asia are in Thailand than in Europe or Australia!
Fun!
The job has to be fun and we enjoy living in Asia. Prices are cheaper but commissions are high so there's a great opportunity to save as well as enjoy life to the full!
We celebrate your success with you - the company rewards our top sellers (% sales in 5 days) with a special 5 star party.
For more info on life with Absolute check out some of the You Tube videos we have uploaded at our own club Absolute TV site at youTube.com
THAI Visa Details:
For new recruits we send out certain company documents for you to apply for a Non Immigrant B Visa, you have to apply for the Visa at a local Thai Embassy or Consulate outside of Thailand; this then enables us to apply for a Work Permit when you arrive to the country. We would need from you a faxed or scanned copy of the photo page in your passport showing all your details, in some cases we would also need a separate scanned photo ( passport type ) The passport must be valid for at least 6 months.
Check the website for your nearest Thai Embassy or Consulate, www.thaiembassy.org and in the UK (or Europe) we recommend using Alan Taylor at the Thai consulate in Hull as they have proved to be by far the most efficient consulate in UK – see http://www.thaiconsul-uk.com just call them in advance and they are most helpful.
If you struggle to find the nearest embassy or consulate, simply ‘Google your country and Thai Consulate’ or ask our help.
The Embassy will require you to get the following documents from us:
- Letter of invitation from our Thai company as a guarantee - we will provide this.
- Completed Non Immigrant B Visa form – a blank application form can be printed off one of the websites.
- 2 x Passport size photos
- Visa Fee – Visa costs are your own expense and not refunded by the company.
Ask for a One Year Multiple Entry Visa, as this is the best option for you; they may only give you a 3 month visa initially and it is not a real problem. It varies from country to country and also consulate to consulate. You will simply visit Hong Kong, Malaysia or Singapore from Thailand to renew and obtain a new visa B once that one nears its expiry date.
Thailand - Work Permits – Tax & Social Security
To apply for a Work Permit we will need some things from you when you arrive, some special work permit size photos taken locally and a simple local medical certificate; all of these can done near the resort. When the Work Permit is issued within 2 to 5 weeks, you will of course be paying Tax & Social Security of around 10 to 15% of income. We deduct this from your commissions and do not charge you upfront.
Hong Kong - Work Permits – Tax & Social Security
The company applies for Hong Kong a residency for you and this is all done when you are there and takes between 4 to 8 weeks. Tax and Social security will be around 100 to 200 Euros a month depending on what you earn, of course, but taxes are low in Hong Kong.
Flight Refund & Free Housing:
We provide the first months free Housing (which is generally private not shared) And a Flight Reimbursement of up to a maximum of 600 euros,
- paid as following:
200 euros when a rep has done his/her first Timeshare registered sale
200 euros on his/her third Timeshare registered sale
200 euros on his/her fifth Timeshare registered sale.
Health Insurance:
Complimentary Accident & basic Medical Insurance for Staff after 2 months of employment so we suggest you buy a 3 month medical policy when leaving your home country.
Airport pick up:
Most people fly into Bangkok, and then have a flight connecting domestically to Phuket or Samui. We will pick you up from the airport and bring you to your accommodation, one of our Absolute drivers will have a board with your name on. For Pattaya, you would get a taxi from Bkk to Pattaya and will have probably arranged with someone from Absolute where to be taken to.
In Hong Kong we will arrange collection at the airport - around 30 to 40 minutes to our offices.
Websites:
www.AbsoluteResorts.com
Long Term: Winter is normally the busiest period in Thailand, although summer gets very busy too but with a different nationality of clientele. We have sufficient marketing staff bring enough clients to keep you busy and we will normally supply you with an average of 1.5 clients per day, although it may be 2 a day. This is an all year round operating business and summer is predominantly a great season for English language speakers.
Hong Kong is all year consistently busy with great quality clients. Thailand is a mere 3 hours flight away when you have a break.
Type of Clients we see: Normally we tour couples aged 30 to 65 yrs old from Australia, NZ, USA and UK, plus German, Swiss, and especially French mainly in the winter months. Also we tour single people 30 and above - but they must be with a valid credit card with them at that time. This allows us to take funds if they wish to buy. Anyone can buy whether big, small, tall or short, generally it comes down to money and we offer a range of products from cheap to expensive and look to sell what is suitable to the clients. Managers help you with this part.
In House – the Absolute Exchangee’s, Absolute Owners, Absolute Trial product members as well as Inspection trip tours (fly buy / mini vac), bonus weeks and our pay to stay rentals.
Working Days and Hours:
You work 5 days a week, on a rotating basis and we are open for business 7 days a week, depending on how busy we are and we start at 9am morning meeting. We don't expect you late twice. The day finishes when your own tour leaves. This can be any time and in many cases if there is a late Sale, you are more than happy to stay as that's how you earn money! Management helps you through all steps and we offer the clients a complimentary dinner after they purchase in case they have further questions.
Days off: varies according to rotas.
What we expect and what you can expect You come to work on time, clean in a shirt and smart casual trousers looking and smelling professional. You need to look good and be fresh as the job is hard and takes your energy. You need to be ready and mentally prepared; have a positive attitude to work; No negative talking; wear a smile as that makes all the people feel good and creates much more business! Save the late nights for before your days off and be fresh and sharp.
We expect loyalty and expect you to stay with us for at least 6 months and of course we will need 1 months notice at least if you will leave, as we need to replace you in the team.
You can expect many qualified clients, which cost the company a lot of money to generate; you will have a very nice working environment, plenty of assistance and training as well as on-going training, so you become more and more capable to sell our products. In return we expect a big genuine effort to succeed.
What’s next? You now have all the information needed to see if a career either long or short in timeshare is for you. It’s a tough industry to get into although the rewards and lifestyle are often enviable. Please click on the link at the bottom of the page to fill in and send off your application form, unless of course you have already submitted one previously. If you have any further questions regarding Absolute, contact Frank Mason below on the mobile or E-Mail and he will answer your questions. We hope you are what we are looking for and make a success of your sales career with Absolute.
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Contact Details Thailand
Operations Director - Thailand Frank Mason E-Mail: Frank@AbsoluteWorld.net
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Contact Details Hong Kong
Absolute Hong Kong Manager David Spencer - Tel: +852 51863010 (SMS or call)