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We pay you.\nSV Academy is hiring Sales Development Representatives. This is a full-time job that includes free sales training, a 90-day paid Residency at a partner company, and a clear path to a long-term sales role at one of our 400+ partner companies.\nCohorts begin every week and are limited to 25 Residents. Apply early to be considered for the next available start date.\nCompensation\n Days 1-10 - Free sales training. No tuition, no fee, no debt. Live, instructor-led training on Zoom, Monday through Thursday, 6-9 pm (ET or PT).\nDays 11-100 - Paid Residency. $2,500/month base + 100% of the commissions you earn. You'll be a W-2 employee of SV Academy, embedded at a partner company.\n Day 100 onward - Transfer to the partner's payroll. $50k - $85k in total annual compensation (base + commission). Full health, dental, vision, and retirement benefits begin the day you transfer to the partner.\nNo tuition. No loans. No deferred-income agreement.\nWe're paid out of the hiring budget the partner was already going to spend - which means our incentive is to make you successful in the role!\nHow the 100 Days Work\nDays 1-10 - Free sales training. Ten days of live, instructor-led training. Monday through Thursday, 6-9 pm (ET or PT), on Zoom. No cost to you. You'll learn the fundamentals of B2B sales: outbound calls, email and LinkedIn outreach, objection handling, qualification, CRM and sales engagement tools (Salesforce or HubSpot, Outreach or Salesloft, ZoomInfo, LinkedIn Sales Navigator).\nDays 11-100 - Paid Residency at a partner company. You'll work full-time at one of our partner companies as a W-2 employee of SV Academy. Real sales work: outbound prospecting via phone, email, and LinkedIn; qualifying inbound leads; scheduling discovery meetings for Account Executives. You'll get daily coaching from an SV Academy mentor and from the partner's sales leadership.\nDay 100 - Transfer to the partner. Successful Residents transfer directly onto the partner's payroll at the compensation above, with full benefits starting that day.\nAbout SV Academy\nSince 2017, we've placed more than 6,000 people into full-time tech sales careers and worked with 400+ employer partners across SaaS, AI, fintech, cybersecurity, and other high-growth verticals.\nLed by CEO Michael Colonnese, a 15+ year veteran of workforce development focused on building debt-free pathways into tech careers.\nOur partners pay us. You don't. That's the entire business model.\nWho Tends to Succeed Here\nNo prior sales experience required. We hire people who are:\nCompetitive and motivated by clear goals\nComfortable on the phone, including cold calls\nCoachable - you take feedback and act on it\nResilient - sales involves rejection, and you can keep going\nStrong written and spoken communicators\nIf you've worked in retail, hospitality, customer service, fundraising, fitness instruction, teaching, or any role where you spent your day talking to people and meeting goals - you already have the foundation to be excellent at this.\nWhat Happens After You Apply\nApply through this posting - takes about 3 minutes.\nWe respond within 2 business days. If you're a fit, we'll set up a 20-minute intro call.\nCohort placement. If you move forward, we'll match you with a partner company and a start date. Cohorts begin every Monday and are limited to 25 Residents - apply early for priority consideration.\nApply today. 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