If you still feel that you need to show sales experience, scrub every past job, position or title you've held and see if you were "selling" anything without even knowing it. I've worked with a student interested in sales who was concerned about having never held a sales position. After a few minutes, he told me that he bought and sold cars while in college to earn enough money to pay for his books. He didn't see that experience as sales experience because he didn't see himself as a sales rep and had no interest in getting into the auto sales industry. I told him that his experience demonstrated many things that an employer would be looking for: He took initiative to solve a problem (needed money to pay for books.) He was self motivated and started his own business. He demonstrated time management skills as he juggled buying and selling cars with school work. And, last but not least, he had actual, real-world sales experience. While he wasn't employed as a sales rep, he did many of the things a sales rep needs to do.