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Too ambitios for my own good?? |
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Sales w/o a love for it... |
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08/16/2006 |
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I've been on several interviews lately for an entry-level marketing position. I hope to gain some ground in a research capacity and move up into project management. Here's the rub. The jobs I've interviewed with have almost all told me that I have very commendable skills and a strong background, I??m not the right ??fit?? for the job. Granted, I don??t have much experience in this field, as I really am looking for a career change to coincide with my recent Marketing undergrad.
To compensate for that gap, I emphasize my short learning curve, my ingenuity with solving problems, my driven nature, and my maturity in the working world with building teams and demonstrating leadership. Do you think I??m overdoing the emphasis on aptitude and character? I??m beginning to think that recruiters are looking more for a ??ready-made?? employee so they don??t have to work too hard or take any risk with training for the job. Have any of you changed careers and overcome the lack of experience setback? If so, how did you do it?
I am getting great offers for sales jobs. Maybe, despite myself I am destined for sales (the money isn??t too bad, anyway). Do you think I should just ??settle?? for sales and hope that I can move up into a marketing capacity later on, or is sales the sort of career that you??re stuck in for decades and decades? Maybe it??s the state I live in ?? marketing jobs are tough to come by and are generally reserved for the employees who lasted the longest.
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Having seen other salesfolk come and go (I'm in sales myself), I caution "settling". The reason is that sales isn't for everyone -- thus, many who don't have a real flair or love for the rush or the thrill ofthe hunt often just end up spinning their wheels.
A slaesperson who doesn't really love it will never have the earnings potential of one who does.
Best of luck!
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