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Location: Queensland, Australia
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: High School Diploma



Job Responsibilities
Maintaining current advertiser needs, signing new clients, coming up with new revenue streams, performing miracles to a deadline.
Job Requirements
Spelling, stubborn, and ability to handle rejection without taking it personal.
Uppers
The challenge was fun, however management took the fun away.
Downers
Manager was determined not to pay commission.
Lifestyle
Normal business hours, however you had to stay whenever necessary. No choice, it was your responsability. Weekends or late nights. Hard to be a single parent - as I was. Daycare gets very expensive.
Compensation
$13.5- per hour plus commission max $1000 per month. No overtime. However, if you did get your commission, your budget was raised the next month considerably.
Advice to Jobseekers
Do not accept position that has flat commission.

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