Sunday, August 2, 2009

What are the best entry level corporate jobs?

I am graduating with a Marketing degree and am searching for the best entry level corporate jobs. I am not particularly dying to do sales, but I will if a good job comes up. Any recommendations? Thanks!

What are the best entry level corporate jobs?
Go to large, household name companies - That is where you will learn the most in marketing (Proctor and Gamble, Kaybee Toys, Microsoft, Amazon, AIG, Smith Barney, Nike, Reebok, Pepsi/Frito Lay, Coke, Xerox, Kodak...sports promo/event companies, record companies, sports teams or leagues...any big dog in the Pharmaceutical Industry)





Think more about what you can learn from the best over the next 5 years, and work your tail off to absorb and grow...you'll be alot more successful in the long run and you'll develop the habits to make you successful whether you stay within those companies, or leverage that into a start up or eventually a consulting practice.





You can also start in any of those companies in some sort of customer service role, but consiustantly badger them into picking up projhect work and overflow into marketing and you will steer yourself right into what you want to do somewhere in the forst 9 months on the job.





If you decise to go with a smaller company, make sure you are going to learn from the management/leadership and/or the product/industry are in line with exactly what you want to do. You can learn alot in these kinds of companies, but don't get lagged into a "tier 2" mentality. Keep that new grad passion and succeed with resolve, so you can go somewhere more substantial after 2-4 years.





Don't take ever a sales gig if you are not passionate about it, because it's very hard to be successful at it if you are not absolutely confident, resolute, and committed to success.





Good luck!
Reply:Sales in the international division of a domestic company
Reply:welcome to my world....except your degree represents marketable skills people are familiar with.... the bst i can do to help you is give you a huge list of job search sites...





im focusing more on gov jobs now, got some seriously good internships paying 30+, as well as entry level.


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