LaxTV Forums | A Forum About The MCLA

onpoint wrote:Go with what you love, without a doubt. My one year in mortgage banking felt like a lot longer than my last two working in lacrosse. You will have plenty of time to pursue a career, but it's pretty hard to get BACK into what you love after you already have a bunch of debt and responsibilities. Take advantage of your years right out of college. There's no rush!

Sonny wrote:No offense, but most new college grads have ZERO real world experience.

Sonny wrote:Please don't take this the wrong way... but someone flipping burgers, tending bar, and delivering pizzas doesn't equate to real (white collar) work experience.

This coming from someone who did blue collar work to pay for most his undergraduate collegiate expenses.

uwec_attack wrote:

Sonny wrote:No offense, but most new college grads have ZERO real world experience.

Most? I don't know about most. Time management, networking, commitment, and leadership are all experiences that I had honed in school. I know that the competition for internships, rising tuition costs, students who are working real jobs while in school, and time extensive extracurricular activities (read: lacrosse) are all activities that offer legitimate experience while in college.

This all said by a kid who graduated just over a year ago, but it's my observation.

Work experience

[ 3/23/2000 to Present ] Best Buy Co., Inc. Minneapolis, MN
Department Supervisor

-Started as part time sales associate and promoted to Supervisory position. Managed a sales department and up to 5 workers averaging 5 million dollars in sales revenue a year.

-During Supervisor improved a department from a 400 plus ranking out of over 700 stores to a ranking of better than 50. Exceeded department goals for both Revenue and Margin significantly within the first month. Over a 7 year employment earned “Employee of the Quarter” over 6 times.

-Handled direct customer Sales, training of individuals, created business plans, schedules, conducted reviews, interviews, and worked within budgets for both labor and sales. Helped to institute new sales processes, ideas, and ethics among associates.

-Worked on a View Point committee that handled employee suggestions, questions, concerns, moral, and overall communication gateway from lower level employees to store management.

-Responsible for sales in numerous departments. Not only offered products, but solutions to accompany those products to provide the customers the complete solution and experience they deserve when shopping at Best Buy.

[ 6/1/05 to 7/29/05] United Parcel Service of America, Inc. Earth City, MO
Account Executive

-Was granted an internship with UPS as an Account Executive.

-During the course of the internship personally earned accounts that generate over 2 million dollars annually in just 2 months.

-Personally responsible for retaining and maintaining past accounts that amassed up to $10,000 annually each.

laxative wrote:Most of the kids I'm graduating with have been getting offers from high 40's to mid 50's. These are for business majors. I would imagine it would be somewhat less if you're not business or engineering.

Find something you love to do and you'll find a way to make money at it.

bste_lax wrote:I would also point out that location does play some factor. The amount of money I was offered for my current job in LA was a lot more than some other jobs I was looking at in Cedar Rapids/Des Moines.