How I Heard About the Job:

While I was working as a head lifeguard at my local pool, my older brother, Sebastian, kept nudging me to get a new job that would improve my communication skills as I was extremely shy and introverted at the time. He mentioned to me that all of life was sales and that as a doctor in the future I would really benefit from gaining the powerful soft skills now, so I went in for an interview!

How Have You Excelled:

I excelled by pouring my passion and competitive energy from my swimming career of 10 years into this job. I came in with an open mind, was incredibly coachable, and I was always learning from those that knew more than me. I sold $10,000 work of product in my first 10 days on the job without any sales experience and I started to enjoy the job a lot more after I saw my first paycheck.

I’ve been able to pay off my tuition at UIUC, and stack my resume. Before graduating in the May of 2020, I had 10+ job offers lined up because of the soft skills that I developed here.

What Do You Love About This Job:

I love the fact that as a new representative, I was able to set my own schedule. If I wanted to go to the beach or hang out with friends, that was not ever an issue. I did not work a ton during my semesters at UIUC because I wanted to focus strictly on school. I also loved the fact that I was able to be paid what I was worth, not the time that I put in. I hated that at other jobs, I worked harder than everyone else, but got paid the same exact paycheck.

Why I’m still here after 7 years now is because of the people that I work with and the incredible impact that I am able to make on the students in our community here in Oak Brook.

How I Heard About the Job:

I was looking for work over the summer of 2020 and all of a sudden I saw two girls from the class below me at school post about part-time work on Snapchat, I slid up and asked some questions, and applied! Best decision I could’ve made - my life would be really different if I didn’t check out Snapchat that day :)

How Have You Excelled:

Well in the business, I’ve really built up my relationship-building skills, small talk skills, and my confidence in general. I’ve been able to pay off my first two semesters of college which is really important to me because I’m paying for half of my tuition in hopes of helping my parents with my other siblings and their education.

Outside of the business, my time management and productivity have skyrocketed, helping with my GPA and the depth and quality of my relationships.

What Do You Love About This Job:

I love being able to meet such a wide variety of people both from our office and that I do presentations for! I’ve become really good friends with people in our office, which is really easy given it feels like an in-person office even over Zoom. I also love the flexibility and being able to maintain my relationships and have loads of fun while still being able to work however much I want. And then finally, I have really boosted my resumé with this position. It’ll be really incredible to put that I helped manage the #1 office in the company in our category :)