—Just heard from my advisor that if you have amanagement degree…u can still get a Marketing job…all depends on how you "Market " Yourself? AnY Truth to that in real world:).
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marketing jobs....man what a joke. its a scam, trust me. marketing sucks. :(
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marketing jobs....man what a joke. its a scam, trust me. marketing sucks. :(
:(...heard abt the same thing from someone else
What did you major in?
Im thinking of management/marketing..
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Yes, you can. If you have taken any marketing courses or fairly blue, you will need to get upto speed first. You will need to read up on principals, recent trends, etc. before you can selll yourself as an entry level marketing professional.
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Yes, you can. If you have taken any marketing courses or fairly blue, you will need to get upto speed first. You will need to read up on principals, recent trends, etc. before you can selll yourself as an entry level marketing professional.
I am planning on management major and a marketing minor or vice versa as of yet..it does cover most of the basic courses though.Thanks for the advice.
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u also need to focus on what ur going to do after ur bachelors that matters the most. r u going to do mba or law or something else??? That is what will be the bigger decision.
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I am a marketing professional and Love it!... I can't even imagine doing anything else.. if you're into all that stuff..analysis and strategies....even advertising...and direct marketing...you'll love it... there's tons of things you can do within marketing... I would totally recommend it!
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and what type of job do you do??? If you don't mind sharing....
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I am a marketing professional and Love it!... I can't even imagine doing anything else.. if you're into all that stuff..analysis and strategies....even advertising...and direct marketing...you'll love it... there's tons of things you can do within marketing... I would totally recommend it!
I have recently moved to Sales and Marketing position as well. Basically it is all technical sales and marketing where we analyze our client needs and requirements and suggest solutions to help them achieve their targets. Absolutely, go for it if you have the temperament.
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WD: that is the type of job I am trying to find.....
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What people won't tell you here, that getting a respectable entry level job in the marketing field is the hardest thing anyone can ever come across. Unless you have a hookup and know someone, all you have available is telemarketing and door to door sales if not worse.
That is because most normal marketing jobs (as rare as they are) require this:
You must have 7-10 years of experience
Also, what is the biggest lunacy of it all is the fact, that most big companies fill their marketing positions from within their own ranks. They let people fill in the positions from within, from different departments who have no degree in such a field. Its mainly politics in bigger companies and sadly common site, where an MIS major, or Com Sci majored person from within a company will be given priority for a marketing dept position as opposed to an outside candidate with a marketing degree.
ALSO BEWARE:
If you are looking for a creative type major, then marketing is not for you. Its basically a reserach based field or sales! Advertising is a seperate major! So is graphic design. Don't be mistaken.
just a word of caution: just because its the easiest major out there, doesn't mean you should go for it...
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I will stress, go to as good of a school that u can, and try what u can to get a job thru on campus interviews as a fresh graduate. after that..networking and industry contacts will be key.
marketing jobs are not as easy to get in general as tech jobs, thats a fact. but dont be scared.
If you have passion for teh field, and u are good at it, you will do well. u will have ups and downs.
To me its shocking that marketing grads dont even know basics of category mgmt, promotional ROI, lift for own, lift for top competitor and lifty for category for owna dn competitors campaigns.. and all. This is one field where the difference between better schools and not so good schools becomes painfully obvious.
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It is not lunacy; It is logical conclusion. Otherwise, I agree with your observation.
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It is not lunacy; It is logical conclusion. Otherwise, I agree with your observation.
Its a logical observation, and its standard practice. But the rest of my statement that you didn't quote simply implied that people who know nothing about the field are given jobs in such a department...thereby robbing new commers who have graduated with a marketing degree.
I am a marketing professional and am now established, but the amount of frustration I felt was incredible. These are observations based on two full years of irrelevant applications in big firms.
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alig but ppl who know nothing about stuff get jobs in other depts too, seen sales ppl thrown in ops mgmt roles, ops ppl thorown in financial planing roles.
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I will stress, go to as good of a school that u can, and try what u can to get a job thru on campus interviews as a fresh graduate. after that..networking and industry contacts will be key.quote]
ditto....
Re: ---Marketing Major:
What people won't tell you here, that getting a respectable entry level job in the marketing field is the hardest thing anyone can ever come across. Unless you have a hookup and know someone, all you have available is telemarketing and door to door sales if not worse.
That is because most normal marketing jobs (as rare as they are) require this:
You must have 7-10 years of experience
Also, what is the biggest lunacy of it all is the fact, that most big companies fill their marketing positions from within their own ranks. They let people fill in the positions from within, from different departments who have no degree in such a field. Its mainly politics in bigger companies and sadly common site, where an MIS major, or Com Sci majored person from within a company will be given priority for a marketing dept position as opposed to an outside candidate with a marketing degree.
ALSO BEWARE: If you are looking for a creative type major, then marketing is not for you. Its basically a reserach based field or sales! Advertising is a seperate major! So is graphic design. Don't be mistaken.
just a word of caution: just because its the easiest major out there, doesn't mean you should go for it...
Thank You for your insight. I have met up with the advertising advisor too ..I liked the way they are pretty flexble with their curricullum about majoring and minoring in anything that one thinks interests them..which is not true in the business department..One thing is that after talking and doing some research is that their is a wide discrepency in the wages ..between an advertising major versus a marketing major..maybe doing the same job.I dont know who to believe as the business major advisor was saying that the advertising ones require a lot more work and earn less..etc. I have set up an appointment with the business career counselor now and see what they say and also with a management proffessor.Lets see what they say:).
Its a logical observation, and its standard practice. But the rest of my statement that you didn't quote simply implied that people who know nothing about the field are given jobs in such a department...thereby robbing new commers who have graduated with a marketing degree.
I am a marketing professional and am now established, but the amount of frustration I felt was incredible. These are observations based on two full years of irrelevant applications in big firms.
That sure is an interesting fact to know of..
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align: I totally agree with you 100%. Finding a job is the most frustrating thing ever. Any job that I feel like I qualify for....I don't feel like I get it. Most companies are going for internal employees. And the company I do work for in order to get any marketing job you need at least 5 + years experience, otherwise its a sales job. How do you get 5 years experience if no one wants an unexperienced person????? I didn't realize marketing was so hard to get into.....its frustrating but I don't think I am going to back out....I really like the field....its kind of the study of human behavior and about products and services....
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alig but ppl who know nothing about stuff get jobs in other depts too, seen sales ppl thrown in ops mgmt roles, ops ppl thorown in financial planing roles.
Fraudia sahib,
I will take your word for it. I can bring the marketing aspect of it to light only, because its the only one I am familiar with.
Ask99,
I would extend this oppurtunity to offer you some guidance. I feel its my responsibility to help anyone out going the creative route. Feel free to PM me with anything related. My knowledge is open to you...and Good luck.
Pyaari,
PM me if you need help looking for a job in the field. I may have contacts that might be of assistance...
aliG