{"id":1446,"date":"2017-08-14T14:37:28","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T14:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/?p=1446"},"modified":"2021-08-05T13:02:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T13:02:58","slug":"mendez-20-develops-relationships-with-clients-during-sales-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/2017\/08\/14\/mendez-20-develops-relationships-with-clients-during-sales-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendez ’20 – Develops Relationships with Clients during Sales Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anthony Mendez \u201920\u00a0<\/span><\/em>\u2014 This summer, I worked for Infinite Global, Inc., a marketing firm in downtown Indianapolis, IN. I want to thank the Mellon Grant, the Wabash Liberal Arts Immersion Program (WLAIP), and the Career Services Office at Wabash College for funding this experience and making it a reality. I am interested in how businesses operate from within, such as advertising, promoting products, and satisfying customers. From a young age, I struggled with verbal communication and public speaking. However, my experience working at Infinite Global has helped me grow professionally. I was very nervous for the first two interviews, but I prepared the night before by researching common questions, assessing my strengths and weaknesses, and having a confident mindset. After completing the interview, I learned that Infinite Global, Inc. offers direct sales for Xfinity (Comcast) services in local retail stores such as Walmart.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When arriving on my first day, the office was full of people. Everyone was following a formal presentation on pitching, presenting, and closing a deal. After being introduced to several corporate trainers and account executives, I began writing down notes on these skills. The morning session lasted a couple of hours as the corporate trainers dispersed with their teams to local Walmarts around Indianapolis. I learned all about their internet, cable, home phone, and security system. Having a student mindset encouraged me to take notes, ask insightful questions, and better myself professionally. I learned the importance of actively listening to customers rather than just hearing them.<\/p>\n

After working for nearly three months in the field, I could not have asked for a better working environment with such competitive fellow interns and business partners. Having a student mentality helped a lot when studying specific scenarios, dealing with rejections, indecisive customers, and challenges. My sales every week dramatically increased, which motivated me to work harder than ever before. I am not pursuing a career in sales after Wabash, but I enjoy working with clients in an energetic working environment. With the support from Infinite Global and Wabash College, I made a lot of progress over the summer. As a result, I am transferring this business knowledge not only to the classroom but professionally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anthony Mendez \u201920\u00a0\u2014 This summer, I worked for Infinite Global, Inc., a marketing firm in downtown Indianapolis, IN. I want to thank the Mellon Grant, the Wabash Liberal Arts Immersion Program (WLAIP), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,108],"tags":[100],"class_list":["post-1446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-summer-internships","category-wlaip","tag-wlaip"],"w_featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/Mendez-e1628168563469-621x1024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1446"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1446\/revisions\/2930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wabash.edu\/summerinternships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}