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What Would You Tell Yourself?

Posted by Anonymous on 5/18/2007 at 8:05 PM ET 50 Points
I'm an undergrad marketing student trying to prep myself for a long career in the industry. I try to keep up with the industry by reading MarketingProfs, marketing mags and recently I set up a website to record my thoughts.

I'm posing a question to all the marketing pros out there:


If you could give career advice to the college-age you, what would you tell yourself?
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  • Posted by ilan on 5/18/2007 at 11:00 PM Member
    don't ever listen to the advice headhunters give, and don't ever build your resume based on their direction
  • Posted by Peter (henna gaijin) on 5/19/2007 at 6:45 PM Accepted
    Sign up for a general business magazine (like Economist, Business Week, or Wall Street Journal) and read it religiously. This will give a lot of insight into general business and industries, which is a huge help when you get out to look for a job (company names will be more familiar, and you may even know a bit about a company's strategy when you interview there).
  • Posted by Frank Hurtte on 5/20/2007 at 7:24 PM Member
    My advice is simple. Start your own business now before you get addicted to the money.

    While a new car may look shiny and cool today, at age 40-50-60 you will lead a happier and fuller life if you own the store.

  • Posted on 5/21/2007 at 10:58 AM Accepted
    Nice one Frank...


    I came out of college and worked for a year in advertising. Now I own my own business. However, the last thing it is, is easy.

    The most important thing you can do ... more important than your resume or what you know is WHO YOU KNOW.
    Period. If I didn't work for my partner some years back then I wouldn't be where I am today.

    Intern intern intern. Then network with everyone.

    Trust me people like to hire people they know.

    Oh and get used to be poor. :)

  • Posted on 5/22/2007 at 9:56 PM Author
    I would love to run my own business, though I wouldn't be comfortable doing that straight out the gate . I'd want some hands-on experience first.

    fortunately I've interned at a few places, just need to do a little more networking.


    thanks to everyone for their input so far! I'll be closing this question soon, so if anyone else has advice to add, I'd love to read it.
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