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Sales & Account Management Professional Notes Value in Bronze Membership
Career ManagementCareer Transition

Sales & Account Management Professional Notes Value in Bronze Membership

27 December, 2020
By Lynne Williams0
Sales & Account Management Professional Notes Value in Bronze Membership

Sales & Account Management Professional Notes Value in Bronze Membership

Tell us about yourself and your career.

I have been in sales for over 25 years.

Why were you looking for a job?

I left the last job due to a difference of opinion between a new coach and me. That was almost a year ago.

How did you discover PAGCG?

I found PAGCG through a networking event in Great Valley, and Lynne Williams was there. I instantly did everything I could to become Lynne’s groupie and found her to be so helpful. She would ask people where they wanted to work, and often, Lynne knew someone at one or more companies and offered to connect them. I quickly became a Bronze member. Lynne helped me with her LinkedIn workshops, tips for resumes, having a positive attitude, and focusing on a career change.

How did PAGCG help you in your job search?

I enhanced my job search by first updating my LinkedIn profile according to Lynne Williams’ brilliant instructions, and I redid my resume for each different ad I answered, using Les Segarnick’s perfect method.

How did you find your job? How long did it take?

It took 11 months of looking. I was looking for a place that fit me and I fit them; it wasn’t just about money. From the day I found an opening that seemed perfect, it took two business days to get an offer. I looked on LinkedIn at this company’s employees and found one I “knew”. We were connected and we had met, but I just couldn’t remember where or when. Over the years I attended many network events for HR, most recently SHRM. He interviewed me first and a day later I was interviewed via Facetime by the man who is now my boss. He made me an offer on that call.

What kept you motivated during the job search, especially during the downtimes?

I went to many of the events, and I’m happy I did. The hosts, speakers, and the other people there who were also looking for work were so supportive, down-to-earth, and helpful. I made many connections.

What were the lessons that you learned during your job search?

Become a Bronze member of PAGCG and go to the events (they are all virtual for now). Grow your network.

Do you have any networking tips or tricks that you can share?

Grow your network. These events are a lifeline.

What will you do in your new role?

My new employer is national. My job is to call clients and prospects nationally; I’m the only one doing this; I filled a brand new position. My boss calls me his “secret weapon” and has big plans for me. I love this company and everyone in it. Most of the people have been there for 10 and 20 years.

What is one takeaway or nugget of wisdom that you would like to share?

Never give up. Create a system and work it. My system is an Excel tracker for jobs applied, a Word file for each prospective ad and my responses as well as phone calls and emails.

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 Are you part of Clubhouse? It’s the hottest trend on LinkedIn, but is not part of LinkedIn. Clubhouse is what the cool kids are discussing. You can find it on LinkedIn by following the hashtag #clubhouse.

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The Clubhouse platform is in beta mode, yet it seems to be the hottest new social media app that is audio-based and brings together people worldwide. 

It’s like a live interactive podcast and radio talk show, though you must be invited to speak by the club’s moderator.

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Currently, it is only available for iPhones and iPads with a download from the app store. You will have to wait if you are an Android user. The developers, Paul Davison and Rohan Seth, need to hire more programmers to build for the droids.  

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If you don’t get an invite yourself, you can download the app from the App Store and enter your profile and hope someone will sponsor you. If you have an invite, you can gain access. When you set up your BIO, you can add some pizzazz by including emojis. 

Note that the website is bare-bones at joinclubhouse.com. The team uses the app notion.so for their productivity workspace documents. Notion is a competitor to Evernote. 

There is the good, the bad, and the ugly on Clubhouse.

Some experts freely share their knowledge, and you will leave with new nuggets of wisdom or inspiration. 

You will attend other sessions that are, let’s say, meh. People share what you already know, so you leave empty-handed and wonder why you wasted your time.

And then there are the ugly sessions where people spew knowledge of what they know, but they really don’t know what they don’t know. There may be others exhibiting inappropriate behavior or hate speech and, in that case, are removed.

Please read and understand their Community Guidelines. 

There have even been music jamming sessions where people are sharing their musical talents.

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Just know that the maximum amount if people in a room is 5000 and they have reached that on occasion.

Are you wondering why you have a little party hat on your profile? That identifies you as a new member in the first seven days.

If you want to jazz up the background behind your profile picture for your Clubhouse photo, check out Profile Picture Maker. 

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When you do, make sure you follow people and clubs that are in your interest area so the algorithm knows what to suggest to you.

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Lynne Williams is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, that provides career education and networking. Lynne also writes for vista.today, montco.today, and delco.today

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Be an optimist!

Even though the pandemic has wreaked havoc on jobs, businesses, mental health, finances, and more, no one wants to hang with Debbie or Donnie Downer. 

No one wants to help Negative Nancy or Ned. 

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Networking is all about building relationships with know, like, and trust. 

When you hear rotten garbage coming out of your mouth or off the end of your fingers as you type, take a deep breath and pause, and regroup. 

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According to Positive Psychology, “Positive thinking is a mental and emotional attitude that focuses on the bright side of life and expects positive results.” It includes optimism, acceptance, resilience, gratitude, mindfulness, and integrity and the article includes 89 ways that you can strive to achieve positivity in your mental attitude.Speaking of attitude, here is one of my favorite quotes on attitude by Charles Swindoll that I posted on LinkedIn. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.  

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