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Angy
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What to do now, I mean how lucky I am?
So I got a job as a SDR, signed a contract and they in the middle of the summer before starting they fired me because they thought I wasn’t professional. The thing is that a sales manager interviewed me and the interview went pretty well and we had a nice conversation. The thing is that my relationship with that other company didn’t end so well, I think even the manager wasn’t to happy with my persona. The thing is that I now am interviewing for another SDR position, and they have the same manager(who this time works in house and thought his agency like the first time). Now, I really want this job and I’ve successfully passed the CV screening and the first round of interview with them. The impression was positive and honestly it’s the only good job lined up that I have. Now what should I do? Address the situation? Tell him that things have changed? Tell him nothing and hope he doesn’t remember( I just had a talk with him, he didn’t interview me and again it was pretty nice) but the things with the first company ended pretty bad too. Please tell me, because I can’t get enough of this and I really wanna have this job.
Update: I had the interview and it couldn’t have gone better. Literally, he asked me a bunch of questions and I totally aced them. We had a few laughs and it honestly felt like a normal and pleasant conversation, he even asked why I was so serious ahhahaha. Usual conversational questions. Honestly he seems like a great guy to work for, I did some research and he is a pretty big guy on sales management so I am sure that working with him will make me a great sales rep. I also mentioned one of his LinkedIn posts. Repeat, I think I aced it, he told me about the challenges of the role in detail and pretty much sold the company to me.
Also he told me openly that there were several things that he liked about me. He didn’t know about the incident on my previous company. He just asked why I left and I told him that it was because I wanted to explore new places that were oriented at marketing and that were a better fit for my professional background.
I forgot tho to ask about compensation and I dm him on LinkedIn
They should get Back to me with an interview with the CEO after the holidays.
Based on those indicators would you say it’s any good? I literally hate job search so I want to get the job.
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Tyler White
Account Executive - Tech Sales, Real Estate Investor, Coach
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Tyler’s Answer
Great question! As a former SDR, I'm excited for your career. There's lot of ups and downs but it will all be worth it.
Like the other comments, I'd be as honest & transparent as possible. If you really want this job, make sure they know that and do everything you can to get it.
Equally as important though, is to keep your options open. You'll find in sales you can never guarantee a person will show up to a meeting, sign a deal with you, etc. but the key is to stack the odds of success in your favor.
It sounds like you have great experience-why not apply for a few other positions to land a few other options? Not putting all your eggs in one basket would be how you can increase the odds of success to your favor.
Wishing you best of luck and hope all of it works out!
-Tyler
Like the other comments, I'd be as honest & transparent as possible. If you really want this job, make sure they know that and do everything you can to get it.
Equally as important though, is to keep your options open. You'll find in sales you can never guarantee a person will show up to a meeting, sign a deal with you, etc. but the key is to stack the odds of success in your favor.
It sounds like you have great experience-why not apply for a few other positions to land a few other options? Not putting all your eggs in one basket would be how you can increase the odds of success to your favor.
Wishing you best of luck and hope all of it works out!
-Tyler
The majority of position DONT offer a base salary(which means they suck and I’ll never work for employers who want to just exploit me). Plus I’ve been on the job hunt for only two weeks and have been rejected by jobs only 2 times(tho they both offered a base salary). Also at August there aren’t any job openings in Italy and they wouldn’t respond anyways. But since I ACED the interview totally I think I’ll get the job
Angy
Amanda Clary
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Johnston, Iowa
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That's amazing! Great job! That ABSOLUTELY must feel SO good having that weight off your chest!
Things like this honestly will come up A LOT in life, because the world of healthcare professionals, or really ANY specific trade in particular, is honestly a REALLY "Small World," meaning that you will continue to meet, interview and work (ironically enough) the SAME people OVER and OVER again throughout your career.
Muy advice to you is to ALWAYS try to be friendly and professional to EVERYONE, even if you DO NOT LIKE. You owe them a PROFESSIONAL COURTESY of working with them, where, if for whatever reason if they were to either interview you, work with you, or even be a manager of your in our future, you want to make sure that door is always open, and that you NEVER BURN any bridges EVER. Because as you practice throughout your life, TRUST ME, you will DEFINITELY see what I am talking about.
My other advice to you, is ALSO, in order to KEEP this job this time, is to WORK on your professionalism. It is true, a lot of people have different personalities, and that some people are very strict, while other people are more laid back. Like me, for example, I am VERY laid back. It’s easy for me to say things like "Dude," and "Seriously?" but that’s ONLY because I have the ability to read people really well, and like 95% of the rest of that world doesn’t HAVE the ability. And the only reason I HAVE that ability is because I was raised by a SEVERELY bipolar depressed father, that, if I couldn’t walk into a room without being able to “read the room right,” then I would lose YEARS of a relationship I had spent building in seconds.
However, it ISN’T okay for YOU to say “DUDE,” or say “Yo” to patients or clients as well as a lot of other things. Professionalism ISN’T ONLY about saying Ma’am and SIR. More than ANYTHING its about how you represent your profession, what you do, as well as the company that pays you to DO your profession. When you are “unprofessional,” and do things like cuss, say inappropriate things, don’t make patients and clients a priority, escalate situations instead of remaining calm and still trying to meet the patient or clients need, using slang WHILE talking to patients or clients. When you ACT unprofessional, the things is, you LOOSE credibility from your patients and clients. Which is why hiring managers and managers take professionalism so seriously.
My BEST advice to you if you are HOPEFULLY GETTING this position is to try to LISTEN and FEEL out the worksite first, as well as all the people you work with in addition to the customers and how your coworkers work and what they say TO the customers and say to each other. Let THAT be your guide in determining what IS considered professional and ISN'T and go from there. Also, when in doubt, you can always ASK your co-workers. Hey guys, do you think X would be considered professional? Use your coworkers to help you work on your professionalism. Because the way that you speak and interact with patients actually DOES make a quantifiable difference in how your patients or clients see you, trust you, and seek you out for help.
Another piece of advise is the usage of ChatGTP . If you google ChatGTP you can basically ask it any KINDS of questions, from interviewing skills to steps for how to become more professional. It's an AMAZING tool that *I* personaly cannot LIVE without. You can tell it to help you prepare for interviews for specific jobs, you can tell it to write you specific resumes and cover letters for specific jobs! It's an incredible tool! Just let me know if you are interested in it and I can try to show you how it works if you have any questions about it!
Anyways! Congrats again n the interview going so well! I am SO proud of you! Honestly. I just KNEW you'd nail it! Any other questions for me, feel free to always reach out! I am always happy to answer or address any concern you have to the best of my ability!
At one point we've ALL been in your shoes! So it's always nice to have someone who can answer some of your questions AND help reduce all the tension and anxiety you feel when these aren’t OUR "first rodeos," if you know what I mean, lol!
Let me know if you have any other questions I can address for you! I certainly don’t mind answering them!
Sincerely
Amanda Clary, Pharm.D.
Also you can use ChatGTP (ie if you google ChatGTP) you can basically ask it any KINDS of questions, from interviewing skills to steps for how to become more professional. It's an AMAZING tool that *I* personaly cannot LIVE without. You can tell it to help you prepare for interviews for specific jobs, you can tell it to write you specific resumes and cover letters for specific jobs! It's an incredible tool! Just let me know if you are interested in it and I can try to show you how it works if you have any questions about it!
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Things like this honestly will come up A LOT in life, because the world of healthcare professionals, or really ANY specific trade in particular, is honestly a REALLY "Small World," meaning that you will continue to meet, interview and work (ironically enough) the SAME people OVER and OVER again throughout your career.
Muy advice to you is to ALWAYS try to be friendly and professional to EVERYONE, even if you DO NOT LIKE. You owe them a PROFESSIONAL COURTESY of working with them, where, if for whatever reason if they were to either interview you, work with you, or even be a manager of your in our future, you want to make sure that door is always open, and that you NEVER BURN any bridges EVER. Because as you practice throughout your life, TRUST ME, you will DEFINITELY see what I am talking about.
My other advice to you, is ALSO, in order to KEEP this job this time, is to WORK on your professionalism. It is true, a lot of people have different personalities, and that some people are very strict, while other people are more laid back. Like me, for example, I am VERY laid back. It’s easy for me to say things like "Dude," and "Seriously?" but that’s ONLY because I have the ability to read people really well, and like 95% of the rest of that world doesn’t HAVE the ability. And the only reason I HAVE that ability is because I was raised by a SEVERELY bipolar depressed father, that, if I couldn’t walk into a room without being able to “read the room right,” then I would lose YEARS of a relationship I had spent building in seconds.
However, it ISN’T okay for YOU to say “DUDE,” or say “Yo” to patients or clients as well as a lot of other things. Professionalism ISN’T ONLY about saying Ma’am and SIR. More than ANYTHING its about how you represent your profession, what you do, as well as the company that pays you to DO your profession. When you are “unprofessional,” and do things like cuss, say inappropriate things, don’t make patients and clients a priority, escalate situations instead of remaining calm and still trying to meet the patient or clients need, using slang WHILE talking to patients or clients. When you ACT unprofessional, the things is, you LOOSE credibility from your patients and clients. Which is why hiring managers and managers take professionalism so seriously.
My BEST advice to you if you are HOPEFULLY GETTING this position is to try to LISTEN and FEEL out the worksite first, as well as all the people you work with in addition to the customers and how your coworkers work and what they say TO the customers and say to each other. Let THAT be your guide in determining what IS considered professional and ISN'T and go from there. Also, when in doubt, you can always ASK your co-workers. Hey guys, do you think X would be considered professional? Use your coworkers to help you work on your professionalism. Because the way that you speak and interact with patients actually DOES make a quantifiable difference in how your patients or clients see you, trust you, and seek you out for help.
Another piece of advise is the usage of ChatGTP . If you google ChatGTP you can basically ask it any KINDS of questions, from interviewing skills to steps for how to become more professional. It's an AMAZING tool that *I* personaly cannot LIVE without. You can tell it to help you prepare for interviews for specific jobs, you can tell it to write you specific resumes and cover letters for specific jobs! It's an incredible tool! Just let me know if you are interested in it and I can try to show you how it works if you have any questions about it!
Anyways! Congrats again n the interview going so well! I am SO proud of you! Honestly. I just KNEW you'd nail it! Any other questions for me, feel free to always reach out! I am always happy to answer or address any concern you have to the best of my ability!
At one point we've ALL been in your shoes! So it's always nice to have someone who can answer some of your questions AND help reduce all the tension and anxiety you feel when these aren’t OUR "first rodeos," if you know what I mean, lol!
Let me know if you have any other questions I can address for you! I certainly don’t mind answering them!
Sincerely
Amanda Clary, Pharm.D.
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Amanda Clary
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Johnston, Iowa
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Amanda’s Answer
I always go with full transparency and honesty when in doubt. The thing that any hiring manager wants the very least are excuses. I would just be straight forward with them and say that in the past you may have been seen as unprofessional before, but use it as a tool to show growth and improvement instead. I would line up a spreadsheet if not a list of all the steps or ways that youve taken to become MORE professional SINCE working with them in the past, and how that has becoming a learning point from your previous experience, and how you have seriously improved on that skill and seriously understand the importance OF professionalism IN THIS SETTING especially and PRECISELY how it applies to THIS POSITION. If you turn a weakness into both a learning opportunity AND proof of personal growth its only going to be WIN WIN for you I can 1000% guarantee it! Good luck! You got this!
Yeah well he seemed like he didn’t remember it at all. He mentioned it but I said that we decided to part ways because I was more interested in a sales marketing position. The interview couldn’t have gone better. He asked me a bunch of questions about sales that I absolutely Aced. He even said that he had a great and positive idea about me and that he will uptake me after the holidays at the beginning of September. He said that i would have to take a final interview with the CEO. But otherwise I think it’s pretty locked up
Angy
Amanda Clary
Pharmacist
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Johnston, Iowa
Updated
Amanda’s Answer
That's amazing! Great job! That ABSOLUTELY must feel SO good having that weight off your chest!
Things like this honestly will come up A LOT in life, because the world of healthcare professionals, or really ANY specific trade in particular, is honestly a REALLY "Small World," meaning that you will continue to meet, interview and work (ironically enough) the SAME people OVER and OVER again throughout your career.
Muy advice to you is to ALWAYS try to be friendly and professional to EVERYONE, even if you DO NOT LIKE. You owe them a PROFESSIONAL COURTESY of working with them, where, if for whatever reason if they were to either interview you, work with you, or even be a manager of your in our future, you want to make sure that door is always open, and that you NEVER BURN any bridges EVER. Because as you practice throughout your life, TRUST ME, you will DEFINITELY see what I am talking about.
My other advice to you, is ALSO, in order to KEEP this job this time, is to WORK on your professionalism. It is true, a lot of people have different personalities, and that some people are very strict, while other people are more laid back. Like me, for example, I am VERY laid back. It’s easy for me to say things like "Dude," and "Seriously?" but that’s ONLY because I have the ability to read people really well, and like 95% of the rest of that world doesn’t HAVE the ability. And the only reason I HAVE that ability is because I was raised by a SEVERELY bipolar depressed father, that, if I couldn’t walk into a room without being able to “read the room right,” then I would lose YEARS of a relationship I had spent building in seconds.
However, it ISN’T okay for YOU to say “DUDE,” or say “Yo” to patients or clients as well as a lot of other things. Professionalism ISN’T ONLY about saying Ma’am and SIR. More than ANYTHING its about how you represent your profession, what you do, as well as the company that pays you to DO your profession. When you are “unprofessional,” and do things like cuss, say inappropriate things, don’t make patients and clients a priority, escalate situations instead of remaining calm and still trying to meet the patient or clients need, using slang WHILE talking to patients or clients. When you ACT unprofessional, the things is, you LOOSE credibility from your patients and clients. Which is why hiring managers and managers take professionalism so seriously.
My BEST advice to you if you are HOPEFULLY GETTING this position is to try to LISTEN and FEEL out the worksite first, as well as all the people you work with in addition to the customers and how your coworkers work and what they say TO the customers and say to each other. Let THAT be your guide in determining what IS considered professional and ISN'T and go from there. Also, when in doubt, you can always ASK your co-workers. Hey guys, do you think X would be considered professional? Use your coworkers to help you work on your professionalism. Because the way that you speak and interact with patients actually DOES make a quantifiable difference in how your patients or clients see you, trust you, and seek you out for help.
Anyways! Congrats again n the interview going so well! I am SO proud of you! Honestly. I just KNEW you'd nail it! Any other questions for me, feel free to always reach out! I am always happy to answer or address any concern you have to the best of my ability!
At one point we've ALL been in your shoes! So it's always nice to have someone who can answer some of your questions AND help reduce all the tension and anxiety you feel when these aren’t OUR "first rodeos," if you know what I mean, lol!
Let me know if you have any other questions I can address for you! I certainly don’t mind answering them!
Sincerely
Amanda Clary, Pharm.D.
Things like this honestly will come up A LOT in life, because the world of healthcare professionals, or really ANY specific trade in particular, is honestly a REALLY "Small World," meaning that you will continue to meet, interview and work (ironically enough) the SAME people OVER and OVER again throughout your career.
Muy advice to you is to ALWAYS try to be friendly and professional to EVERYONE, even if you DO NOT LIKE. You owe them a PROFESSIONAL COURTESY of working with them, where, if for whatever reason if they were to either interview you, work with you, or even be a manager of your in our future, you want to make sure that door is always open, and that you NEVER BURN any bridges EVER. Because as you practice throughout your life, TRUST ME, you will DEFINITELY see what I am talking about.
My other advice to you, is ALSO, in order to KEEP this job this time, is to WORK on your professionalism. It is true, a lot of people have different personalities, and that some people are very strict, while other people are more laid back. Like me, for example, I am VERY laid back. It’s easy for me to say things like "Dude," and "Seriously?" but that’s ONLY because I have the ability to read people really well, and like 95% of the rest of that world doesn’t HAVE the ability. And the only reason I HAVE that ability is because I was raised by a SEVERELY bipolar depressed father, that, if I couldn’t walk into a room without being able to “read the room right,” then I would lose YEARS of a relationship I had spent building in seconds.
However, it ISN’T okay for YOU to say “DUDE,” or say “Yo” to patients or clients as well as a lot of other things. Professionalism ISN’T ONLY about saying Ma’am and SIR. More than ANYTHING its about how you represent your profession, what you do, as well as the company that pays you to DO your profession. When you are “unprofessional,” and do things like cuss, say inappropriate things, don’t make patients and clients a priority, escalate situations instead of remaining calm and still trying to meet the patient or clients need, using slang WHILE talking to patients or clients. When you ACT unprofessional, the things is, you LOOSE credibility from your patients and clients. Which is why hiring managers and managers take professionalism so seriously.
My BEST advice to you if you are HOPEFULLY GETTING this position is to try to LISTEN and FEEL out the worksite first, as well as all the people you work with in addition to the customers and how your coworkers work and what they say TO the customers and say to each other. Let THAT be your guide in determining what IS considered professional and ISN'T and go from there. Also, when in doubt, you can always ASK your co-workers. Hey guys, do you think X would be considered professional? Use your coworkers to help you work on your professionalism. Because the way that you speak and interact with patients actually DOES make a quantifiable difference in how your patients or clients see you, trust you, and seek you out for help.
Anyways! Congrats again n the interview going so well! I am SO proud of you! Honestly. I just KNEW you'd nail it! Any other questions for me, feel free to always reach out! I am always happy to answer or address any concern you have to the best of my ability!
At one point we've ALL been in your shoes! So it's always nice to have someone who can answer some of your questions AND help reduce all the tension and anxiety you feel when these aren’t OUR "first rodeos," if you know what I mean, lol!
Let me know if you have any other questions I can address for you! I certainly don’t mind answering them!
Sincerely
Amanda Clary, Pharm.D.
Damon Jones
Data Imging Technician
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New York, New York
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Damon’s Answer
Embrace your good fortune and make the most of it. While honesty is important, sharing too much can sometimes backfire. It might give the impression that you can't be trusted to keep things to yourself. To build a strong reputation, show through your actions that you are capable and reliable. You have the education, good grades, and experience to succeed as a business manager, so let your skills and achievements speak for themselves. Best of luck!
I will use this advice as I prepare for my career.
Angy
Tony Roig
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New Hope, Pennsylvania
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Tony’s Answer
I join the other replies you have already received and encourage transparency and truly believe that it will show your wisdom and how this experience has provided you a deeper understanding and awareness. You may even want to bring this up first and address as I'm sure you will be questioned on it and they are likely to be expecting you to discuss and demonstrate how this has improved you professionally and what you have learned. I think we all have such experiences in our work history and it's how you handle them and make you a better person. So be prepared to provide examples of actions you have taken and how it might apply to this new opportunity.
Best wishes!
Best wishes!