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Gabrielle
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Rochester, Michigan
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Who do you interact with and how do you help them?
Currently a college sophomore studying to go into health communication and sales. I aspire to help people by interacting with them at times of need and offering them chance at a better outcome.
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Dany Oghia
Inside Account Executive
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Great question!
I myself interact with customers, partners, and internal teams who are often trying to make important decisions under pressure. My rol.e is to listen to their needs, ask the right questions, and help guide them toward the best possible outcome.
What connects closely to health communication is empathy and clarity — helping people understand their options when it matters most. By building trust and communicating clearly, I aim to make complex situations feel manageable and help people move forward with confidence.
Communication is like the FORCE in Star Wars. Think Midichlorians. The better you are at communicating, the better you are!
I myself interact with customers, partners, and internal teams who are often trying to make important decisions under pressure. My rol.e is to listen to their needs, ask the right questions, and help guide them toward the best possible outcome.
What connects closely to health communication is empathy and clarity — helping people understand their options when it matters most. By building trust and communicating clearly, I aim to make complex situations feel manageable and help people move forward with confidence.
Communication is like the FORCE in Star Wars. Think Midichlorians. The better you are at communicating, the better you are!
John W. Harris
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Your desire to help others is truly admirable, and it's important to keep that intention alive. While it may seem challenging to connect your interest in health communications with sales goals, remember that wanting to help people can be a great asset in sales. Sales is about creating value for both the customer and the company. By approaching each situation with honesty and a clear purpose, you can find ways to support others while achieving your sales objectives. Focus on how your passion for helping can enhance your sales strategy, and you'll find success in both areas.
Determine if Health Coommunications and Sales are compatile or if you must chose
If sales remains you goal determine what area of sales is most interseting (i.e. technology. pharmaceutical, etc.)
Start your preperation now and remain open & teachable
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Carolina Zoti
Account manager
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Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Hi Gabrielle!
As an Account Manager in the tech industry, I interact with two main audiences in my daily job. One is my clients, who are the company partners, such as hotels, chains, and bed and breakfasts. And the other is my colleagues.
Important fact: you might have to analyze your audience before speaking to them. Some have more knowledge, so you can have a more complex conversation, but there will be times when the people you are talking to know very little about the topic. So, you will need to adapt your speech to reach them and to be understood, which is the main goal in every relationship.
And I know that they might appear to be very different audiences, and they are, but one thing brings them together: they are all people, like you and me. Having empathy, connecting, and demonstrating that you care are very important. That's why I always ask in my meetings with partners (despite the topic I need to speak with them about), if they need any help or support from me at all. This always helps me to connect faster with them, so that would be my advice. :)
As an Account Manager in the tech industry, I interact with two main audiences in my daily job. One is my clients, who are the company partners, such as hotels, chains, and bed and breakfasts. And the other is my colleagues.
Important fact: you might have to analyze your audience before speaking to them. Some have more knowledge, so you can have a more complex conversation, but there will be times when the people you are talking to know very little about the topic. So, you will need to adapt your speech to reach them and to be understood, which is the main goal in every relationship.
And I know that they might appear to be very different audiences, and they are, but one thing brings them together: they are all people, like you and me. Having empathy, connecting, and demonstrating that you care are very important. That's why I always ask in my meetings with partners (despite the topic I need to speak with them about), if they need any help or support from me at all. This always helps me to connect faster with them, so that would be my advice. :)
Steve Arsinoski
RVP Sales
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Steve’s Answer
Professionally you can help younger talent by mentoring and providing practical tips for them to succeed based on your experience. Personally its good practice to pay it forward and help share your knowledge and experience so you can guide people based on your experience. Everyone will need to make their own way however any the can potentially learn from others pasts successes or learning opportunities.
Lorena Neamtu
Program Management
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Gabrielle, welcome to CareerVillage! You're in the right field! First of all, communication is the foundation of everything! You need to be able to understand your audience, the people you interact with, their interests, their needs, what are they looking for. What helps them make their decisions related to what you're trying to communicate. And sales! Everything we do either personally or professionaly involves sales skills!
Then before starting your journey in any field, healthcare, etc, you need to believe in what you're communicating, what are you promoting. Be it a health service, health process etc....and do it with passion!
Then before starting your journey in any field, healthcare, etc, you need to believe in what you're communicating, what are you promoting. Be it a health service, health process etc....and do it with passion!