Vector Marketing & Cutco Work Experience Profiled in Wall Street
Journal Article
OLEAN, N.Y. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) August 26, 2008 --
With summer jobs and paid internships scarce for college students, one
company is offering a unique and valuable work experience, according to
a recent story in the Wall Street Journal, titled “Summer
Job: Nice Pay, if You Can Cut It.”
The article profiled Cutco Cutlery, the largest kitchen cutlery
manufacturer in North America, and its sales division, Vector
Marketing. The 60-year-old company sells products through a national
network of college students, who sell through in-home personal
demonstrations.
According to the article, the company trains approximately 40,000
students a year, providing them with valuable skills that serve them
well in future careers.
Derek Kernus, a sales rep from Virginia, said, “I’ve
done very well with this job. I’ve made enough
to pay my bills and save for school.”
The article focused on how this sales training prepares students for
other careers.
“You're constantly being put in a situation
where you have to meet new people everyday,”
Kernus explained in the article. "It's like practicing a sport. You keep
being put in this situation and you learn how to be more social.
"You see how much rejection you can take and how you handle it with this
type of job," he explains. "It's a skill for life because people aren't
going to say yes all the time. You need to try and come back with
something different to try and get a yes."
The value of this real-world experience is noticed by hiring managers
with major companies, according to the article.
The article quoted Marie Artim, assistant vice president for recruiting
at Enterprise Rent-A-Car: “We’ve
found that the job can give people the things we look for. Things like
communication skills, discipline and a work ethic, knowledge of customer
service, sales and marketing, and the ability to work on your own.”
The article can be viewed at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121789140861111649.html
About Cutco Cutlery and Vector Marketing
Cutco Cutlery is a 60-year-old company with headquarters and
manufacturing facilities in Olean, New York. Vector Marketing is the
company’s sales division, coordinating all
sales for Cutco Cutlery through a national network of college students
who sell products through in-home personal demonstrations. The company’s
sales force is made up of approximately 40,000 students. More than 13
million US households have a Cutco product.
See the original story at: http://eon.businesswire.com/releases/cutco/article/prweb1251254.htm
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