Job shadow review

Job Shadow

Job Shadowed: Steve Markham (I-lipo sales manager)

Industry: Lasers (chromogenex)

Location: Traveling sales associate

1.       Q: What influenced you to choose this career?

A: I worked with lasers years ago when laser hair removal became cool and then I tried doing something else for awhile until I realized laser’s were what I love. I-lipo specifically is helping people lose weight and is a healthy life is something I am passionate about.

2.       Q: Why do customers choose this company?

A: Chromogenex revolutionized the laser company. Its name is synonymous with success. So I think to customers it’s a no brainer

3.       Q: What do you enjoy most about this career?

A: It allows me to provide for my family first off. Secondly It is enjoyable to see fat people get their figure back and transform their lives.

4.       Q: Do you find this job exciting or boring?

A: Oh my job is always exciting. Travel usually is. I get to sell these machines, Teach their staff how to use it, watch the progression, and “hell” I get paid when is there time to be bored!

5.       What is most stressful about your job?

-Teetering on the brink of a sale. Not always knowing what you can say or do to push them over the ledge to buying a machine. Its a lot of pressure. 

6.       Q: do you feel your time is worth the money?

A: For the visible work I do, yes it is. For the sleepless nights, not even close.

7.       Q: what are the various job fields in this company?

A: Well there is me, as the sales manager. There are the individual locations that purchase the machine and within those there are many things like managers, secretaries, dietitians, and exercise scientists.

8.       Q: Are you optimistic about this company’s future?

A: Oh of course! This company is just getting started on where its headed. It is at the front line too so it will lead the entire industry and I intend to be there with it.

With this job shadow I was able to spend the day with Steve and saw him perform a sales pitch and go into some of the clinics he is overseeing. This was an incredible experience especially since I am interested in this field and this is something I would like to do eventually.  This career is precisely what I want to be doing in a couple years hopefully. His days are fast paced and eventful and he is doing something he loves. I couldn’t want anything more!

I am eager to work closely with Steve in the future. This was a very beneficial experience.

Review

I think that job shadowing’s are very valuable for many reasons, some including the fact that it is irreplaceable experience, it allows for hands on training and an inside view that you  couldn’t obtain otherwise.

The most important thing I learned was that careers are not just the clocked 9 to 5 hours that people see. There is a lot of behind the scenes work so to speak going on that is crucial to success.

I feel that now with this experience along with the interviews I am much closer to deciding on a career than I was at the beginning of this course. Although it is not at all what I intended it to be. I feel confident that this is a direction worth pursuing.

Responses to fellow classmates

Gina Muhestein- I never knew what went into being a marine and it looks like more than anything they are a conservative bunch.

Amanda Gerrard- you really seemed to capture cara puckett’s personality too. It was informational as well as personal able which I think gave it a feel of being applicable to others reading it looking into that field.