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Travis

Account Executive

Route

Brigham Young University- Idaho
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Travis has over 3 years of experience in sales and lead generation in the eCommerce industry.
Technology
Sales and Client Management
Engineering - Mechanical
Honors Student
Pell Grant Recipient

Q1Career path

Overcoming Challenges

Career Development

Career Exploration

2:36

"I ended up getting connected with a company here in Utah called Route, um, and got a job as a sales development representative..."

Q2Main responsibilities

Sales

E-commerce

Business Development

1:11

"I'm also always looking for new e-commerce websites that are not in our system already. Um, so I can add those e-commerce websites to the system."

Q3Day in the life

Sales

Communication

Networking

1:30

"One thing I love about sales is that there's a lot of flexibility with my schedule."

Q4Most important skills - role

Communication

Sales

Organization

2:17

"being able to build relationships or be a good salesman doesn't necessarily mean you need to be super crazy outgoing or the center of attention."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Networking

Sales

E-commerce

1:49

"I've met with people from all different kinds of walks of life...from a mom selling beads out of her basement to CEOs of large companies."

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Emotional Intelligence

Resilience

Sales

2:15

"Biggest challenge is just staying levelheaded. Not being at a 10 and not being at a 1, like just staying at a 5."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

E-commerce

Entrepreneurship

Technology

1:44

"it's just such a unique space where there's like, anybody can be in it. There's not a high barrier to entry."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Self-Motivation

Diligence

Simplicity

1:46

"people who have a desire to want to improve themselves"

Q9Wish known before - industry

Workplace Culture

Industry Realities

Sales Careers

1:33

"every time I would meet someone new on the sales floor, like every single person was like, Hey man, like, nice to meet you. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask."

Q10Entry-level positions

Career Advancement

Sales

Entry-Level Jobs

2:15

"even if you feel like the pay is not great, uh, you'll definitely increase and pay pretty quickly."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Career Development

Resilience

Overcoming Challenges

3:16

"that bad thing that you could easily label as a bad thing, like actually turned out to be a good thing in life."

Q12College ideas for success

Time management

Hard work ethic

Resilience

1:39

"the best thing you can teach yourself is that you're able to work hard. And if you can put yourself in positions or give yourself opportunities to prove that you can work hard, it's just gonna pay dividends throughout your whole life."