{"id":51450,"date":"2018-11-27T19:13:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T19:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=51450"},"modified":"2022-11-02T21:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T04:33:39","slug":"salesforce-career-stories-a-rising-sales-star-shares-her-secret-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/au\/blog\/salesforce-career-stories-a-rising-sales-star-shares-her-secret-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rising Sales Star Shares Her Secret To Success"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How did your sales career begin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I grew up in Manly on the northern beaches of Sydney, where I still live, and did a Bachelor of Economics and Finance at the University of Sydney. After graduating in 2012, I pretty much fell into sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I interviewed with a recruitment company for a finance role but instead of putting me forward to their client they actually hired me themselves. By the end of the week, I was working as a recruitment consultant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If I\u2019m honest, I didn\u2019t really enjoy working in recruitment. However,  I stayed in the role for 18 months and it was definitely an enriching learning experience as it taught me resilience, hard work, and that a career in sales has its peaks and troughs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a friend recommended Salesforce as a great place to work<\/a> and referred me for a junior sales role, I jumped at the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I work best when there\u2019s a lot of activity and energy around me, and I could see that Salesforce had a high-energy sales culture<\/a>. Plus, everyone looked happy! That convinced me I wanted to be on board. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’ve had four roles in four years at Salesforce. What\u2019s the secret to your success?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I worked for 10 months as a Sales Development Representative, 12 months as a Business Development Representative, then 12 months as an ESB Account Executive and I\u2019ve been in my current role for 18 months. All four roles have been great fun and incredible learning opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, I consider myself very lucky to have the opportunity to work at such a fun company, in a business that regularly acquires other businesses <\/a>and where the research and product development is focused on technology such as artificial intelligence (AI). I love being part of the Salesforce team and because of that I work really hard. I believe that\u2019s why I\u2019ve progressed so quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I consider myself very luck to have the opportunity to work at such a fun company.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n