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"I have really enjoyed my career so far. I have been known as a people person, and have lived oversees in the past. Therefore, International Sales was a good fit for me. One thing to consider about International Sales is the travel requirement. The job often requires one to be on the road 30-50% of the year. Someone in this line of work must be vigilant in keeping their personal affairs well maintained. Anyone in this line of work must be organized and prepared at all times."
Posted 11 years ago in Boulder, CO
Director of Sales at A.H. Belo
in Dallas, TX

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It is a traditional media company living in a new media world."

What do you like about working at A.H. Belo?

"I was able to develop and grow the Sports business and have success in an area they had never pursued before my arrival."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Go in with eyes wide open and do your best to make the right decision for yourself and your career."

What don't you like about working at A.H. Belo?

"The company is slow to move forward in the media business and still holding onto being a 125 year old newspaper company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Think forward about the future of the media business and work hard to create a dynamic enviornment. The morale is the building is at an all-time low."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Director of Sales at LexisNexis
in New Providence, NJ

What do you like about working at LexisNexis?

"Environment, people, work ethic, salary & benefits offered and mentorship during my time with LexisNexis."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"I would look into the longevity of your position with the company and be aware of any aquisitions or layoffs for you in the next few years to come."

What don't you like about working at LexisNexis?

"Massive layoffs made to major departments were at first a rumour but became true when"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Director of Sales at Thomas Cook

What do you like about working at Thomas Cook?

"What I liked about my last job was the fact that there was good on the job training. I was able to really develop my sales and marketing skills, which I know will help me succeed here if I am fortunate enough to be able to join your team"

What don't you like about working at Thomas Cook?

"the lack of structure sometimes allowed some of my teammates to slack off from time to time and I often ended up having to pick up the extra work. I had to constructively approach my manager and let her know what was going on WITHOUT creating any friction between me and my co-workers. In the end, it worked out well, because I was pro-active."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work-force diversity has important implications. Managers need to be able to recognize employee differences and respond to those differences in ways that ensure effective working relationships"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Director of Sales at Holiday Inn
in Melbourne, FL

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"mediocre just loved the industry"

What do you like about working at Holiday Inn?

"I like to serve and entertain. Meeting new guests made it rewarding because people come from all over. I also enjoyed selling, marketing and networking."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask a lot of open ended questions when its your turn to ask them and go in know what you want to take away from the experience should you be offered the job."

What don't you like about working at Holiday Inn?

"The work environment and structure was not efficient, disorganized and unproductive."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would set protocols, processes and goals that are specific, consistent and measurable. A set of Standard Operating Procedures and controls should be put in place to enhance monitoring. Training should be ongoing and employees should be evaluated, developed and rewarded. ."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 3 / 5
Director of Sales at Wallquest
in Wayne, PA

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"I enjojed the people ,the product, and the customers."

What do you like about working at Wallquest?

"The change in customer types and the color and design of the product"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be positive and willing to travel over 60% of the time.Work with your people to help the sales effort."

What don't you like about working at Wallquest?

"Need a change in the industry I worked in for many years"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Better programs and support from the internal group0 which was very over worked with to many projects.Sales grew faster than the internal staffing."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Director of Sales at Logomark

What do you like about working at Logomark?

"Can't think of anything positive to say about working at this company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you are currently employed and want to work here, remember that the grass is not always greener on the other side."

What don't you like about working at Logomark?

"Lack of recognition, lack of competent leadership, no accountability, everyone looking out for themselves."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would recognize those who work and get rid of those who don't."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 1 / 5 Work Setting 1 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 2 / 5 Way You Work 1 / 5
Director of Sales at Spectrum Brands
in Blacksburg, VA

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"Excellent opportunity, enjoyable work experience, agressive company,"

What do you like about working at Spectrum Brands?

"The products and people. Agressive approach to new product development."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared for fast pace and multI tasking. Research the products."

What don't you like about working at Spectrum Brands?

"Thinning out of workforce and time it takes for project approvals."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Invest in people. The payback will prove to be greater than the savings."

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 5 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 4 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Director of Sales at GetInsured.com
in Marietta, GA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"It has been an exciting and challenging career"

What do you like about working at GetInsured.com?

"The challenge of developing in a fast changing market setting"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared as well as frequent changes in compensation package"

What don't you like about working at GetInsured.com?

"The vision and direction of the company is changing/ unclear"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Define your mission statement, and goals and stick to them"

Person You Work For 4 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 5 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Director of Sales at Messagemind
in New York City, NY

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"good engineering team, poor management structure"

What do you like about working at Messagemind?

"great group of developers and creative ideas from the group"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"look at other innovative companies and how they are addressing customer needs"

What don't you like about working at Messagemind?

"management misguided and no vision and very little support or ability to listen to new ideas and suggestions"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"create a vision and understand market dynamics with an understanding of where market trends are going"

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 2 / 5 Growth Opportunities 2 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Director of Sales at Magellan Health Services
in Newport Beach, CA

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Starting to make great sales in California market- then they laid off all Sales"

What do you like about working at Magellan Health Services?

"Excellent people - good products- open territory in the Western region"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If they are applying for a different division than Employer - great company- ask what the future plans are"

What don't you like about working at Magellan Health Services?

"Decided to eliminate sales- did not understand midmarket opporutnities- company could not figure out how great the opporutnities"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 2 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 3 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Director of Sales at Indeed.com
in Mouth of Wilson, VA

What do you like about working at Indeed.com?

"I enjoy my team members that their willingness to learn new things."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to sell. The good thing is that sales people sell. The hard thing is that you have to bring it every day."

What don't you like about working at Indeed.com?

"I don't like the lack of work ethic that many of the individuals have today."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"One should always lead with actions and not words. Build your people and they will build your business."

Person You Work For 3 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 4 / 5
Support You Get 3 / 5 Rewards You Receive 4 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Director of Sales at M&R Floors
in Mount Airy, MD

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Loved what I did, not who I did it with."

What do you like about working at M&R Floors?

"Flexibility. My position was like having my own business. Good location."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Look elsewhere. This is not a good place. No-one is happy and who wants to go to work everyday and be unhappy."

What don't you like about working at M&R Floors?

"Mural is horrible. No leadership. poor decision making by owners and G.M."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire the right people. stop blaming the bad economy on the employees."

Person You Work For 1 / 5 People You Work With 2 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 1 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 1 / 5
Company Culture 1 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
Director of Sales at U.S. Nursing
in Denver, CO

What do you like about working at U.S. Nursing?

"I started at the bottom and worked my way up to Director of Sales"

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"It has been a long time since I worked there but I would tell them on the Recruiting side, be prepared to make a lot of phone calls!"

What don't you like about working at U.S. Nursing?

"The founder died about 2 months before I left and the culture completely changed."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think that being more about staff roles would have really helped."

Person You Work For 2 / 5 People You Work With 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 5 / 5 Rewards You Receive 5 / 5 Growth Opportunities 3 / 5
Company Culture 4 / 5 Way You Work 4 / 5
Director of Sales at IBM
in Mountain Home, ID
Person You Work For 4 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5 Company Culture 2 / 5
Director of Sales at NeoPhotonics
in China, ME

Please give us a one liner to describe this review.

"Simply fabulous"

What do you like about working at NeoPhotonics?

"Flat organization structure that helps me to escalate any level to get the job done. which was wonderful."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be Smart while aswering questions. and should have ability to ask question which made them think."

What don't you like about working at NeoPhotonics?

"Internal Politics, which made me very much frustrated and influenced me badly."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management should clearly understand how business can be affected due to lack of cultural understanding, as well as need to understand clearly what that region or country can offer in 5 years time based on that what steps or strategic plan should be develop that right fit for greater success. done in order to succeed into that region/territory"

Person You Work For 5 / 5 People You Work With 3 / 5 Work Setting 3 / 5
Support You Get 4 / 5 Rewards You Receive 3 / 5 Growth Opportunities 5 / 5
Company Culture 5 / 5 Way You Work 5 / 5
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