-: First off, try to get an internship
between your sophomore and junior or junior and senior year
just to dip your toe in the water
with the business aspect.
It is kinda tough to get an internship
that is strictly sales because a lot of companies
don't necessarily trust college kids
to go out and sell for them.
I had a career opportunity and an internship
with Marathon Oil, back in 2008,
but that was a marketing position,
so I wasn't doing any actual selling,
but that business experience is definitely valuable
so first off, I would say is get an internship
to see if you like the industry that you,
the company that you have an internship with
and then, your senior year, specialize.
Ball State has a good selling program
so get more involved with the advisory boards
with maybe the competition.
That's a good way to see if you like sales.
So I guess, first off would be to get an internship
early on in your college career
and then try to specialize if you do like the business
or specifically the sales aspect your junior or senior year.
So like my degree is marketing with a concentration in sales
so there's classes designed for professional selling.
We did role playing, we did video role playing
which is always interesting and challenging
and then, we also had sales competitions
which I personally chose not to take part in,
but they are available to people.