Episode 4: Growing and Succeeding in the Marketing Industry (with UIC Alum Karla Wence)

Marketing majors will enjoy listening to UIC Alumn Karla Wence as she informs us on how she has been succeeding as a Marketing professional: 0:00 – Cold Open & the B2B route 2:30 – What is your current position and responsibilities? 2:57 - What it was your interview process like? 4:41 - Were interview questions from PDP classes helpful in your interview process? 6:15 – What are your day-to-day responsibilities? 9:15 - What skills did you already have going into your position that you found were very helpful? 11:10 - What challenges have you faced as a professional and how have you overcome those challenges? 12:04 - Is it fair to say that when you start as a professional, you’re not going to know everything? 13:15 - What’s your favorite part of your job? 14:19 - Do you happen to remember any of your experience in our PDP classes? And what was it like? 15:49 – How do you approach networking? 17:58 – Any tips/advice on going into the Marketing field or being a student at UIC? 20:05 – “You don’t have to know it all as a new professional…” (Music by Jobii/Duck in a box via Epidemic sound)