Vector Marketing

Student Spotlight

Name Chris Jennings
Start Date June 18, 2000
Promotions? I am Currently a Senior Field Sales Manager
Career CPO 80,000
School You Attend Florida A&M University
Graduation Date Fall of 2005

Q. What originally drew you to the Vector Marketing opportunity?
A. Seeing a base Pay of $13.50! I had just been unfairly fired, as the Manager of a Celebration Fireworks store. I saw the notice and decided to look into further. What really made me excited about this opportunity was seeing a copy of Carl Drew’s commission checks during training and seeing how much I could earn once I became an FSM.

Q. What steps did you take to receive credit and what type of credit are you receiving?
A. I found a contact person at my school that was an internship advisor. I contacted the advisor to get a list of criteria for receiving internship credit. I sent the criteria information to Heidi Heigel, Midwest Region Campus Relations Manager. Then I filled out an online application through the Vector Marketing campus relations website. Heidi then sent an internship packet to the person I had listed on the online application, which was my advisor. Finally, I wrote a brief essay about my position with the company and filled out an evaluation sheet.

Q. What are some key phrases you used to help your advisor understand the academic value of your work with Vector Marketing?
A. “Tremendous Growth”
“Enhanced communication, interpersonal & public speaking skills”
“Unparallel experience”
“International Marketing”
“CUTCO”
“Independent Contractor (self-employed)”

Q. What advice would you give to someone looking to get credit?
A. Befriend your regional campus relation’s manager and they will take care of the rest! Make sure you find out who your academic internship advisor is, and their contact information and enter that on the Campus Relations portion of Vector Marketing Connect. There is a link where you can request that a packet of information be sent to your school. It’s that easy!

Q. What are the benefits of getting credit?
A. Since I received credit I will now be graduating early. I was able to supplement mandatory summer school courses with Vector! It helped me to save a lot of tuition money while I was able to gain actual work experience, versus a meaningless grade or GPA.