John is a Technology Sales Manager with Ricoh America Corp, one of the leading innovative technology companies in the world. John advises students to load up on extracurricular activities, especially those that offer leadership opportunities!
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>> My name is John Teecy [phonetic]. I'm a sales manager in technology sales in Greater Philadelphia. A typical day is chaos. It's a combination of managing people. It's almost like you have a family and you have to make sure that everybody has everything together. There's also obviously the element of the sales aspect really. You're in front of people all day long. So from the time you wake up until the time that you go to sleep you kind of have to be on. There's no time to really lack that focus or that consistent drive. My hours vary, and that's one thing I love about the position. We work when our clients work. So your typical work week. But a lot of our schedule is flexible. You're able to utilize the technology you have on hand to be able to work when you want and where you want to accomplish the ultimate goal. And as long as you're doing that, because I know I'm in a flexibility to be able to sort of stay out of the office or make home your office if you want to.
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