by Tom
Sales Placement
At Softcat
Placement (10 Months+)
Economics
I was a Corporate Sales Intern in which my main role was the day-to-day account management of SMB customers. This entailed customer outreach, building/maintaining these relationships and working with internal and external contacts to fulfil customer requests and projects.
It was challenging at first to adapt quickly to a fast-paced role like sales. There was a lot of industry-specific terminology and processes that I had to get my head around as fast as possible and you're given responsibility fairly early on (which is definitely a positive in the long run).
I've learnt the importance of building professional relationships and an internal brand.
My advice would be to try and integrate into your office/working environment as much as possible. This will mean you get the most out of your time and helps with your internal brand. I was lucky enough to receive an offer for a post-graduate role off the back of my placement which gave me a lot of security going back to uni for final year.
