At only 20 years old,
Aaron Washington has accomplished much more than the average college student!
Originally from Pennsylvania, Aaron relocated to West Virginia to pursue a
degree in Strategic Communications with a minor in Communications in May 2016.
He is a digital and
content brand marketing intern at
RheosGear Co.- an outdoor equipment company that specializes in fashionable
outdoor apparel. Aaron's primary job responsibilities there are to spread brand awareness, and directly
advertise the company as well as coordinate promotion events for RheosGear.
Prior to RheosGear, he worked as an intern for Bellhops, a collegiate based
moving company in West Virginia. He was assigned a variety of tasks from
being the hiring and firing role in management to recruiting and bringing people onto
the team at Bellhops. It doesn't
stop there though! Aaron is also the President of his fraternity, Kappa
Sigma, at West Virginia University. In addition to his presidential role,
he is also a member of the Leadership and Knowledge board at WVU, an
academic board comprised of solely students with exemplary grades within
the school.
Aaron
spoke briefly with the Brinley Team about being our first Intern for the
summer as well as getting promoted within 7 days of his start date with us!
Aaron says that he loved the Accelerated Management Program that he was
hired to be a part of as an Account Executive Intern. He believes that the
critical thinking and "incredibly efficient" system of training
he was taught through is what pushed him to be able to get promoted in a week's
time. Aaron feels that his commitment to being consistent and coachable are
two major factors that helped him to gain his Executive Team Trainer title
so quickly. He also says that being resilient is key in being successful in
this business and that it is not for those who are quick to give up since it's not always easy being an entrepreneur.
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We
learned that Aaron had no sales experience at all prior to coming to
Brinley to intern for the summer. He gave three pieces of solid advice to
potential newcomers within the Brinley family that he applied to his daily
work habits to be able to succeed in a field that he had never experimented
with, let alone get promoted within at such a fast rate.
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1.
Be coachable: be a sponge. Learn what is being taught to you rather than
coming in with a "know it all" attitude because it will get you
nowhere. If you learn the system properly and constantly have a student
mentality, you will have exponential success.
2.
High sense of Urgency: come early and leave late. Efforts like that are
definitely noticed by managers and directors in every job field.
3.
Be consistent: don't flip flop one day with your strong habits and then be lackadaisical
the next day.
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Wrapping
up his interview with a couple of goals, Aaron set a short term goal for
himself saying, "Learning as much as I can about being professional is
my main short term goal for myself right now." This goal led directly to potentially achieving his long term goal which Aaron described as, "I
look up to Travis. (Travis Wilson II. is the Hiring Director at Brinley Consulting.) He's 24 and own his own business? That's the perfect
role model for a young entrepreneur to look up to and aim and strive to be
like as soon as possible."
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Eventually,
Aaron wants to apply his sales knowledge he has learned skills and valuable
tool sets to the field of Pharmaceutical or Medical Sales back hope in Pittsburgh.
The Washington family is heavily
involved in these particular Sales Fields. He desires to do this because he
says being able to help people on a personal level while simultaneously get
to pursue his newfound of Sales, is the perfect combination of a long term
career.
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Congratulations
to Aaron on his success at Brinley and we can't wait to see what else his
bright future holds in store!
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