Interested in Marketing as well as Supply Chain?

Jay Brigleb talks about his work with Echo Global Logistics

What is your occupation? (Please include Company name, job description, and daily activities)?

Echo Global Logistics working with inside sales and logistics. I sell Echo and our service to new and existing clients, handle truckload and less than truckload shipping for clients, track loads and deal with claims. 

 How did Auburn prepare you for this position?

I had classes in supply chain and a few on sales. Abernathy's personal selling class was most helpful, I still remember things he said every day that help me out. 

How did you attain this position?

My super awesome interviewing skills.  It's a very young company and everyone likes to have fun so I fit right in with the culture and they're expanding every year. 

What are some key attributes you think someone pursuing a marketing career should have?

Persistence, thick skinned, genuine 

What advice do you have for new graduated students going into the job market?

Start your search now, if you don't mind moving home don't take the first job offer you get if you don't like it, if you do mind moving home then by all means take the job.  

What do you think Auburn could have done differently to prepare you?

Honestly, if you are proactive they do a pretty good job.  I think there could have been a seminar or class on what the corporate world and the transition would be like.

What would you have done differently to prepare for the "real world"?

Probably wouldn't have taken the first offer I got and would have moved to Colorado as I had planned.

What is the biggest issue you deal with on a daily basis?

Monotony and boredom!