Faculty Spotlight: Daniel Padgett
| Position | Associate Professor |
| Dept. | Department of Marketing |
| Phone | (334) 844-2462 |
| padgedt@auburn.edu | |
| Office | 250 Lowder Business Building |
| Website | http://business.auburn.edu/~padgedt/ |
Education:
- PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 1997
- MBA, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, 1995
- BA, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, 1988
1) How did you first get interested in Marketing?
I
was a languages and literature major as an undergrad in college. When I
went back to work on my MBA I took a graduate class that 1st
sparked my desire for Marketing.
2) What was your first job out of college?
Sales- Medical Sales working with medical offices and small hospitals
3) How did you end up at Auburn?
While
at Tulane I was looking for a new job and of the open jobs that year
Auburn was the most attractive. It was a good location due to the fact
that
I have family through out the southeast.
4) What's your favorite Marketing class to teach?
Marketing Strategy
5) What is the best way to get into the marketing field straight out of college?
The
most obvious way to get a job is in sales. The best way you can help
yourself is to have experience. Internship will help out a lot and show
that you have experience in the
field.
6) What is the biggest mistake you see college students making when looking for a job after college?
Many
students use the “Shotgun approach” straight out of college. That is
not applying for a specific job and marketing yourself for one type of
career. Students often decide
they want to live in a certain town and it doesn’t matter what job they
have. Then they hate their job and quit and that hurts them in the long
run.
7) What are some disadvantages of going into the marketing field or is there any?
A
lot of times people don’t know what exactly you do in marketing and
sometimes look down on the industry because they think we are trying to
convince
people to buy things that they don’t need.
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