????阿芙頓?雅各布森

????? 所屬公司：車美仕

????? 最佳雇主公司排名：第54位

????? 職位：銷售經(jīng)理

????? 年齡：26歲

????2010年大學(xué)畢業(yè)前，雅各布森一直在為找工作而奔忙。因?yàn)閾碛薪鹑诜?wù)學(xué)位，她本來(lái)的目標(biāo)是去金融公司當(dāng)個(gè)咨詢師。她找了好一陣都沒有結(jié)果，于是決定先找個(gè)實(shí)習(xí)崗位——就是那種發(fā)薪的——以便在她繼續(xù)為了理想工作奔走時(shí)能應(yīng)付一下開銷。

????后來(lái)，她在父親的催促下上網(wǎng)申請(qǐng)了一份車美仕（CarMax）營(yíng)業(yè)部的工作，工作地點(diǎn)在她老家——俄亥俄州代頓市。她說(shuō)：“說(shuō)心里話，我就覺得這份工作只是個(gè)跳板而已?！苯Y(jié)果她五天后就被錄用了。

????盡管她申請(qǐng)的是營(yíng)業(yè)廳的崗位，但一個(gè)銷售經(jīng)理考慮到她以前暑假時(shí)賣彩票和冷飲的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，就說(shuō)服她試試銷售顧問(wèn)這個(gè)職位。

????雅各布森干了大概六個(gè)月的銷售顧問(wèn)后就被提拔為銷售指導(dǎo)，專門負(fù)責(zé)培訓(xùn)新員工。一年多后，她又被提為銷售經(jīng)理培訓(xùn)生，到了2012年8月，她終于成了銷售經(jīng)理，也就是說(shuō)她開始負(fù)責(zé)管理其他銷售顧問(wèn)了。

????三年多期間經(jīng)過(guò)三次提拔后，這份實(shí)習(xí)工作已經(jīng)成了她想畢生從事的職業(yè)。她說(shuō)，本來(lái)立志進(jìn)入金融服務(wù)業(yè)也是想幫助更多人，但現(xiàn)在這份工作是幫助客戶選車并制訂合適的購(gòu)買計(jì)劃，它已經(jīng)實(shí)現(xiàn)了這一點(diǎn)。

????Afton Jacobson

????? Company: CarMax

????? Best Companies rank: 54

????? Role: Sales Manager

????? Age: 26

????Just prior to graduating college in 2010, Jacobson was looking for a job. With a degree in financial services, her goal was to land a gig as an advisor at a financial firm. As the hunt grew fruitless, she decided she'd look for an interim position -- one with benefits -- to pay the bills as she continued her search for her dream role.

????At the urging of her dad, she applied online to a business office opening at CarMax in her hometown of Dayton, Ohio. "Mentally, I was considering it a stepping stone," says Jacobson. She had a job offer within five days.

????Though she applied for a business office position, a sales manager convinced Jacobson into taking a sales consultant role, given her prior experience at a summer job selling pools and spas.

????About six months after starting as a sales consultant, Jacobson was promoted to a sales mentor, a job that allowed her to help train new hires. A little more than a year later she became a sales-manager-in-training, and in August 2012 she graduated to the sales manager title, which means she oversees other sales consultants.

????More than three years and three promotions later, her interim job has turned into the career she'd always wanted. Jacobson's goal to be in financial services was based on her desire to help people, and that's what she's doing now, she says, by helping customers find the right vehicle and appropriate payment plan.