Category Archives: Career Reflections
My first job out of university was with Client Relations in Hong Kong. Leveraging my language ability in Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese and English, I jumped at the opportunity to relocate to an Asian international hub and launch my career. I jetted off to Hong Kong and within my first two weeks, I realised that I was going to be thrown into the deep-end and would be expected to perform the very best. It sparked a drive in me that I think everyone working for Meltwater has – a drive to be successful, to hit targets and even exceed well beyond…
Name: Anne Sloot
Birthplace: Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany
Joined Meltwater: 2007, Sales Consultant, Meltwater News, Munich, Germany
Current Role: 2011, Client Relations Managing Director, Meltwater News, CR Paris, France
Who inspires you: Christian Finstad, Area Director, Meltwater News, Sweden
My three words to describe Meltwater: Challenging, Creative, Amicable
Anne Sloot was puzzled when a monitoring service she had set up for a new client returned no results. But even more puzzling was – the client’s happy response.
“It was a really odd situation,” Anne explains. “A new client had invented a patent for geothermal energy. I set up a monitoring service as per their request, but it came back…
Shortly after graduating with a degree in Business Administration, I joined a Dutch start-up. There are numerous blogs and articles written about the value of having experience in a start-up so, in my case, I decided to join a new innovative design agency. The message from my new employers was simple: “make us profitable.” While most of my fellow classmates were starting their careers plugging numbers at high profile consulting agencies, financial or accounting firms, I was making decisions on whether we invest in new product development or spend scarce resources attending a fair to showcase our products. Looking back,…
Two weeks ago I wrote a blog post asking Movers & Shapers readers what they would want to ask a Meltwater Sales Consultant. Rather than hearing solely from our more professionally matured employees (i.e. our Managing Directors and Area Directors) we thought it might be more relevant, and perhaps more interesting, for you to hear directly from those who just started their careers at Meltwater and what their experiences are really like – instead of just what the bosses say they’re like.
I was able to talk to two of our Sales Consultants from complete opposite sides of the world. I first spoke with John…
Name: Mike Anderson
Birthplace: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined Meltwater: 2007, Sales Consultant, Meltwater News, Dublin, Ireland
Current Role: 2011, Area Director, Meltwater Buzz, UK, Netherlands, Spain, Africa
Who inspires you: John Box, Area Director, North America East, Meltwater News
My three words to describe Meltwater: Ambitious, Friendly, Inspiring
If a friend came to Mike Anderson and asked him if he would recommend getting a job at Meltwater you might be surprised to learn that Mike’s answer would be no.
But that’s only because Mike believes that working at Meltwater is for people interested in careers, not just jobs.
“It may seem obvious but there really is a big difference…
