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…
Before Meltwater, I was self-employed running my own business. As a lifelong entrepreneur, I grew up running a lemonade stand with my friends and later, while playing professional golf out of high school, negotiated my own endorsement contracts. In college I created an entertainment magazine, which had distribution throughout the University of Florida and is still in existence today. Most recently, I worked in the entertainment industry where I joined the management team of Jeff Hanson Management & Promotions – the management team behind bands such as Creed and Sevendust.
While in college, I met Paal Larsen, now Executive Director of…
This post was co-authored by Eirik N. and Neil B. – both participants of Meltwater’s High Potential Program.
The Meltwater High Potential Program (nicknamed “HiPo”) is a series of management and talent development programs created by Jorn and Meltwater’s Executive Directors. Designed to provide further training for Meltwater’s most promising and successful managers, candidates are selected for the program based on their team’s or office’s successful sales and (as the title suggests) have displayed a high level of potential for future growth and development within the organization.
The program rewards employees by giving them more exposure to the company’s executive management team, in addition to external training…
