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Life of a saleswoman

It's been a while since I offered my unsolicited advice on something, so I figured I was overdue. As a second-semester fourth year, I spend a lot of my time worrying about the hazy "next year." Where will I be? What will I do? The jury is still out on those questions. But wherever I am and whatever I do, I now know how I will act.

After almost nine months of sales experience with my internship, I have figured out a few behaviors, which prove helpful in the world of sales - and let's be honest no matter what you do, sales is your business somehow. At the very least, you always have to sell yourself when applying for jobs.

So, here we go:

1. Shake it like you mean it. It seems clich

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