Vector Marketing Success Story: Jenny Lee

Because of her Vector experience, Jenny Lee developed a skill set that has helped her create a successful career in finance and beyond. At each progression in her career she has been able to utilize the sales, managerial and entrepreneurial skills that she developed from her Vector experience.

The associate at Glocap said, "Because of my Vector experience I stood out as a candidate when I was interviewing for jobs my senior year of college. I was offered more job offers than most of my graduating classmates. Plus, the experience from Vector inspired me to continue being an entrepreneur. Apart from my regular job, I started and currently run a successful New York-based event planning company as a side job."

What set the Columbia University alumni apart was the fact that at 19 she was a Vector branch manager. That experience gave her the opportunity to build the kind of business and team, the likes of which, companies usually reserve for people twice her age.

Jenny said that becoming a Vector Marketing branch manager took everything she had. But she accomplished just as much.

"The Vector experience will challenge you out of your normal boundaries. It helped me to develop maturity, confidence and presentation skills, which I lacked prior to my Vector experience. I learned how to sell, negotiate leases, do public speaking, budgeting, interviewing, manage people and build teams. These are all skills that you will always use over the course of a lifetime. And most valuable to me was the mentorship of amazing managers," she explained.

Although it was the opportunity to make good money that got Jenny's attention when she began selling Cutco the summer of 1996 between her freshman and sophomore years, the Vector experience offered much more than a great paycheck. She said selling Cutco for 2 ½ years was a life-altering experience for her as she grew from sales rep to branch manager. Jenny's entire outlook changed.