Taylor Jones
Product Sales Coordinator
Girl Scouts of Orange County
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
Loved photography and being creative.
Studied visual communications: web design, graphic design & photography.
Interned at a magazine and decided I needed to master 1 of the previous subjects to "make it."
Life lead me to job security, where I managed a rental car location.
Learned a ton about sales, customer service & business.
Decided I wanted to use my new skills and business "education" in a new way.
Got a job in the Product Sales Department at Girl Scouts of Orange County.
Manage aspect of Product Sales, which gives girl confidence & leadership abilities for life.
Education
High School
Career
Product Sales Coordinator
Manage numerous aspects of the Cookie Program for Girl Scouts of Orange County.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Non-Profit Organizations
Business
Upholding a Cause and Belief
Day to Day
I get in the office to usually a very full mailbox of questions from volunteers regarding our Product Sales. We sell Cookies in Jan-March and in Fall we sell nuts. Between these 2 times, I am prepping for the next sale. We are doing Fall right now and I have been planning 2014 Cookies since April of this year. I support volunteers, work with vendors for girl prizes for sales, work with the bakery and nut vendors and support 3 other staff members in our department. I am also able to be creative!
Advice for Getting Started
Here's the first step for professionals
Look for a cause you are passionate about. I had low self-esteem as a young girl and into recently. So, for me managing aspects of the Cookie Program and hearing that it gives the girls courage and confidence means the world. They gain invaluable life skills: such as money management and how to take, "no" as an answer and continue trying because eventually you will get a yes! Most people just see cookies for sale, but what the girls get out of it-- is so much more. I love being a part of that!
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Myself:
"You should be doing something with your degree. If you don't use your degree... it was useless and a waste. You haven't used those skills in so long, that you've probably just lost them."
Challenges I Overcame
First-Generation College Student
