Couple Goals & Collaboration over in Cardiff Working in this industry is all about collaboration; when one
a summer job, sent her CV out to various companies before
person progresses, the whole team gains something. There
Kev from Promotions Co. got in touch: ‘I thought he sounded
is no formal sense of hierarchy and thus it’s less about the
really interesting over the phone, and even though I wasn’t
individual and more about the group effort. We work in a
really planning on working in Direct Sales, I was intrigued and
people-orientated business, we are working face-to-face with
so thought I’d give it a go’. Her plan had been to go back
our clients and the sales are generated by making a genuine
to study a Masters in Law with the intent on becoming a
human connection with someone, so it makes sense that
Solicitor and she had initially joined Promotions Co. in order
our company ethos is one that is driven by collaboration as
to develop her communication skills to take back into my
opposed to competition.
career as a Solicitor. This very quickly changed and Magda soon realised she wanted to progress in this industry: ‘In
We caught up with Magda Zaworksa to hear about her
September I decided to drop out of my studies and commit
journey into the industry and how her and her fiancé, Josh
to this career’.
Keeble, are making tracks together. They plan to get married next year and their business plan will act as the foundation
During this transitionary time, Magda decided that ‘if (she)
upon which to build a new life together: the ultimate
was going to commit to a career in Direct Sales, (she) was
collaboration.
going to commit properly’, and with this decision to take herself seriously came the realisation that she could open an
‘We strike a fantastic working balance, whereby my strengths
office of my own, that she had that potential. ‘This was the
are her weaknesses and vice versa, so in that sense we make
case for me, Josh and Vik, which was crazy! We all decided
a brilliant team (luckily!). We have quite different personalities
to change our plans and run with a career in Sales. To be
as well, so it’s not just our skill sets that compliment each
honest, I realised that I never really wanted to be a Solicitor
other, but our attitude and approach which is equally as
in the first place, but that I had never taken the time to reflect
important in a communication-based industry. In short
on my trajectory. I was simply drifting along in the traditional
we had an awards ceremony last year and Magda won
way, getting my Masters, on track for a career that would
‘Mrs Hardcore’ and I was ‘Mr. Sensitive’ so taking that into
have been ‘fine’. Now I realise how important it is to question,
consideration, I would say we make a winning team!’ (Josh)
to reconsider and to take the time to think about what it is you really want to do’. There is no point in wasting a time
Magda joined the company in June 2019, and in just 8
and money in pursuing a career that you’re not interested
months has made a huge change to her life and career. She
in, but it can be hard to come to that realisation when you’re
graduated from her Law degree in May and was looking for
halfway up the educational ladder.
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