Entry Level Positions for Aspiring Professionals
Nickolaus, Founder & CEO of Konnekted Coworking, believes "almost anything can be entry-level if you're willing to come in with the attitude that I'll learn," citing roles like marketing, accounting, sales, and customer service as readily accessible to undergraduates. The key, according to Nickolaus, is demonstrating a willingness to learn, accept instruction and criticism ("expect that you're gonna fail, expect you're gonna do things wrong and be fine"), and possess traits like ambition and a strong work ethic, which outweighs the lack of extensive prior experience.
Entry-Level Jobs, Real Estate, Marketing, Sales, Account
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Job Title
Company
Undergrad
Grad Programs
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Nickolaus Violin
Founder & CEO
Konnekted Coworking
Cal State Northridge, 2017
UCAL Anderson | MBA
Marketing
Hospitality, Restaurants & Events, Real Estate
Entrepreneurship and Business Owner
Honors Student, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. Many entry-level positions are available in real estate, including accounting, marketing, sales, and customer service.
2. Even without extensive experience, a positive attitude, willingness to learn, and ability to take instruction are valuable assets for entry-level roles.
3. Networking and self-learning through online resources like YouTube and LinkedIn can significantly enhance a student's job prospects in these fields
Transcript
What entry-level positions are there in this field that an undergraduate college student might consider?
I'd say probably most of them actually, in my specific field within the coworking space. If we were to talk more broadly about real estate as a whole, it still applies to mine.
Accounting and marketing also have entry-level positions. This includes managing the marketing calendar and ensuring content is published. Some bookkeeping tasks are also entry-level.
Even sales can have entry-level positions. You likely wouldn't be selling billion-dollar high-rise buildings as a new agent, but you can absolutely get into entry-level sales, even in commercial real estate.
This is as long as you possess the traits I mentioned previously, like being a hard worker, ambitious, and willing to go the extra mile. Almost anything can be an entry-level role if you have the attitude that you are willing to learn.
You can't be an executive without experience. It's hard to be an executive as an entry-level person because you lack not only industry experience but also life experience. If you've just graduated college, you don't have that broader experience.
You also lack experience interacting with many people, especially those older and more experienced than you. This is a very specific skillset. When you're 25 and talking to someone in their 40s who has been in the industry a long time, you are at a disadvantage.
For marketing, accounting, and customer service, there are many opportunities. Even in planning and management, like managing schedules, if you want to be a project coordinator, that's entry-level.
As long as you show the ability to stay organized and be on top of things, you don't need five years of experience. There's a big misconception about the amount of experience needed to complete a job or task. A lot of roles are entry-level.
People tend to make it seem more complex than it is. You could do just about any role as an entry-level position, as long as you are willing to learn, take instruction, and accept criticism.
Expect to fail and make mistakes. Be okay when someone tells you that you did something wrong and shows you the right way. If you have that attitude, you can do many different roles.
These are roles that don't require a lot of broad experience or market understanding. You can execute tasks even without that market knowledge if someone is guiding you on how to execute.
Posting Instagram ads or content, or setting up an ad campaign on LinkedIn, is entry-level. If you don't know how to do it already, YouTube and LinkedIn can help you.
Many positions are entry-level. Be persistent. If you see a job requiring three years of experience, respectfully probe them. Express why you think you can still do it even without that specific experience.
Saying "I love to learn, I'm a self-starter, I want to learn, and I'm okay failing and fixing it" makes you valuable, even as an entry-level candidate.