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How Thomas Moved from the Army to Tech Sales With Prehired
4/23/2020
After leaving the military and spending five years as an auto mechanic working 50 hours a week, Thomas Jansen found Prehired’s tech sales training program. Twelve weeks learning sales tools alongside his mentor propelled him into his new tech sales career at Advantax. Thomas explains how he balanced a strenuous full-time job with the Prehired curriculum, how his Prehired mentor supported him through his job search, and his advice for other military veterans considering tech sales.
Continue Reading →How a Veteran Landed a Software Sales Job in 7 weeks with Prehired
10/23/2019
Military veteran Albert Villaviza was tired of working in commission-based sales and wanted more financial security to support his wife and four young children. Albert came across Prehired’s software sales bootcamp on Facebook, and found the job guarantee “irresistible.” He tells us about working through the online program, getting help and support from Prehired mentors and other students, and how he landed a job a week after graduating as a Sales Development Representative at multinational telecommunications company GTT!
Continue Reading →From Pastor to Software Sales Rep with preHIRED
7/8/2019
When Pastor David Stewart had to move to an expensive part of Seattle to be closer to his kids, he urgently needed a higher paying job. Through his research he found that software sales jobs had high salaries, so he enrolled in the online preHIRED software sales bootcamp to learn the tools of the trade. David tells us how he found the preHIRED learning experience better than his Masters degree program, how he landed his first software sales role at Avvo, an online marketplace for lawyers, and how pleased he was to earn over $100,000 in his first year on the job to support himself and his kids in their new city.
Continue Reading →Why I Switched from Dentistry to Software Sales with PreHIRED
4/24/2019
Shannon was pursuing a career in dental hygiene, but after three years, she reached a professional plateau, and was concerned about the toll the job was taking on her body. She decided to switch into software sales, and discovered preHIRED’s online software sales bootcamp. Shannon tells us why she initially thought preHIRED sounded too good to be true, how the instructors kept her accountable while she was learning, and why she wants more women in the tech industry. Plus find out how skills from her dental background are proving useful in her new role at Quinncia as Director of Partnerships!
Continue Reading →Why I Chose Software Sales over Software Development with preHIRED
1/14/2019
After working for a religious nonprofit after college, Isaiah Ascher wanted to get into tech. He started learning to code, then a friend helped him get a customer services and sales job at an insurance company, where he thrived. But Isaiah wanted to go a step further and get into software sales, so he enrolled in preHIRED’s SaaS sales training program. Isaiah tells us about why he enjoyed the preHIRED curriculum, and how a previous preHIRED grad helped him land his job as a Sales Development Representative at Outreach.io!
Continue Reading →Switching Careers to Software Sales with preHIRED
10/15/2018
Philip Jansen worked in Real Estate and ministry for several years in Nashville; but after the adoption of his son, he wanted to future-proof his career by breaking into the tech industry. Philip chose to switch careers into software sales with the help of online Sales Bootcamp preHIRED. See how the preHIRED job guarantee worked, what he did to land a Sales Development Representative role at Outreach.io, and why Philip believes there’s “a lot of faith and humility involved when switching careers.”
Continue Reading →June 2018 Coding Bootcamp Podcast
6/29/2018
In the coding bootcamp industry in June 2018 the biggest trend we saw was coding bootcamps funneling grads into apprenticeships! We also saw two big fundraises by bootcamp-adjacent organizations, we heard about some interesting new legislation which could change how online bootcamps operate, and some bootcamp alumni launched exciting new careers. We also look at the effect bootcamps are having on tech industries in areas around the world, which bootcamps are offering scholarships to help women and underrepresented groups launch tech careers, and partnerships bootcamps are forming with big companies like Facebook. Read the blog post or listen to the podcast!
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