????職務：總經理

????任職公司：康泰納零售連鎖店

????從德州農工大學（Texas A&M）取得建筑學位畢業后，約翰?阿爾賓決定反省一下。2001年，他回到家鄉芝加哥，一邊自我提振，一邊尋找兼職工作。

????由于接受過系統的建筑學專業教育，因此阿爾賓決定在自己經常去購物的康泰納零售連鎖店（The Container Store）申請一份工作。我接受了連鎖店時任經理泰瑞?威廉姆斯的面試。“她問我是否會考慮把零售業作為自己的職業。你如果問問她，她肯定說我當時回答的是：‘見鬼去吧，我才不會。’實際上，我在面試的時候從來不會用‘見鬼去吧’這樣的字眼。”

????不過，阿爾賓并沒有在那里工作太久，雖然他曾經承諾只要在那里工作就會全身心投入。威廉姆斯聘用了他，他說：“她把改變我的想法當成了自己的任務。”

????最終，阿爾賓開始了商店產品“elfa”的營銷工作。康泰納零售連鎖店的員工會使用店鋪的商品，為希望組織屋內空間的消費者提供自定義設計。而這讓阿爾賓的建筑專業背景有了用武之地。他發現，自己很擅長幫助人們有效管理空間。

????突然之間，他發現自己喜歡上了這份工作。“從那以后，我一直都沒有再回過學校。在這里，我找到了巨大的樂趣，這就是最好的解釋。”目前，他在明尼蘇達州伊代納市擔任店鋪總經理。他與妻子便住在那個城市。兩人正是在康泰納零售連鎖店相識。他說，他們家組織得井然有序。

????Title: General Manager

????Company: The Container Store

????After graduating from Texas A&M with a degree in architecture, John Urbin decided to do some soul-searching. In 2001, he was back in his hometown, Chicago, looking for a part-time job while he got himself together.

????Being the organized architecture major that he was, Urbin decided to apply to work at The Container Store, a place he had often shopped. He interviewed with the store's then-manager, Teri Williams. "She asked me if I would ever consider a career in retail. If you ask her, she says I said, 'Hell no,' which, I would never say 'hell' in an interview."

????Nevertheless, Urbin didn't see himself at the store for long, though he promised to give his the company his all while he was there. Williams hired him and, he says, "She made it kind of a personal mission to change my mind."

????Urbin eventually started working with the store's product "elfa." Container Store employees use the product to create a custom design for customers looking to organize spaces in their houses. Here's where Urbin's architecture background kicked in. He found he was good at helping people manage space efficiently.

????Suddenly, he was surprised to find he liked going to work. "I never went back to school, I was just having too much fun, is the best way to put it." Now, he is the general manager of the Edina store in Edina, Minn. He lives there with his wife, whom he met at The Container Store. Their house, he says, is very organized.