????阿芙頓?雅各布森

????? 所屬公司：車美仕

????? 最佳雇主公司排名：第54位

????? 職位：銷售經理

????? 年齡：26歲

????2010年大學畢業前，雅各布森一直在為找工作而奔忙。因為擁有金融服務學位，她本來的目標是去金融公司當個咨詢師。她找了好一陣都沒有結果，于是決定先找個實習崗位——就是那種發薪的——以便在她繼續為了理想工作奔走時能應付一下開銷。

????后來，她在父親的催促下上網申請了一份車美仕（CarMax）營業部的工作，工作地點在她老家——俄亥俄州代頓市。她說：“說心里話，我就覺得這份工作只是個跳板而已。”結果她五天后就被錄用了。

????盡管她申請的是營業廳的崗位，但一個銷售經理考慮到她以前暑假時賣彩票和冷飲的經驗，就說服她試試銷售顧問這個職位。

????雅各布森干了大概六個月的銷售顧問后就被提拔為銷售指導，專門負責培訓新員工。一年多后，她又被提為銷售經理培訓生，到了2012年8月，她終于成了銷售經理，也就是說她開始負責管理其他銷售顧問了。

????三年多期間經過三次提拔后，這份實習工作已經成了她想畢生從事的職業。她說，本來立志進入金融服務業也是想幫助更多人，但現在這份工作是幫助客戶選車并制訂合適的購買計劃，它已經實現了這一點。

????Afton Jacobson

????? Company: CarMax

????? Best Companies rank: 54

????? Role: Sales Manager

????? Age: 26

????Just prior to graduating college in 2010, Jacobson was looking for a job. With a degree in financial services, her goal was to land a gig as an advisor at a financial firm. As the hunt grew fruitless, she decided she'd look for an interim position -- one with benefits -- to pay the bills as she continued her search for her dream role.

????At the urging of her dad, she applied online to a business office opening at CarMax in her hometown of Dayton, Ohio. "Mentally, I was considering it a stepping stone," says Jacobson. She had a job offer within five days.

????Though she applied for a business office position, a sales manager convinced Jacobson into taking a sales consultant role, given her prior experience at a summer job selling pools and spas.

????About six months after starting as a sales consultant, Jacobson was promoted to a sales mentor, a job that allowed her to help train new hires. A little more than a year later she became a sales-manager-in-training, and in August 2012 she graduated to the sales manager title, which means she oversees other sales consultants.

????More than three years and three promotions later, her interim job has turned into the career she'd always wanted. Jacobson's goal to be in financial services was based on her desire to help people, and that's what she's doing now, she says, by helping customers find the right vehicle and appropriate payment plan.