About Me
I am…
An undergraduate marketing student at Illinois State University…
Working for State Farm Insurance in their Quote and Bind Department…
Attending graduate school (MBA) in the fall
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Ben Burke
- Location
- Peoria, IL, United States
Favorite Books, Magazines, Art & Music
Malcolm Gladwell, Zig Ziglar, John Maxwell
Business Week, SI, Fortune, Fast Company
Classic Rock
Awards, Honors & Achievements
2006 Student Painters Entrepreneur of the Year
Educational Goals
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Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville, Business
- Desired Start Date
- June 2011
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Business
- Desired Start Date
- August 2013
Academic History
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Master's of Business Administration, Graduate
- School
- Illinois State University
- Start & End Dates
- August 2009 — May 2011 (About 1 Year)
- Details
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Integrated Marketing Communication, Undergraduate
- School
- Illinois State University
- Start & End Dates
- August 2006 — August 2009 (Over 3 Years)
- Details
Employment History
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Sales Representative, State Farm
- Start & End Dates
- February 2009 — Present (9 Months)
- Details
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My duties are simply to bind as many quality auto insurance policies as I can. Through this job, I am licensed to sell and write Property and Casualty insurance.
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Security Manager, Illinois State University, Bone Student Center
- Start & End Dates
- September 2008 — March 2009 (6 Months)
- Details
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As the Security Manager of Guest Services, my duties included preparing professional manuals, scheduling, organizing events, planning, performing interviews, hiring, and training the security staff.
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Sales Representative, Vector Marketing
- Start & End Dates
- December 2006 — Present (Over 2 Years)
- Details
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As a Sales Representative, it was my job to create sales for the company. My duties included generating leads, networking, learning the extensive sales pitch, and sales of the products.
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District Manager, Student Painters
- Start & End Dates
- November 2006 — Present (Over 3 Years)
- Details
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My duties include recruiting, performing information sessions, networking with contacts across my campus as well as nearby universities, performing interviews, and training new managers all necessary aspects of the business.
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Branch Manager, Student Painters
- Start & End Dates
- November 2006 — Present (Over 3 Years)
- Details
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My duties included marketing, recruiting, hiring, firing and maintaining employees, scheduling, bookkeeping, customer service, sales, and production management.
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Customer Service Manager, Cub Foods
- Start & End Dates
- September 2003 — July 2006 (Over 2 Years)
- Details
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My duties included delegating grocery tasks, assigning breaks, dealing with customer problems, bookkeeping, money handling and counting, balancing of drawers, and attending to the customer service desk and lottery machine.
