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Ben Burke

Location
Peoria, IL, United States

About Me

I am the Vice President of Young Entrepreneurs Across America- Missouri Division.

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

Employment History

  • Vice President, Young Entrepreneurs Across America

    Start & End Dates
    November 2009 — Present (Over 4 Years)
    Details

    My duties include recruiting, performing information sessions, networking with contacts several universities, performing interviews, and training new managers all necessary aspects of the business.

  • Sales Representative, State Farm

    Start & End Dates
    February 2009 — September 2009 (7 Months)
    Details

    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.

  • Security Manager, Illinois State University, Bone Student Center

    Start & End Dates
    September 2008 — March 2009 (6 Months)
    Details

    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.

  • Executive Manager, Young Entrepreneurs Across America

    Start & End Dates
    August 2007 — November 2009 (Over 2 Years)
    Details

    My duties included 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.

  • Sales Representative, Vector Marketing

    Start & End Dates
    December 2006 — December 2006 (Less Than A Minute)
    Details

    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.

  • Branch Manager, Young Entrepreneurs Across America

    Start & End Dates
    November 2006 — August 2007 (9 Months)
    Details

    My duties included marketing, recruiting, hiring, firing and maintaining employees, scheduling, bookkeeping, customer service, sales, and production management.

  • Customer Service Manager, Cub Foods

    Start & End Dates
    September 2003 — July 2006 (Almost 3 Years)
    Details

    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.