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Enterprise #1 Employer for College Graduates?

The large, green rental car company is predicted to hire more graduating college students this year than any other employer. I swear they have been number one for at least the past 3 years. Should it be your number one job choice, though? The manager training program is a rotational program, so it has that going for it. You get to rock out in accounting, sales, and even wash some cars. They really do a good job of showing you the entire business, and you get to experience even the less desirable job duties so that you understand and appreciate how it all works. But it is a car rental business so you have to be good at selling stuff that customers don't necessarily need. I have rented cars from multiple companies and they usually offer insurance, which you don't need if you have personal comprehensive auto insurance, and other things that just increase the cost of the rental. I used to work in an electronics retail store in high school and we had to offer those extended warranties to every customer when we knew how often the services were actually needed (check consumer reports' archive on this, they did a revealing study). I hated pitching it, but others loved it because of the comissions earned. If you can handle the sales with a shade of gray, than I would say this is an excellent opportunity to learn about running your own company and then actually running it. Check out the Enterprise application page to find out about it for yourself.

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