Brandon Loayza

Joined a summer sales program, went door to door selling pest control services to home owners.

This company basically recruits a salesforce to go out to a certain market/area Live there for four months and go door-to-door in a variety of different neighborhoods and try and sell pest control services. The work schedule was typically from 9 AM all the way up until dark. You would normally work by yourself all day and in order to make a living from the job and get paid, you had to be working and trying to get sales as it was not an hourly paid job.

Learned the skills of persuasion and influence selling this product. Became very confident in talking to people and dealing with different scenarios, dealing with rejection, and turning bad times into convenient times for home owners.

This job helped me grow as a person, understand discipline and hard work more!

• First year started off as a laborer, didn’t pick up a single tool, just worked hard, made the crew always had material and got what they needed
• Second year worked my way into operated tools such as saws, drills, and nail guns, was put on as a cutman for window/door packages, sheeting, roof, and wall studs
• 3rd year is when I finally became a carpenter and started learning how to frame, do layout, think ahead, conserve and use material properly. Worked on tasks that were put on me and finished the in a timely manner or when needed, I was a reliable carpenter and really focused on making sure my work was good and looked good Collaborated with team members to complete projects efficiently and meet deadlines consistently.
• 4th year I took a gap year before college to save up some money and spent a whole year framing and being a crew lead/foreman. Became good at problem solving and making sure we stayed on schedule with our builds. Lead and directed crews on daily tasks, communicated well with contractors and superintendents about problems or materials that were needed.