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    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
    <description>Most recently updated answers at American Express</description>
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      <title>Alexander, What's the secret to getting hired at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/546484?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Being the best at your skillset</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>robert, What advice would you give to a new employee at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/528603?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Listen.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:17:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>robert, What did you learn along the way at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/528601?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Six Sigma, better sales and marketing techniques, relationship management and prospecting.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:17:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/528601?answer_class=AnswerBase</guid>
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      <title>robert, What are the three best things about working at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/528599?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Your peers, recognition and being able to sell a brand with premium recognition.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>robert, What's the toughest problem you've had to solve at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/528597?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Negotiating price that insured a profitable ROI for American Express and that the product you delivered to the customer met his/her needs and expectations.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:15:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>robert, What are the most challenging aspects of your job at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/528596?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Overcoming objections.....mostly the word "no".  One must remember that "no" is just another way of asking for more information about your product.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:14:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/528596?answer_class=AnswerBase</guid>
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      <title>robert, How would you describe what you did at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/528594?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Myself and my team were responsible for selling all aspects of the American Express brand to Fortune 500 Companies.  Done with consultative sales and indepth prospecting of new business.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:13:27 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>robert, What's the secret to getting hired at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/528592?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Know your brand inside and out and serve your customers ethically, morally and honestly.
Continue ongoing training in your chosen field.
Set goals for the client, stockholder and client.
Develop a joint business plan for you and your client.  Monitor it on a monthly basis towards all worth goals.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:12:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Julia, What's the secret to getting hired at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/502533?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>My experience as a Travel Counselor, my sales skills, and my relationship with the people.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:56:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/502533?answer_class=AnswerBase</guid>
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      <title>Duane, How would you describe what you did at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/436885?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>I worked in the team based, customer service department as a representative, mentor, OJT trainer and supervisor.  As a supervisor, I developed a reputation as someone who has exceptional situational leadership.  The most rewarding roles were the human resource aspects as the supervisors had a lot of empowerment.  I also did end user acceptance testing and quality assurance on multi department projects.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 19:42:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tamika, What's the secret to getting hired at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/413812?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>The secret to getting hired with american Express is to have very good people skills, listening skills and communication skills, plus speed to be able to anticipate the cardholders needs.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:16:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Thulasi, What did you learn along the way at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/373474?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>Soft Skills: 
Ability to transform the project's needs into an actionable plan in the limited time.
To understand what is relevant and where to focus my attention
How to leverage relationships to accomplish goals
The importance of feedback to improve my work 
The importance of teamwork to ensure success at work
Ability to relate the observations to business strategies.
Microsoft Access: Ability to query data and generate reports in Access
Microsoft Excel: How to represent data into the most appropriate graphs</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:53:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Thulasi, What are the three best things about working at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/373473?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>American Express' Work culture
Leadership focused culture
Collaborative working environment		
The people around which makes it a wonderful place to work</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:51:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Thulasi, What are the most challenging aspects of your job at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/373472?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>There was always the pressure to perform to meet deadlines because of time limitations. But, this has helped me stay focused on the goals and deliver value. The 12 week internship deadline becomes extremely challenging to learn about an industry and make recommendations. But in the end the learning curve has been great and I got a great value out of my internship</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:50:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Thulasi, How would you describe what you did at American Express?</title>
      <link>http://www.jobster.com/at/answer/view/373469?answer_class=AnswerBase</link>
      <description>I worked on a project to improve the economics of the back office processing of the merchant servicing team.
Innovated opportunities to increase online services (Web) usage by merchants to increase revenue by ~$1.2M.
Partnered with subject matter experts in Marketing, Operations, Sales and Customer care services to identify new opportunities with regard to merchant relevance and satisfaction.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:48:36 GMT</pubDate>
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