Re: Marketsource
Re: Marketsource
- Subject: Re: Marketsource
- From: Michigan Apple <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2003 11:19:53 -0400
on 6/1/03 1:00 AM, email@hidden wrote:
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Can you elaborate a bit more on Market Source?
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Do I understand, then, that the so called Apple Reps at CUSA stores
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are not really Apple employees? The one fellow in Chicago who
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established rapport with our group led us to believe that he is a
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direct Apple employee.Yet your comment about Market Source makes me
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wonder .
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What is Market Source's relationship with Apple. Is it a division of Apple?
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Think of Marketsource as a very, very fancy 3Temp Organization2 but not
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exactly. Apple hires it9s own people in Cupertino to work for Apple
directly
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but for some of the 3lower level positions2 it uses Marketsource to set-up
the
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program and hire, interview, train, and pay QUALIFIED employees. Instead of
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Apple having a whole department to handle over 500 demo day and retail reps
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directly, a company like Marketsource is hired. A small staff directly at
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Apple can handle plans and projects, hand them off to Marketsource for
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execution. The way it worked when I was with them, a handful of 3actual
Apple
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employees2 called the shots, passed it down to 3Regional Managers2 who were
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paid by Marketsource, who then 3made it happen2 for the Reps. Many
companies
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use this type of system (especially in the Computer & Cell phone industry)
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Apple employees are involved directly in the training and selection
somewhat
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but they pay Marketsource to handle the other details like payroll,
reports,
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tracking etc.
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It9s a pretty good system. We were 3like actual Apple employees2 but our
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paychecks didn9t say Apple computer. You9d be surprised how many companies
use
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this type of system.
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As far as the Apple Reps in CompUSA, I think they are paid directly by
Apple.
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I9ll ask my buddy who took my job.
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: )
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Art Payne
Director of Vendor Relations
Michigan Apple User Group
http: //www.TheMichiganApple.com
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