MARS is a self-funded non-profit market research agency. MARS exists solely to serve clients while providing hands-on experience to selected junior and senior-level 91̽»¨ marketing students, who are compensated for their work.<\/p>\n
All projects are completed under the coordinated daily direction of the director, who reviews work to ensure that clients receive the most comprehensive marketing research possible.<\/p>\n
The words of former MARS students express what their experience has meant to them and their future careers:<\/p>\n
“Working at MARS as a student gave me the ‘real-world’ experience that I didn’t know I needed. Having the opportunity to work with industry professionals among various fields in a professional setting put my mind into perspective of what could possibly be the future. As a recent graduate, I greatly value my experiences working at MARS because it gave me something to show employers and boosted my professional performance. At one of my job interviews, I was able to use the projects from MARS to show my experience and knowledge. The interview last twice as long and I was offered the position just 22 hours later. I am now a Market Research Analyst at a Marketing Research firm in the Twin Cities area. If you like a variety in your work, challenges and great reward, marketing research may just be an excellent fit for you; there’s no harm in trying it out.” <\/em> “I want to pursue a career in marketing and sales. Thanks to my work with MARS, I know what to do, where to look and how to look for information on businesses.”<\/em> “I really appreciated the chance to step out of the classroom, meet real clients, be able to network. It’s a great opportunity not only for us as students but also the community and local businesses. It gave me experiences that are relevant to the workforce.”<\/em> MARS is a self-funded non-profit market research agency. MARS exists solely to serve clients while providing hands-on experience to selected junior and senior-level 91̽»¨ marketing students, who are compensated for their work. All projects are completed under the coordinated daily direction of the director, who reviews work to ensure that clients receive the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/mars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/mars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/mars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/mars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/mars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/mars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/mars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/offices\/mars\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLisa Kittleson, 2016 graduate, Marketing Communications Major and Business Administration minor. Employed as Market Research Analyst for Q Market Research, a professional marketing research and consulting firm in Eagan, MN.<\/p>\n
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\nMahRyan Ronquist, 2016 graduate, Business Administration – marketing emphasis. Employed as Assistant Manager, Tradehome Shoes.<\/p>\n
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\nLindsay West, 2015 graduate, Business Administration – marketing emphasis. Employed as account manager for Pinnacle, a multimedia advertising company in Bemidji.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"