{"id":8767,"date":"2021-09-16T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T09:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/van-beek.nl\/from-first-year-trainee-to-sales-support\/"},"modified":"2021-09-16T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T09:02:27","slug":"from-first-year-trainee-to-sales-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.van-beek.nl\/en\/from-first-year-trainee-to-sales-support\/","title":{"rendered":"From first year trainee to Sales Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/van-beek.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/newsimages\/1510586812-Birgit_Klerkx-Schumacher_Van_eerstejaars_stagiaire_naar_Sales_Support.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"330\" height=\"220\" \/>Anyone calling Van Beek usually has a good chance of getting Birgit on the line. However in recent months she has been away on maternity leave. On 18 August she gave birth to a beautiful little girl called Maud.<\/p>\n<p>Maud&rsquo;s brother, Job, was 3 on 22 August. So it is not something entirely new for Birgit. From next 4 December she will be supporting our team again. Is that a difficult transition? &ldquo;Well, it will be nice to do something other than changing nappies and making up bottles. Just to use your brain again,&rdquo; she says. Until then, Birgit will be enjoying her time at home. &ldquo;Until I have to go back to work I shall just enjoy Maud and Job, before you know it they will be 18.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after her secretarial training she started with Celsius, but in ten years her responsibilities have greatly expanded, particularly into sales (support) and marketing for Van Beek.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My first introduction to Van Beek was in 2003, I had my very first work experience with the training executive secretary\/management assistant at Van Beek. After my training I started work with Celsius as a secretary and then focussed more and more on sales\/marketing. 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