As a recent college graduate looking for entry level work in acct mgmt or new business, what’s the best way to stand out/get hired?

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Your personality. Hands down.
And pick one discipline. Going in saying you’re interested in both sounds like you’re still figuring out what you want to do. Nobody wants to hire an entry level person and take the time to train them, to find out in a year that they want to be doing something else

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