Experience, Skills, and Personality Traits
Any experience conducting marketing research, as well as the completion of at least one college internship, will be useful for those aspiring to careers in the field. Market research analysts must be intelligent, detail oriented, and accurate. They have the ability to work easily with words and numbers, and they are particularly interested in solving problems through data collection and analysis. In addition, the job requires patience and persistence, since long hours are often required when working on complex studies.
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