From office clerk to consultant

Studying at RWU Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences has helped Dietmar Seitz to develop further - both personally and in terms of his career. When he walks around the university campus today, seven years after graduating, he still meets many familiar faces - not least because of his involvement in the student council and the alumni association at the time.

Dietmar Seitz studied Business Administration and Management and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 2019. He wrote his Bachelor's thesis with Professor Dr. Barbara Niersbach, who welcomed him to RWU as part of the "Back on Campus" format.

Today, the RWU alumnus works as a pre-sales consultant at Pitney Bowes Germany, a technology company that offers digital mail and parcel solutions, automation solutions, digital parcel walls and franking and inserting machines.

Tasks in the job

A Pre-Sales Consultant works before the actual sale of a product or service. Their main task is to show potential customers how the company's solution will solve their problems and demonstrate the value of this solution before the sales contract is signed. Specifically, his responsibilities include: requirements analysis, solution presentations, technical and strategic consulting.

RWU? I didn't have it on my radar at first

"After training as an office administrator at the Humpis School in Ravensburg, I completed my technical college entrance qualification," recalls Dietmar Seitz. "RWU wasn't even on my radar at first." An information event at the school changed that. "Many people think of big university cities when they think of studying - but there are also really good options here locally."

Dietmar Seitz particularly appreciated what RWU had to offer: Lectures here are more of a "class format". "You don't sit in a lecture hall with hundreds of other people where you can't ask any questions." Instead, students can speak to professors in person and take away knowledge in a much more in-depth way, especially thanks to the practical and project-oriented teaching.

Dietmar Seitz can put the methods he learned during his studies to good use in his job today. "You learn how to deal with problems and are given a kind of toolbox." According to the former RWU student, this enables him to work in a structured way and to decide for himself which solution is most suitable depending on the situation.

Studying means responsibility

Dietmar Seitz ultimately made a conscious decision in favor of RWU and against other study models, partly in order to study independently and with maximum freedom. "I was able to decide for myself when to study or go out partying; that was ultimately my own responsibility." Especially in the university town of Weingarten, you can network well. "There are always parties in shared flats, sports activities or simply lots of fellow students from all over the world to do things with."

Still committed

At almost every door in the B building, which the Faculty of Technology and Management calls home, Dietmar Seitz meets familiar people from his student days. He is still connected to his university today and is a volunteer in the RWU Alumni Association with the primary goal of further strengthening and activating the network of current and former students.

Personality versus AI

"I accompany the students over the years and send them out into the world," says Barbara Niersbach, describing part of her role as a professor. "I'm particularly pleased to see how students like Mr. Seitz also develop personally - the confidence with which they leave RWU at the end of their studies is impressive." The Professor of B2B Marketing and Sales continues to firmly believe in "the face-to-face university" as a place for young people that enables personal development on several levels in parallel with the development of artificial intelligence.