As an employee outside marketing department, do I still need the skill of marketing?

[Kross]

Marketing is an essential skill for every business person and those employees working in marketing and sales to have.

For someone that is an employee and doesn't have anything to do with sales and marketing, is it necessary for such a person to have marketing skills? Why?

 

[Augusta]

Everyone in a business that is to bring in customers would have to employ marketing skills. you can still help the business grow that way

 

[eLdavis]

I believe there is no skill wasted. Even if you don't have anything to do with marketing at the moment, I think it would be best you still have a marketing skills. Who knows, you might need it in the future.

 

[King Belieal]

Even as an employee, you would need to sell yourself. Marketing is a skill that is necessary for life itself.

 

[Springtime]

I think marketing skill is a basic skill. This is required even if you are applying for a job. You need to market yourself and convince the potential employer to hire you.

 

[Min George]

Marketing is something that you would surely need at one point in your life whether you need to sell something actively or not.

 

[Suba]

Marketing is often taught when you are studying in the faculty of economics, so even if you work outside the marketing field you already have basic knowledge of marketing, but if you are from a technology or mechanical engineering major, marketing is often ignored. Unless you are already in a managerial position that makes decisions, you need to study marketing.

 

[Fidelia]

Everyone should be a marketer. That's because everyone is selling something. The reason why some people have bit peaked in their careers even with so much potential is that they can't sell themselves.