-: Skill set wise organization is critical.
You've got to stay on top of phone calls, emails, paperwork
leases, where particular projects are design, construction,
beyond that the financials are important.
And again, I would almost say that most importantly
I'm a very outgoing person.
You've got to be prepared to work with all different
behaviors, personalities, and types
of people to be successful.
So its basic math, really, you know,
if the foundation purchase a property, now we've got
debt management, we've got a loan,
we know what we're out of pocket.
That's what's got to be built into the pro forma
or the budget for the university or program specific
for us to recover and be made whole
as I mentioned before the neither make nor lose feature.
So it is very, you know,
a million dollars over fifteen years
at x interest rate calculating that math,
understanding how that breaks down over 60 months,
500 months, you know, whatever the term maybe.
Again, I think it just comes back to knowing what you want
the willingness to network and communicate.
I didn't go over and visit,
I didn't know the foundation existed
before I found the opportunity
that I did, so for that it never dawned on me
to just go shake someones hand and introduce myself
hey I'm an alumn of here, played baseball,
would love to be a part of this group.
I just happened to stumbled upon the job opportunity
but my advice there is just if you know what you want
go get it, be hungry, be willing to put your name out there
send a resume, don't wait for someone to ask for it.
The group that we work for and work with,
all the way from Dr. Dooley as our CEO down,
he's just so personable and it's a
very tight knit family minded group.
They're gonna welcome you in they're gonna hear
what you're interests are, what you're looking to do
and if the opportunity isn't at the foundation at the time
someone may know someone about another possibility out there
and for that I just say, again, you've got to be motivated
to go chase exactly what you want to do
if you know what that is.