-: If you are interested in our energy programming
for instance, we have internship programs
and I would advise to look into whatever your
kind of identified role is as an undergrad.
I personally was an accounting major
and so I kind of came up through the accounting
and auditing world, learned here at the university
in the internal auditing department and really
got a good understanding of the framework
for the policies and procedures and the enterprise
in and of itself and so then that kind of
pushed you into a role that allowed for you
to take what you knew but apply it into a different
setting in the way that I mentioned to be
complimentary to others.
I think anytime that you can show activities
that you might have participated in outside the classroom
or leadership positions that you might have
held in organizations, that's critical.
I think as far as skills, the ability to be
a good listener, to value all the opinions
that are coming to you and that are being presented
and really be interested in learning
and continuing to evolve as a person
and not just be committed, just because you know something
that that's how you're gonna stay.
Be interested and willing and really engaged
in the learning process, throughout your formal
education and then in your entry level position
and that will really help a lot.
And so when you really have a good understanding
of what the issues that you're facing and you can
take a thoughtful approach to assessing
and evaluating peer feedback or
maybe even like, a peer survey, that's always a very
helpful approach and something that we
employ on a daily basis.
In all of the roles that I've held that's been
critical to our operation is understanding
kind of where everyone else's position is.
Not that we want to copy them, or we think that
somebody else isn't doing it as well as we are
and we're trying to prove ourself, but just
making sure that we're in touch with the environment
and so that's extremely helpful.