-: Well, I would say get into some research.
Get into a little bit of advocacy on campus,
and I don't mean heavily,
you don't have to join a local political group.
I mean, just go around, talk to your professors,
see what kind of programs are available with you,
and then just get involved.
A lot of what I do is community health
and population health,
so you definitely want to try to find something
that involves a little bit of research,
a little bit of getting out there and talking to people,
so you become more comfortable speaking with strangers
who you may not have a lot in common with,
because that is half of what we do.
I chose Bayer behavioral health,
because it allowed me to explore a lot of avenues
of public health and medicine and general biology.
I think that's a fine way to go,
of course I'm going to say that,
I've got the degree.
But public health is a great way to go,
I would say chemistry, surprisingly,
is another great way to go.
You could also do biology, most of the hard sciences.
And also, you could major in something like English,
because a lot of the times we have to write grants,
we have to do a lot of public speaking,
the more experience you have doing that,
the better you'll do.
We like to go with personality types.
If we're looking for a candidate to come work with us,
you could have a resume
where you've never worked with kids before,
but if you have that fire to learn, you have that experience
where you have helped people in the past,
we're all about it, you can come on in.
Also, don't be afraid to apply to positions you're not
100% comfortable with in terms of your experience.
Sometimes they may like you,
they may say, "we're willing to train you,
let's go ahead".
It's just important that you're confident
in what you know you're able to do,
and then, go ahead and go for it.
But really, it is that networking
while your in an institution,
like your college or university.