-: I would absolutely recommend informational interviewing
and also internships.
Informational interviewing is something that I find
to be very valuable and seem to be more of a commonality,
or more common with students now,
in really learning about companies
before, you know, engaging in employment.
So I would recommend that, really learning
and connecting with those that have been in the industry,
or the role, because you won't know the role really,
in the day to day until you get into the job.
So learning as much as you can about it,
and all different types.
Recruiting at the company I am for
is a lot different than recruiting for a company
of a couple thousand employees.
So really gaging the differences in companies' sizes,
the recruiting process that they have.
Informational interviewing, I think,
is a really great way to do that.
So for me, definitely the HR classes,
and those that got me involved in my job specifically.
I was involved in an international HR class,
so I feel that that also helped me
and developed me in that way.
That was kind of a kickstart to my job specifically.
Classes I wish I would have taken,
I wish I would have taken more
in HR, as HR was one of my minors.
My major was healthcare management,
so not as much of a focus, but certainly
those business classes where you can learn
how to engage with others,
maybe even not in a business specific,
communication majors, psychology majors,
that really ties into one,
but I think that my HR classes
really prepared me to do so,
but also the groups that I was--
that I joined, the SHRM groups,
the on-campus affiliations and things like that
to really engage with other students
to help grow in that way too.