-: Having a civil engineering degree is beneficial.
Having mechanical engineering degree is beneficial.
Having architecture degree is beneficial.
And they tend to target that.
But I find that if I can find a candidate
who has that drive to work hard,
to learn more about the industry,
and has a passion for construction,
I would encourage them to come and interview,
because you're interviewing,
your skill sets, and it's a people-based industry.
And I don't think, I think the sky's the limit.
The major portion of skills that I use are soft skills.
There's obviously programs that we use,
but when I came to the company, I knew AutoCAD
'cause I was an architecture major.
And AutoCAD, I didn't use AutoCAD.
So it was great, but it taught me the computer skills,
so I was able to learn and navigate the new projects.
But in terms of the projects that I use, they change.
So we use a software called SAP,
that's a lot of manufacturing companies use,
and it's been tailored to fit the construction industry.
I could tell you that while it's nice to have
to say that you know the software,
I think dealing with people, we're a people-based company.
Our resources are people.
You can't build without people.
Tools you can buy in a store,
tools you can buy on the computer.
But if you can't work with people,
and deal with people and respond to people
in a way that's productive, you're wasting your time.
So I would always say teamwork, learning to work in teams.
You'll always be working in a team.
Internships, I think, are the best way to go.
One, you get to, it's a good opportunity to really see
if you want to do this, getting your foot in the door.
It looks great on your resume because for all the resumes,
we tend to like to see people who've tried it.
And even if it's different companies, not the same company,
but at least you've tried to work and see,
okay, this works for me, this doesn't work for me.
In our industry it's not, getting the hands-on experience
is definitely best if you do an internship.