-: The first and foremost thing that I'd say to everybody
is have an internship and utilize it to the best.
Don't come in and just wait on somebody to give you a task,
but truly utilize it and
be aggressive about wanting to learn and finding people
to learn from whether you just set up a meeting
with somebody cross-functionally,
just to understand what they do.
But ultimately coming with the most experience
you possibly can is super beneficial.
In what I do, I touch finance, I touch supply chain,
project management and program management,
and all these different functions.
And the more people that you can relate to and understand,
the better off you'll be.
And I think that that puts people ahead as they come in,
knowing and understanding some
of the general business language.
But also, just how a company works.
So I remember distinctly taking a couple of classes.
One, a marketing class with Professor Mosier
who is still here.
If you attended affiliated groups outside of the school
so you could go into Institute of Supply Management
or the Apex Group and sit in and listen
on one of their monthly meetings,
you could get the bonus points for that.
And that's actually how I started my career,
and how I decided to how I've kind of wanted
to scope my future.
I sat in one of those,
I enjoyed talking to the people and the presenter
at the time.
Ultimately, where I ended up working,
ironically, one of the presenters was my supplier.
And so it was just a good way
to get to know people and network,
but also to have a better understanding of business
in the industry and what I was getting myself into ...