-: Well first off, I have a telecommunications degree.
I minored in telecommunications,
that's what it was called at the time,
it's now under the communications area,
and I had a minor in public relations.
So, I kind of started in public relations,
I was led to lobbying,
and so just having a communications degree
has a lot of transferrable skills.
If you can write, if you know how to talk to people,
if you know how to just strike up conversation with anyone.
Those are the most things,
interpersonal skills are the things that are
most important to me.
Through my career, I've also managed interns.
And so, the interpersonal careers,
or communication skills
are not always good, and I think that students
need to continue to push themselves,
to pick up the phone, to call people,
don't just send an email to establish relationships.
If you're working somewhere, get out of your office,
walk and meet people, introduce yourself,
ask them about their family, ask them..
Just strike up conversation with people,
and you would not believe
how building relationships with people can really help you
as you move through your career.
You don't know who's watching you
and who's paying attention to how you...
The two jobs that I've had,
the last two jobs I've had,
is because of relationships.
It's not because I submitted a resume,
and they went through a huge stack of resumes,
like literally the mayor came and asked me personally
to come and work for him.
Previously, I literally went in to meet with the owner
of my company, and they asked me to work for them
because of a relationship that I had.
So, you never know
how just striking up and becoming comfortable with someone
can benefit you as you move through your career,
and you just cannot be afraid to talk to people
and introduce yourself and let them know
a little bit about you
and learn a little bit about them.