-: So, I don't necessarily think it's like,
the major that you do.
I don't think it's necessarily the classes you take,
or the GPA that you have, because especially
as I've been in the position that I'm in,
looking for people for this job, in terms of like,
hiring and stuff, that is not as important to us.
And, that might just be our company culture thing.
The things that we look at for people in terms of being
in this position and having the right skillset
is hard-working, which I think goes without saying,
but also people that are like,
humble enough to be curious and ask questions.
And then, the last thing being just somebody
that can be trainable.
Another thing that I say would never hurt is internships,
because if somebody came to me and had experience
cold-calling people, whatever that was,
whether it was like a sales position,
whether it was just like,
"Hey, I'm working with the VAF,
"And I'm just calling random donors to, like,
"Thank them and stuff,"
I would never think of that as a negative,
but I would never not hire somebody
because they didn't have that.
But, obviously, that's a positive.
I know a lot of people in my situation,
with sports and wrestling, or whatever it may be,
just any sport out there, it's hard to do that internship
in the summer a lot of times just because
you've gotta be on-campus training,
you've gotta do all these things.
So, it's not a prerequisite.
It's always a benefit to have that.
But, I think it's figuring out, all right,
once I realized that I didn't wanna do medicine,
what are the skillsets that I have that I think
that my personality would fit well in?
And, no matter what that is, no matter what they decide
to do, doing it in a way that like,
yes I'm taking ownership and I wanna be an expert
at whatever it is, the thing that I do,
and that is only going to lead you to successful places.