>> I would say when someone watches this and you're thinking about for example a career
as a profiler in the BAU keep in mind
that there are right now today there are many job possibilities and it's not just in the BAU.
Years ago when I started the opportunities were far more limiting but to be open and not put all
of your eggs in the BAU basket because by the time you get to that point where you've put
in the time and the commitment the BAU may not exist as it does today.
But look for opportunities and to use your skills in related areas and look
for opportunities to, if you're interested in people, to develop those interview skills.
And it doesn't have to be anything formal it could be working for a department store
where you're talking to the customers.
Develop those skills that you think are going to take you down the road to a job
that will give you the opportunity to get inside of somebody's head and try to figure
out what makes them tick, if that's your interest.
It doesn't just have to be as an FBI profiler but just as important to kind
of keep your options open because probably ten years
from now there will be many more opportunities to use those skills.
But be prepared and be prepared and don't feel you have to center on one major.
You don't have to have a specific topic that you bring but be a generalist and develop the skills
that will enable you to sit down and analyze, interview, speak and write about it.
I think those are the important things you want to bring to the table regardless of whether
or not it is as an FBI profiler or a prison psychologist or social worker.
Those are the skills that I think will really do well for you in your career plans.