>> Number one thing is to be involved in something outside of academics.
Right now, it's a given but if you're not involved you're not going to be I mean,
people at my job look for leaders.
It's not about what was your GPA, GPA is sort of an [laughter] as long as it's,
you know, above a certain, so study.
But, its equally important to be involved and so, you know, be a writer,
do something in communications don't just, you know, if you can don't just get a job at,
you know, your local bar or restaurant, try to get a job in communications
where you're using those writing, photography, any skills that relate
to public relations are going to help you.
And then, my other advice is that -- start out or at least have an internship at an agency.
I think at an agency you're exposed to different people, different industries,
different just so many different problems to solve and you really learn a lot and you sort
of become nimble and say, oh, oh, I've done that before with this.
So, it's just finding ways to utilize those skills and internships are critical
and they may seem, like, oh, you know, I want to do something else for a summer, you know,
try to tie it in any way you can to Public Relations.