>> Personal and joy.
>> [laughter] I think that's the Number 1 thing.
These will be the best, you know, four years of your life.
But you're also there to do a job.
You know, while you're not in your career yet, this is the gateway to your career.
And people who go to college and don't take it seriously they're going
to have a tough first step in the real world because life is -- it's tough.
But if you do well consistently --
and the reason you're in Penn State is because you've done well in high school,
you've done well in grade school, you've gotten involved -- focus on putting yourself out there.
So, my piece of advice would be network whenever there's events
out there with corporations, with alumni.
Even tailgates.
Put yourself out there.
Bring your business cards.
Showing willingness to ask questions.
I think one of the coolest questions you can ask is, can I just sit down with you
for a second and just pick your brain?
I want to learn.
I don't want anything in return.
I don't want a job.
I don't want anything.
But those types of conversations will lead you down the ways as great opportunity.
So, I say just be aggressive.
You know, networking.
If you're freshmen or sophomores and you look around in class,
all these guys are competing for the same job.
And then you look at Penn State.
Well, what about all the other big 10 schools?
What about all the other schools in the country?
In the end of the day [inaudible] for this sales development program is only going to, you know,
accept 15 people out of say the 2500 people that applied for it.
So, how are you going to go ahead and show that you can compete in a large organization?
I think Penn State is a great example of that.