>> Preparing for the people management aspect of my career really comes
from the experience you get you know while you're
in school especially extracurricular outside of the classroom being able
to find leadership positions to be able to find ways to affect change
within the organizations you're in or even in something as informal as a class project
of something; being able to take that leadership and take that role
and understand what makes people tick understand how to treat people basically is something
that I learned through experience at Penn State and I think would be you know something
that would be definitely valuable to develop further.
I'd recommend you know when you're looking at some type of career
in management no matter what it is or anywhere in business really
to develop the communication side of your skill set so you're talking about whether you're
in accounting or marketing it doesn't matter, you want to develop that ability
to effectively communicate within an organization.
I think as a student taking communications courses and getting involved
with student run blog was really beneficial for me to be able to learn how
to communicate effectively and ultimately get my message across in a concise and clear way.
That's something I would recommend any student no matter what major,
is really to develop the communications side of your resume and your skills set and be able
to ultimately use that in your field.