>> A couple things; learn, take the various business courses, don't focus in very--
you know you've got to do the courses for your major, but take a lot of other courses
so you get yourself a good foundation, because what you need to be able
to do is respond to opportunities.
You never know how the opportunity is going to come along.
The opportunity that got me into GE was you know a company put a company I just came to work
for up for sale, and how do you prepare for that?
Well, you prepare for that by having confidence in your skills; working on them in school,
working on them in the workforce, and developing the confidence in yourself
that you can handle new situations.
In my career, I went from handling a single tax within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
to this tax manager role where I handled state taxes for 50 states to my role with GE
where I ended up being responsible for the tax operations for a number
of countries, which I mean, its progression.
You have to have developed the confidence in yourself, which mean s take on challenges,
but constantly evaluate your skills, what you think you need, and if you need more,
go find ways to get the additional skills.
Whether it be within the position you have now, or whether it be within a different position.