>> Batch 8569: I went to school at Georgia Southern University and in Statesboro.
I was originally an accounting major and the reason why I was is
because all I saw was dollar signs.
I just wanted to make a lot of money.
I had a friend that was in accounting and she was successful and she was
like yeah you can do it, I can do it.
So, I had a study partner and he and I were studying like 12 and 13 hours
and we were having the same classes, taking the same tests, and he was passing and I was failing
and so I had to make a critical decision for myself, I said you know what if I'm doing,
if I'm performing this way in school then I'm probably not going to be successful
as the career or happy with a career in this.
So, I had a friend that suggested that I try out some logistic classes, and I never looked back
and low and behold my last semester at Georgia Southern I was in nothing
but my logistic classes and I made the Dean's list for the first semester in my entire career,
so that was kind of just more set in stone that I made the right choice.
Went through Excel has a, what they call a College Day Program
so after the recruiting process at the school, they'll have, they bring certain students
on their campus and you go through and give a presentation about yourself
and you do a panel interview and everything, so I went through that process
and the biggest thing is I wasn't honest with where I wanted to be.
I really wanted to be in the Atlanta area, but I just told them the South East cause I kind
of just wanted a job and then so they did offer me a job, but it wasn't in the Atlanta area
and so looking back had I been more honest I probably could have gotten a job where I wanted
so that's a big thing is, you know, be upfront about what you want
because you're a lot more likely to get it.
So, I went with another company, I worked there for about a year and-a-half
and then the culture changed and I just decided that it was a good idea for me to make the move
for personal reasons and I had stayed in touch with my general manager of Excel and he had;
I stayed in touch with him on LinkedIn and he posted on LinkedIn that he was looking
for someone, so I went by and talked to him and he basically just hired me on the spot,
and you know, because he had remembered me from like a year and-a-half ago,
so it just kind of the stars aligned and that's how I got into the position where I'm at now.