>> My biggest thing that I contribute my success to while undergrad
and grad school was taking the opportunities to meet the people in the field and to extend
that networking, but also look to see what other branches of your major there are out there.
Meteorology and emergency management are two different things, but meteorology
and emergency management kind of go hand in hand.
You know, in emergency management it's an all hazards approach.
So we prepare, mitigate, respond to, and recover from natural disasters, which, you know,
meteorology teaches us about the processes of that.
So the biggest thing that I did, and that I contribute my success
to like I said, is-- is asking those questions.
If I don't want to do the standard go on TV, research, forecast,
what else could I do with this major?
And the same thing I did in emergency management.
I say, all right, I don't want to write a plan, per say, about a municipality.
What other things can I do in emergency management?
Oh, I can do exercises and training?
Oh, I can do mitigation?
I can do finance and stuff?
So it's just getting out there and asking those questions of, you know, stepping out of the box
and the realm, and you'll find that there's a lot of different options out there.
From an ideal candidate I look for, just the experience.
You know, education is good, but it's having that wholesome experience of knowing it.
If they're not so much experienced, they've only dabbled here and there, or maybe they haven't
at all, the education and the commitment they have, or what they want to, you know,
foresee at the end of an internship period, let's say.
Or even a job, what do they want to get out of it?
What are they looking to do?
I've have interns, underneath me since I've been at Chester County.
It's lasted a year.
And it's their commitment and drive and their focus
that really helps me become a good mentor to them.
And they teach me things, as well.
So I just look for someone who, you know, can keep-- not keep up, but...
Bring that success and knowledge into the field.
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