Career Resources
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Entrepreneur, Insurance Agency Owner
Interview by Alex Primich “To be successful, one can’t sit by and expect the sales to roll in. You must have several forms of outflow to establish the inflow of business. You must be resourceful to establish a network, establish name recognition...
Marketing, Account Director
Interview by Gina Gilkey “Digital advertising is becoming more common and some people want to be involved in it more than paper advertising. Understanding digital and social media marketing is one of the most important things now in this career....
Sales, Senior Medical Sales Representative
Interview by Alex Primich “It is vital in the sales career to be persistent or else you are not going to get anywhere or sell anything. As they say, no doesn’t really mean no until they say it at least 6 times. A typical workday starting off...
Esports, Professor
Interview by Jason Anderson “There is that social stigma that you can’t make a career out of esports/gaming, so yes there were times that I had doubts. It felt like you were on the defense of trying to save the name of esports all the time. My...
Technology, CEO Software Engineering Business
Interview by Kiki Bonetta-Mistelli “My first boss used to say that in our field, 90% of the work can be done in 50% of the time, and the remaining 10% takes the remaining 50% of the time! The reason the “remaining” 10% takes a long time is...
Lawyer, Employment and Contracts
Interview by Kenzie Webb “I love my job, it's super busy all day long. Because my work is reactionary, I don’t know what I’m going to work on until I get to work. It was VERY hard raising kids and being a full-time lawyer. I worked part-time for...
Investment Advisor
Interview by Kyra Flyer “Expect to constantly be aware of what’s going on in the world and to always be conscious of what your clients are doing and planning. A lot of my clients were also friends and being able to separate those positions in my...
Controller
Interview by Madison Kemp “Accounting can be a fulfilling career. It can challenge you to think through a problem, allow you to interact with people in different areas of the company, and feel a part of the team by providing valuable information...
Banking, Personal Banker / Teller
Interview by Cecilia Cosby “I open new accounts, do personal loans, and home equity loans. I kind of just help with just about everything with customers and the bank. I tend to do a lot of customer service. I love working with money, math, and...
Banking, Senior Relationship Strategist
Interview by Kaitlyn Dipasupil “I would say being analytical and understanding investments and taxes is really important. You have a grave responsibility to ensure that your client’s money is invested in ways that are aligned with their goals,...