I had the pleasure of meeting Amy Paul as she was a guest
speaker in my Public Relations Tactics Two course. Amy Paul is a University of
Wisconsin Whitewater graduate, who came to give us insight on her experiences
to help motivate us for the future. Her presentation started out with a hard
truthful statement, "The real world is closer than you think." A very scary thought that I worry I am not
prepared for. Amy Paul shared her career background. She started out working
for the Milwaukee county executive office as a public relations assistant. Then
moved to working for Bottom Line Marketing and Public Relations as a Public
Relationship assistant again. Currently, she is working for Ascedia as the
Interactive Account Coordination. Just from her career background I got the
understanding she was very knowledgeable about what she was doing. She
expressed that the reason she got to where she is now is because of involvement
on campus, internships, networking and hard work. She went into explaining the
experience she got from the involvement, internships, and networking. What I
found more surprising was when she expressed that if you’re not doing any of
those things, you may have trouble in the future finding a job. What she said
makes sense, however scary to the person who might not be able to do those
things. The most interesting advice I got from Amy Paul was when she said,
"create your own internship." she explained that all her internships
were unpaid, so when she interned for Children's Hospital, Qdoba Mexican Grill,
University of Wisconsin Whitewater University Development Office and the
Milwaukee Admirals, she put more work into the internship then needed. I found
this understandable and impressive. Another thing I found eye opening was when
she said if you’re a senior now and starting to network you’re in trouble. This
was the one for sure thing I thought I would be alright doing as a senior.
Overall some of the information she expressed was hard facts that I may not
have been ready to hear, however her experience was a lot to take in and
hopefully I gain something from knowing it.
Kyle, when she said that “the real world is closer than you think,” I was definitely taken back too. It is such a scary thought that for the past three years I have been working so hard to get to where I am now! It also made me realize that graduation in May is not so far away, EEK! But all-in-all, Amy really made me think about all of the things that I am involved in and can utilize on a resume. Things like volunteer hours I would have never thought to include on a resume, but she showed us that you can. This was a great tip in my eyes!
ReplyDeleteKyle, when she said that “the real world is closer than you think,” I was definitely taken back too. It is such a scary thought that for the past three years I have been working so hard to get to where I am now! It also made me realize that graduation in May is not so far away, EEK! But all-in-all, Amy really made me think about all of the things that I am involved in and can utilize on a resume. Things like volunteer hours I would have never thought to include on a resume, but she showed us that you can. This was a great tip in my eyes!
ReplyDeleteAfter listening to her presentation, I'm going to start networking, too. It's something I had known would be important, but my senior year has gotten here so quickly and I haven't gotten to do that yet! That was definitely something to take from her presentation.
ReplyDeleteAs has been stated, I think that the most influential part of the presentation was her honesty about networking and having an internship. I think that it is difficult for some people to do because it involves moving beyond a comfort zone and connecting with people. Amy said that this is very beneficial and provided real world examples of how beneficial it is.
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