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Career Lady Speaks

I don't know her name even though it was probably mentioned in the video (Sheila Curran, says it right below in the freeze frame, ha). She brings up several good points, though. The most important is that you figure out what you want to do by trying things, working in different internships, or being employed by different types of companies before and soon after you graduate. Don't sit around because you don't know what you want to be. Get out there and try a few things so that you have experience and a better idea of what you will enjoy doing after college.

I agree with the changing of positions and companies to build up your career and find what your calling really is, but don't take this to mean that you should jump around every six months or even every year. Training in a professional position as well as just settling in can take well over a year. Let things come to fruition, and commit to yourself that you will work through the good and the bad to see the light at the end of the tunnel (note: job-hopping also looks horrible on the resume) There will be days where you will be like, "Man, this job sucks", and then the next day you figure something out or have a great conversation with a client, and you realize that you actually enjoyed the day. That's work. You need to find the job where you have much more positive than negative influence on your life.

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