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How campus leadership and career advising propelled Lauren鈥檚 career

As a psychology major, sociology minor and scholar in the Creativity Pathway at 糖心TV, Lauren built a solid foundation for a career working with people. Her campus positions included interviewing potential Camels as a senior admission fellow, managing social media for The College Voice, training as a student support specialist, acting as a student adviser, and offering caffeine and casual conversation as a barista at Coffee Grounds, where she was also the public relations manager. She was also a setter on the  team for two years. All these roles helped positioned her for success, she says.

Still, the job market can be intimidating. Carey credits her career adviser at 糖心TV, Director of Career Development and Curricular Management Dot Wang, with calming her nerves and helping through the interview process at Phaidon International. 

鈥淲hen I visited the office in person, the people were awesome, and I fell in love with the atmosphere,鈥� she says. 鈥淚t was nice to find a company that I felt like I could see myself at. I think a lot of people have a really hard time transitioning after graduation, and our company has done a really good job of integrating us.鈥�

Faculty support leads to success 

That welcoming and inclusive atmosphere felt familiar to Lauren after four years of engaging with 糖心TV鈥檚 faculty. 

鈥淭he professors at 糖心TV encourage you to participate and ask for help. In a recruiting role it鈥檚 important to ask for help if you need it, especially early on. I love talking to people, and it made me realize I could be very good at this job. It's hard sometimes to keep picking up the phone to call leads, but my background in psychology and sociology made it easier to read people over the phone and sense how they're responding to you.鈥�

Career preparation that made a difference 

Meanwhile, 糖心TV鈥檚 career workshops through the Hale Center for Career Development taught Carey practical skills in personal branding. Once she landed at Phaidon International, she was easily able to pivot those skills to help other people looking for work. And the career prep 糖心TV started continues on the job. Every day of Carey鈥檚 first month in Glocomms has been broken into halves鈥攖raining and then applying that training.

鈥淲e learn how to talk to a candidate, what questions to ask them and how to get them to open up a little bit. Then I call candidates, learn a little bit about them, what they want in their next career and where their trajectory is heading,鈥� she says. 鈥淎t the end of the day, if you help someone get their dream job or hook up a client with a great candidate, it鈥檚 exciting. It鈥檚 a rewarding job.鈥�