College Experiences That Helped a Clinical Business Development Manager at InteliWound Succeed
To set oneself up for career success in college, Kayva emphasizes the importance of networking and actively seeking opportunities by leveraging career fairs and putting oneself out there, noting that most of their friends and themself got their first jobs this way and highlighting the challenge of the Covid era that took away valuable in-person interactions needed for "connecting and working with people and being in that space". It is critical to "know how to leverage your digital community and your physical community" to get opportunities.
Networking, Career Fairs, Opportunity Discovery, Communication Skills, Community Engagement
Advizer Information
Name
Job Title
Company
Undergrad
Grad Programs
Majors
Industries
Job Functions
Traits
Kayva Jha
Clinical Business Development Manager
InteliWound
Barrett, the Honors College at Arizona State University
Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey - MS in Business Management
Medical, Sciences & Related, Biology & Related Sciences
Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, Medical & Wellness
Business Strategy
Disabled
Video Highlights
1. Leverage your network and career fairs to find job opportunities, especially when attending universities that attract great companies.
2. Actively connect and work with people to create opportunities for yourself.
3. Effectively utilize both your digital and physical communities to promote yourself and your skills.
Transcript
What did you do in college to set you up for success in your career?
What did you do in college to set you up for success in your career? With college, I think the biggest thing you can do is get out and put yourself out there. Leverage your network and any opportunity, like career fairs.
Know who's coming in. Most of my friends and myself included, we all got our first jobs from going to the career fair and finding our job there. So especially if you're at a school like a SU, they bring in really great companies.
One thing when I was going through college: COVID actually started in my sophomore year. So we had a large part of our college experience taken away because we could not be in front of people. That was a challenge because that's really how you get opportunities for yourself: connecting and working with people.
Know how to leverage your digital and physical community and put yourself out there. People can't know about you and what you have to offer if you're not talking about it and going out there and sharing.