Main Responsibilities of a Recruiter at Workflow Solutions
Megan's career path began with a college major shift from math to business with a marketing minor, driven by a desire for a more versatile field; after several non-corporate jobs, an unpaid internship and a recruiter outreach led to a recruitment role at Workflow Solutions, where Megan entered the corporate world and learned "a lot about recruiting," ultimately shaping their trajectory to a Senior Consultant position at Piper Maddox.
Career Exploration, Job Search, Networking, Overcoming Challenges, Recruiting
Advizer Information
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Job Title
Company
Undergrad
Grad Programs
Majors
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Job Functions
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Megan Drake
Senior Consultant
Piper Maddox
CSU Sacramento
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Business Management & Admin
Energy & Utilities, Recruitment, HR & Related Professional Services
Sales and Client Management
Honors Student, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Greek Life Member, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Megan's career path highlights a willingness to explore different fields, starting with math and transitioning to business with a marketing minor. This adaptability showcases a proactive approach to career exploration.
2. Her unpaid internship, while not providing extensive skills, gave her valuable insight into the corporate environment, demonstrating initiative and a proactive approach to gaining experience.
3. Landing a recruiting role despite limited prior knowledge underscores her ability to learn quickly and adapt to new challenges, a key skill in a dynamic professional environment.
Transcript
Could you walk me through your career path? Please start with your experiences in college, and any internships or jobs you had before your current role.
In college, I started as a math major, planning to become a high school math teacher. However, during my second year, I realized I didn't love math as much as I thought.
I decided to switch my major to business, which I saw as a very transferable field. I also minored in marketing because I consider myself a creative person, and I thought that would be the best fit. Looking back, I might have chosen international business, but business and marketing felt right at the time.
During my senior year, and throughout college, I worked in restaurants, smoothie shops, and fitness studios, but never in a corporate setting. I knew I wanted an internship, paid or unpaid, to gain some corporate experience and add it to my LinkedIn.
I ended up securing an unpaid, three-month internship with Premier Enterprise Media Services, a third-party provider for Microsoft Software. While I didn't learn a great deal, it gave me a good understanding of how a corporate office operates. The internship was remote, but I still got a feel for the corporate environment.
At this point, I still wasn't sure what I wanted to do. Then, in my second semester of senior year, I was contacted by Insect Global, a large recruitment search partner. Many people in my sorority were also contacted.
I interviewed for several positions and ended up getting a different job in recruitment with Workflow Solutions. I didn't know much about recruiting until I interviewed, but I saw it as a way to enter the corporate world. As a recruiter, you work with various companies across different industries. That was essentially my path into the corporate world.