College Experiences That Helped A Director At SPMB Succeed
Ross's relentless pursuit of excellence, setting the bar "insanely high" at UC Berkeley with the goal of becoming a top law school applicant, instilled crucial skills like hard work, goal setting, and time management, even though specific knowledge from college proved irrelevant. These broadly applicable skills ultimately facilitated career opportunities at SPMB and reinforced the value of aiming high, even if the initial goal shifts.
Goal Setting, Time Management, Hard Work, Research, Curiosity
Advizer Information
Name
Job Title
Company
Undergrad
Grad Programs
Majors
Industries
Job Functions
Traits
Ross Kim
Director
Schweichler, Price, Mullarkey, and Barry (SPMB)
UC Berkeley
Political Science, American Studies
Recruitment, HR & Related Professional Services
Consulting
Video Highlights
1. Attending community college can be a beneficial path for many individuals.
2. Setting ambitious goals, even if not fully achieved, can lead to significant personal and professional growth.
3. Developing skills like hard work, goal setting, time management, research, and curiosity in college are highly valuable and transferable to various careers.
Transcript
What did you do in college to set you up for success in your career?
As we discussed in the very first question, I did not do all that well in high school. I ended up going to community college, which I think is a very good path for a lot of people, and it certainly was for me.
Once I got to UC Berkeley, I set the bar insanely high for myself. My goal was to get into the absolute best law school that I possibly could and position myself as a 75th percentile applicant to the top law schools. This was obviously an insanely difficult thing to do.
Ultimately, as I said, I'm not going to law school; I'm not interested in that anymore. But I think that did open up opportunities for me elsewhere, specifically here at SPMV. It also gave me a sense of aiming very high.
Even if you don't quite reach your goal, you're still going to be so much better off than you would have been otherwise. Nothing that I learned in college from a knowledge standpoint is at all relevant or applicable to what I'm doing today.
However, in terms of hard work, goal setting, time management, research, and curiosity, those are things that I developed during college. These are all highly applicable skills that I've brought to my job today.