Greetings. Happy Friday. Welcome to our panel conversation, "Journey from College to Career" UNCA Career Center

Welcome to our UNCA alumni panelists: Briana, Stephanie and Lakesha! UNCA Career Center And welcome to wonderful students!

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Lakesha: "Education is important. And experience is important." UNCA Career Center

Mission Health is the largest employer in WNC, employing over 13,000 employees including dozens of UNCA alumni UNCA Career Center

Stephanie: "To this day, I still may not know what I want to do." #honesty UNCA Career Center

Stephanie: "Networking is the most important thing you will do to get a job that you REALLY want. Hands down." UNCA Career Center

Briana: "Sometimes we don't move forward in a linear progression. Sometimes we hop around and zig-zag." UNCA Career Center

Stephanie: "They are predicting that you will likely have 14 jobs before age 25." UNCA Career Center

Lakesha: "My career has been more of a lilly pad." #ribbit UNCA Career Center

Lakesha: "The WNC Diversity Engagement Coalition has opportunities for students to network." wncdec.com UNCA Career Center

Lakesha: "Mission Health is currently offering more paid internships than ever." mission-health.org/internships.php UNCA Career Center

Lakesha: "Dont take yourself too seriously. You're figuring it out. Enjoy the journey." UNCA Career Center

Stephanie: "Your grades are important. Especially if you want to go to grad school." UNCA Career Center

Briana: "I wish I started building my network sooner." UNCA Career Center

Stephanie: "Consider going to the job fairs. The best experiences I ever had were when I got out of my comfort zone." UNCA Career Center

How wonderful are Lakesha, Briana and Stephanie?!? They came to campus today out of the goodness of their hearts. #realstories UNCA Career Center

Networking is hard? Consider visiting with our panelists at the end to say "thank you." & ask 1 question. That's networking. UNCA Career Center

Good questions = good networking: "What's an average day in your job like?" "What's your favorite aspect of your job?"

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