>> I would say, you know, networking is extremely key, right?
And you hear that term quite a bit, and what does that mean?
I think, you know, being able to take full advantage of your internship opportunities,
but don't take advantage of them your junior and senior year.
Take advantage of them in your freshman and sophomore year.
Right; be very aggressive in doing that because that allows you to really understand,
"Is this an environment that I want to go into?"
Secondly, I would then do kind of a strategic approach and say, "Who do I know that's working
for these firms, and who is it that I don't know?
What are some of the leads of these firms, and what areas are they in?"
So if I'm looking to go into Philly, or New York, or LA, or DC, try to get an understanding
of are there any pick rights [phonetic] that are working for these firms, right, and then,
kind of mapping it directly that way and backwards.
The reality is that going into these firms, there is a plethora of needs and resources
that these firms need to fill, right, constantly.
Firms like Big Four, are constantly, constantly hiring.
But they're not necessarily hiring where you go online and you apply for a position,
then you just wait back and you wait to hear back.
You actually have to take a step further, which is visiting their offices,
visiting an alumni that's there, whether it be doing a road trip to that city,
trying to catch up with someone for coffee, get a full understanding of, you know,
as an applicant kind of coming in, "What is it that I need to be aware of?"
Long are the days that you can just apply online or apply to something and hope that, "Oh,
a human resource person will get to me."
There has to be kind of a next step."