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>> I would say, you know,
networking is extremely key, right?

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And you hear that term quite a
bit, and what does that mean?

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I think, you know, being able to take full
advantage of your internship opportunities,

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but don't take advantage of them
your junior and senior year.

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Take advantage of them in your
freshman and sophomore year.

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Right; be very aggressive in doing that
because that allows you to really understand,

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"Is this an environment that I want to go into?"

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Secondly, I would then do kind of a strategic
approach and say, "Who do I know that's working

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for these firms, and who
is it that I don't know?

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What are some of the leads of these
firms, and what areas are they in?"

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So if I'm looking to go into Philly, or New
York, or LA, or DC, try to get an understanding

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of are there any pick rights [phonetic] that
are working for these firms, right, and then,

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kind of mapping it directly
that way and backwards.

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The reality is that going into these firms,
there is a plethora of needs and resources

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that these firms need to
fill, right, constantly.

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Firms like Big Four, are
constantly, constantly hiring.

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But they're not necessarily hiring where
you go online and you apply for a position,

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then you just wait back and
you wait to hear back.

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You actually have to take a step
further, which is visiting their offices,

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visiting an alumni that's there, whether
it be doing a road trip to that city,

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trying to catch up with someone for coffee,
get a full understanding of, you know,

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as an applicant kind of coming in,
"What is it that I need to be aware of?"

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Long are the days that you can just apply
online or apply to something and hope that, "Oh,

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a human resource person will get to me."

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There has to be kind of a next step."