Inspiration from Amy Paul

My first impression of Amy Paul was that she was going to come in and give a boring speech about how experience after college, like I have heard from many other people.  Needless to say, I was not looking forward to it all that much.  As soon as she started and her tone of voice along with presentation, I was very intrigued as to what she had to say.

Amy has a very interesting background and I’m not even sure where to start.  It goes as far back as to being in college rather than just after graduation.  Amy went to UW-Whitewater for 6 years due to not starting off as public relations major in the beginning.  She graduated from UW-Whitewater in 2011 where she then had a job at Bottom Line Marketingand Public Relations as the PR Assistant.  Amy then got a new job to try something different at Milwaukee County Executive Office as their PR Assistant.  She was there for about a year before starting her now current job at Ascedia as the Interactive Account Coordinator. Each of her jobs taught her new skills and tasks which she was able to carry on to the next job and make her a better employee.

Before graduating, Amy already had a lot of experience due to the four different internships she had.  She was an intern at Children’s Hospital ofWisconsin working on fundraising and special events, an intern at Qdoba MexicanGrill as the brand ambassador, an intern at UWW University Development Office as a student assistant, and an intern at Milwaukee Admirals as a communications intern and street team member.  Amy was also an active member of PRSSA on campus throughout her college years.  Throughout all Amy’s years of experiences, she made sure she stayed connected with each past employer, networks, professors and any other important people she met along her journey. 

Amy’s Advice for College Students:

·         Start early by finding an internship and getting out there to meet other networks

·         Maintain connections with old networks and past internships

·         Keep personal social media clean and professional

·         Join groups on campus and stay involved to learn more

·         MOST IMPORTANTLY…Don’t give up and have fun!

Listening to Amy Paul was very inspiring to me and gave me a lot insight of how the outside world works after college.  She gave lots of helpful hints on what to do now while in college so we don’t wish we would have done once it’s too late after college.  I plan to stay connected with Amy and hopefully have an amazing story to tell a couple years after I’m out of college.

~~~Amy Paul has now given me a reason to dreamer bigger and make my dream come true.~~~