For the professional that I
chose to interview, I decided that I wanted to choose someone who was in a
career field that I was considering going into.
The field that I’m most currently considering is business, specifically
marketing, so I thought the best person for me to interview would be my father,
who is the head of marketing for Hanesbrands Inc. I made sure to ask him about his college
experience, as that is where I am in the process, and what factors led him to
choose his major and eventual career path.
Essentially what he told me was that he had no idea what he wanted to do
in college, or as a career. When his
junior year came around, he had to pick a major, so he just decided to pick
business as his major because it’s a field with lots of open doors. Hearing that he didn’t have a passion for
business, but that he simply picked a career path when he was forced to and has
had an ample amount of success, makes me feel better about not knowing what I
want to do yet. I talk to a lot of students
who have everything for the next ten years of their life precisely planned out,
and this makes me feel a little anxious about not knowing what I want to
do. But after talking to my father about
his college experience, I felt a lot better about not having an exact plan from
the very beginning. Transitioning over
more towards the responsibilities of his career, they don’t vary too much. Most days he works from nine to five at an
office in Winston-Salem, going in and out of meetings and doing most of his
work from his desk. Occasionally, he has
to travel out of town to meet with people from major corporations like Target
or Macy’s to discuss whether or not the companies will carry Hanes clothing. Some days, he has to fly to a city early in
the morning, and fly back home later that night. This job type seems like one that interests
me because on one hand, I want a career with some stability, which would be the
meetings and desk job part of it. But I
also want a career that gives me time for me to pursue my leisure activities as
well as present opportunities for me to travel.
After interviewing my father, I was able to take away a lot of valuable
information regarding both the path he took and decisions he had to make in
college, as well as the different aspects of his career and what someone going
into the field of business needs to value.
In interviewing him, I was hoping to use the information he presented to
me to help narrow down my choices for potential careers. I’ve been back and forth between a career in
the business family and a career in the biology family, and I’m trying to gain
as much information as possible about each to help me come to a decision.
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