Lisa Manley
Director of Corporate Relations, Darden School of BusinessDo You Have Any Advice For Students?
I think the most important thing at any phase in your career, particularly when you’re starting out, is to cherish your relationships and use them to help open doors. If I look back at my career, I think every opportunity has been facilitated to some degree by a connection I’ve made, had, or sought.
When you look at the world of work today, particularly in the world of AI, every job is getting hundreds, if not thousands of applications. You can optimize the words in your resume but more importantly, optimize the relationships you have.
So, if you're interested in applying for a role in whatever company, the first thing you should do is try to map out all the connection points that you've got to that company and try to leverage those connections one by one.