Elizabeth Yaquinto: ‘I am so glad that I started my career in the public sector’
What was your first job≠My very first job in high school was as an inventory clerk and cashier for a lumber store. I worked a bunch of odd jobs as... […]
Dora Vasquez: ‘Government service is a rewarding experience’
What was your first job≠My first job in government was 25 years ago, when I responded to a newspaper advertisement looking for instructors for after-school programs at a neighborhood center.... […]
Dana Kennedy: ‘Passion, not money, is the key to success’
What was your first job≠Home health and hospice social worker.What is the worst job you’ve ever had≠A waitress while in college at a diner in Newport Beach. I worked the... […]
Matt Silverman: ‘We help spread the good news and put bad news in perspective’
Matt Silverman is the director of public relations and a crisis communications expert at R&R Partners in Phoenix. What was your first job≠I worked the grill and the fryer at... […]
Katie Decker: ‘My job is about relationships, not just press releases’
What was your first job≠I was a newspaper carrier in my hometown of Bozeman, Montana. I would come home from school, put the rubber bands around 30-40 papers and hop... […]
Jason Rose: ‘Learn how to write. And read, read, read’
What was your first job≠ Besides endless hours mowing my parents’ enormous yard, I saved up for my first car by working as a maintenance guy for a real-estate development... […]
Colby Bower: Persistence is important trait in a lobbyist
How did you break into the lobbying profession? Becoming a lobbyist for me was really just a natural career path. I had worked on political campaigns, worked developing policy for... […]






