Austin Birchell
Student Assistant
Georgia State University
Georgia State University
Student Assistant
I work on the Public Relations and Marketing Communications team
On a typical day in the office, I may edit a few articles or flyers preparing to be sent to the public, write a profile on a Georgia State student, and prepare some media for our social outlets.
Here's the first step for college students
I don't believe that I myself have broken into my target industry, but the biggest thing I have learned is to always make connections and talk to people. People, people, and more people are the way to get where you want. Being able to talk professionally with someone will help get jobs, raise a person's confidence with you, and eventually lead to further quests in the future.
"Political Science as a major was only useful as a pre-law track and that, unless you were planning on being a lawyer or a politician, it was not viable."