RECREATION COORDINATOR, CITY OF SANTA CLARA MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, PARKS & RECREATION

What do you know now that you wish you knew when you were in school to prepare you for the workforce?

Your degree doesn't always have to determine your direction

Be open to opportunities that present themselves because you never know where it will lead.

What skills are you looking for in a new hire?

Confidence, the ability to effectively communicate and problem solve and someone who can work independently as well as collaboratively at's the best career advice you have been given? t supervisor once told me, "Remember, we are a team Each person is integral to our success. They are not 'your' staff, dless if you are their supervisor. If you treat staff like they are s than, you will get work quality that is 'less than'. If you treat aff as part of the whole, they will take pride in their work and more often than not, you will receive superior quality work.

Jessica Carter