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.:Resource Guides:Interviews-Jillian Matundan.
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What was your first job after college and how did you get it? |
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I was a Coro Fellow in Public Affairs in New York City, an intense nine-month fellowship where you work in six different sectors, work intensely with a group of ten to eleven different fellows from different backgrounds, and get to meet and
interact with people responsible for making New York work — some in the frontground, some in the background. I applied before the deadline and was lucky enough to be selected.
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How did you get your current job? |
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For my independent project during the fellowship, I worked for the Lieutenant Governor candidate. Once I graduated from Coro, I was offered a full-time position to work for the candidates.
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What experiences and/or course work in college best prepared you for this job or influenced your decision to do this work? |
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I think that in college, I had a lot of experiences that made me want to work in politics, but it was really the Coro Fellows Program where I realized that I truly enjoyed electoral politics. During my political placement, I realized
that the pace and the work best matched my experiences and my talents, which is why I decided to do campaign work for my independent project.
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Any regrets? What experiences and/or course work might have better prepared you for this work? |
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Campaign life is difficult. It's very demanding and there never seems to be enough time to do all the things that need to get done. I think that campaign work makes you dig down deep and use all of the talents and experiences that you
have gained to make it work — and you have to be flexible. As with most things in life, you need to be open to learn as much as you can. I don't think that there's anything I have learned in the past that I haven't applied to my job at some point.
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Have you attended graduate school or are you considering graduate school? What degree do you have/would you want and why? Are there any limitations to advancement in your field if you do not have a certain graduate degree? |
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I plan to go to graduate school for an MPA. Coro helped me decide that's what I wanted to do instead of going to law school. There aren't any advantages to having a higher degree in campaigns — as long as your flexible and
willing to work very hard, that's what matters.
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