How to follow your passion toward a brilliant, meaningful career

If you could go back in time, is there any career guidance you’d share with your 18-year-old self?

On Wednesday, Feb. 3, Ragan Communications co-facilitated a webinar produced by Braven to explore some hard-won advice that students and employees alike would be wise to heed. Braven—a nonprofit dedicated to empowering underrepresented young people with “the skills, confidence, experiences and networks necessary to transition from college to strong first jobs”—assembled a distinguished panel of comms and DE&I experts to share prime cuts of professional development advice.

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The panel comprised:

Each panelist discussed the twists and turns of their career journey. Veira, for instance, shared that she had “no idea what she wanted to do” after college. Armed with a sociology degree and a desire to not return home to Cleveland, she eventually landed a job in Washington, D.C., after initially pursuing an unpaid internship.