
Liz Freeman
Sr. Program Project Manager
AT&T
AT&T
Sr. Program Project Manager
I manage the National Diversity Recruiting events for Talent Acquisition.
A typical day in my world involves reviewing emails, websites and project plans related to National Diversity Recruiting Events that take place all year long for Talent Acquisition. I attend conference calls, webcasts and meetings with internal colleagues, business contacts and external vendor partners to plan every aspect of the events - everything from scheduling and confirming the resources and materials that will be onsite, to registration and communication with attendees and participants.
Here's the first step for high school students
I would say that learning to work well in groups is a key step to being successful in this role. Make yourself part of a team and work toward a common goal. Even if you don't succeed, learn from your mistakes to improve. There are many successful individual contributors (those that don't manage a team of people) in our company. Being able to contribute to the success of a group project and working effectively within a team is critical in this role.
"You'll never make it through high school - let alone ever go to college. Kids who have kids will never make anything of themselves. You'll end up on welfare and living off of others."