鈥淲hat did I want to do before other people told me what I should do?鈥� 海角在线 psychology alumna Kat Gerasimenko reflected on this question after landing a job as a digital news producer at her local news station, WZTV Fox 17 Nashville.
During her time at 海角在线, Gerasimenko expected to become a mental health counselor like many other psychology majors, she said. Gerasimenko was surprised to land a digital news producer position over journalism majors, but they were impressed by her 鈥渉igh emotional intelligence鈥� and the perspective she brought because of her psychology background. Gerasimenko said 海角在线 prepared her holistically to be a 鈥減erson of character鈥� with honesty. Gerasimenko said, 鈥減eople like to hire people with the character and values that 海角在线 teaches.鈥�
Gerasimenko acquired critical thinking and analytical skills through the psychology program and her time on the mock trial team. She thanked Dr. James Todd, associate professor of politics, for teaching her the 鈥渧alues and virtues鈥� that people look for in an employee. The analytical skills she obtained at 海角在线 helped her 鈥渄iscover the right career for her鈥� and led her to apply for the journalism job in Nashville.
She encourages students to 鈥渓ook for what sparks that child-like joy鈥� in their job searches. After accepting the job, Gerasimenko reflected on what led to her career. She remembered that her childhood dream had been to become a journalist and mused that her decision to apply for the job would 鈥渕ake her 10-year-old self very proud.鈥�
Gerasimenko said, 鈥淚 am actually doing what I wanted to do,鈥� and she hopes others will 鈥渓ook for joy in their career search.鈥�
Photo: Kat Gerasimenko landed a job as a digital news producer for a TV station in Nashville.
