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Bronco Spotlight: Salvador Robles-Soriano
Career and Student Employment Services
Bronco Spotlight: Salvador Robles-Soriano Master of Science in athletic training, 2019 Assistant Athletic Trainer at Hope College I work with Hope's athletics to provide medical coverage and rehabilitation services. What is the most rewarding and the most challenging part of your job? Getting athletes back to playing. If you had a campus job or internship, how did they impact your career development? These experiences helped me build connections in my field.
https://wmich.edu/career/salvadorroblessoriano
Out of this Earth: Margo Vriesinga Reaches for the Stars with Virgin Galactic
College of Aviation
In addition, the spaceport is just north of Edward’s Air Force Base, which has a lot of sonic booms. Therefore, it makes sense to live somewhere quieter.” Working at Virgin Galactic is a dream job for many people. For Vriesinga, not only is it a dream, it is one she loves due to the daily challenges.” When I started at Virgin Galactic, we were undergoing a large modification process and making many big changes to our space ship,” she said.
https://wmich.edu/aviation/alumni/blog/2018/03/vriesinga
Bronco Spotlight: Justin Bravman
Career and Student Employment Services
Bachelor of Science, aviation science and administration, 2016 SCM Analytics Analyst at Southwest Airlines I’m doing big data analytics in their Supply Chain Management department. Some of what I do is similar to Data Science however its mainly analytics right now. I utilized SQL/Tableau/Alteryx/R on a daily basis to do my job. Our current initiative is to develop self-service dashboards for our buyers and analysts to use. This takes our already existing KPIs and presents them in a tear down format so our users can slice and dice to figure out what parts/vendors/etc may be
https://wmich.edu/career/justinbravman
Bronco Spotlight: Ariel Palau
Career and Student Employment Services
Ariel Palau MBA, 2020 Undergraduate Academic Advisor, School of Music - Western Michigan University My job is to help the School of Music students navigate through their curriculum and ultimately earn a degree. Which of your skills had the biggest impact on your success? Open mindedness. This helped greatly not only with the courses that are required for the MBA but also the interactions with fellow students and professors in this program.
https://wmich.edu/career/arielpalau
Bronco Spotlight: Chelsea Butcher
Career and Student Employment Services
It's very tough to get a job offer right out of college without having significant experience in some type of medical field. The only reason I was offered my job is because of the experience I had gained through college, which was just from working part time. If you have weekends available for a part time job, take advantage of that and apply to general practitioner offices for a receptionist position.
https://wmich.edu/career/chelseabutcher
Bronco Spotlight: Michael Manga
Career and Student Employment Services
What is the most rewarding and the most challenging part of your job? The most rewarding part of my job is working for a company whose goal is to make healthcare better and improve the lives of people. The most challenging part of my job is given the nature of a rotational program you only have one year to learn your current role responsibilities and make an impact.
https://wmich.edu/career/michaelmanga
Bronco Spotlight: Samantha Sandler
Career and Student Employment Services
Image of Samantha Sandler Bachelors of Arts, English, rhetoric and writing studies, 2015 Marketing Copywriter at AdAdapted I work as a marketing copywriter for an ad tech startup. I create content for marketing materials, articles, and company blog posts. What is the most rewarding and the most challenging part of your job? The most rewarding part of this journey is contributing to a booming industry and seeing my work come to life. The most challenging part is that I'm a newbie in the industry; I knew nothing about the different types of advertising for mobile apps or
https://wmich.edu/career/samanthasandler
Bronco Spotlight: Lorena Flores
Career and Student Employment Services
I also work with our operations team in tracking and monitoring metrics relating to attendance, attrition and engagement. What is the most rewarding and the most challenging part of your job? The most rewarding part of my job is getting to interact with so many different people every day and finding new ways to improve our overall employee morale. The most challenging is working in such a fast-paced environment; however, it is never a dull day.
https://wmich.edu/career/lorenaflores
Bronco Spotlight: Alexa Telfer
Career and Student Employment Services
Bronco Spotlight: Alexa Telfer Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, 2019 Bilingual Scheduling Agent at Vector Marketing Corporation and Spanish Interpreter at Woodsedge Learning Center At Vector, I text Puerto Rican clients and set up job interviews with Cutco. At WoodsEdge, I translate classroom documents and do live translating with parents and staff. What is the most rewarding and the most challenging part of your job? The most rewarding is doing what I love. The most challenging is learning new words and ways of communicating.
https://wmich.edu/career/alexatelfer
Bronco Spotlight: Jessica Graves
Career and Student Employment Services
What is the most rewarding and the most challenging part of your job? The most rewarding part of my job is knowing how valuable every single role within Pfizer is. Every single person plays a part in creating, making, packaging, inspecting, and delivering life-saving products to patients around the world. The most challenging part of the job is how much there is to learn on what goes into the process, while meeting or exceeding the highest safety and quality standards throughout the process.
https://wmich.edu/career/jessicagraves