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Hey! I’m Emily, Founder & CEO at Advize.
Explore our extensive library of short interview videos from working alumni professionals designed to give you efficient, unfiltered career insights that'll help you pick your major, network, interview and land a job (that you'll actually enjoy).

Every "Advizer" answers the same 12 questions about their daily work life, critical skills, entry level job ideas and more. Here's a random Advizer!

Chandra

Chief Administrative Officer

Christ-Centered Ministries

El Camino then did UCLA Executive Education program - 2021
UCLA Executive Education- Business Management Cert

www.linkedin.com/in/chandrawilliams00

15 years experience, in Administration, Organizational Leadership, Property Management. In industries including Non-Profit, Social Services & Community.

Faith-Based Services

Operations and Project Management

Business Management & Admin

Worked 20+ Hours in School

Q1Career path

Unconventional Career Path

Volunteer Experience

Church Involvement

2:15

"I started doing things with her and I learned a lot there"

Q2Main responsibilities

Problem-Solving

Executive/Leadership

Communication

3:03

"I feel like I kind of touched on a little bit of everything."

Q3Day in the life

Communication

Executive/Leadership

Project Management

2:15

"It usually starts up with a lot of communication between either the CEO or the or the Chief Operating Officer or the Chief Financial Officer."

Q4Most important skills - role

Organizational Skills

Delegation

Business Acumen

3:22

"Don't say that you can't do it just say hey, let me go figure out how to get it done."

Q5Favorite parts - role

Problem-Solving

Leadership

Teamwork

2:49

"I always love to bring everybody in and say hey what did we want to do about this this issue and and it also gives people a voice"

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Stress Management

Executive/Leadership

Work-Life Balance

1:55

"My biggest challenge is keeping work-life balance and making sure that you're taking care of yourself."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Career Development

Overcoming Challenges

Executive/Leadership

2:38

"I think I was very limited in my understanding as a young person what administration looked like and what it could look like."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Resilience

Problem-Solving

Resourceful

2:05

"I decided to just start YouTubing and Googling and seeing if there was any videos on how to do this software"

Q9Wish known before - industry

Career Development

Executive/Leadership

Nonprofit Administration

2:01

"there's just a lot more possibility than I thought and there's a lot more length to the road of working in nonprofits"

Q10Entry-level positions

Data Analysis

Administrative Assistant

Human Resources

2:06

"Don't be afraid to take that Administrative Assistant job. Don't be afraid to, you know, take just different kind of organizational work."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Career Exploration

Networking

Internships

1:53

"seek out internships and seek out opportunities to volunteer and to be in spaces where you can you know, you can just know somebody"

Q13How identity impacted career

Networking

Career Exploration

Internships

2:02

"I think it's important to have that balance. Some people don't believe in a balance but I believe that it's important to show up and say hey I represent this is who I represent."

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