823 Advizers
Daniel
Partner
Advue Consulting
University of Houston, 2016
N/A
Q1Career path
Finance
Career Transitions
Consulting
1:04
"I went back to school for a year program in the music industry and got into the music industry."
Q2Main responsibilities
Financial Management
Project Management
Business Process Automation
1:25
"I've kind of gotten what I took from IBM and try to, uh, kind of automate and improve our internal services."
Q3Day in the life
Revenue Generation
Business Process Automation
Project Management
1:11
"when I wake up, the first thing I do is focus on revenue generating items."
Q4Most important skills - role
Resourcefulness
Ambiguity Tolerance
Problem-Solving
1:00
"being able to think on your feet and being okay with ambiguity"
Q5Favorite parts - role
Community Impact
Small Business Consulting
Entrepreneurship
1:08
"You kind of pick the direction of where you want your value to be added and your mind be put to work."
Q6Biggest challenge - role
Data-Driven Decision Making
Consulting
Client Management
1:02
"The biggest challenge is making sure the client is happy, but also advising them to achieve their goals."
Q7Favorite parts - industry
Communication
Problem-Solving
Learning
0:43
"I found that consulting, the appeal of always kind of learning something new every time really was appealing to me."
Q8Who thrives in industry
Intellectual Curiosity
Confidence
Ambiguity Tolerance
0:41
"I'd describe them as probably intellectually curious, because you just need to be okay with learning about something you probably didn't think you'd wanna learn about."
Q9Wish known before - industry
Online Learning Resources
Skill Development
Career Development
1:04
"Mostly everything that I want to know is out on the internet, either for free or for a very cheap price."
Q10Entry-level positions
Business Development
Business Analytics
Consulting
1:02
"If you wanna go in consulting, uh, all, all, you go to a consulting firm, they have, uh, entry level consulting jobs."
Q11Significant lesson - career
Automation
Problem-Solving
Technology
1:28
"always, uh, think outside the box"
Q12College ideas for success
Internships
Networking
High GPA
1:15
"I kept my GPA up very high, about 3.5. I found that there were certain firms, I wouldn't even look at your resume if you didn't have that GPA."
Q13How identity impacted career
Overcoming Challenges
Mentorship
Networking
1:15
"I should focus on what I can control versus what I can't."