REQUESTING HELP: Advice for Business Students

In February, we asked for your help in our blog post titled REQUESTING HELP: Advice for Business Students.

Gray Suit Marketing’s founding partner David Warren spoke to undergraduates at the University of San Diego on February 22nd, providing them with a “Top Ten Pieces of Unsolicited Advice for Business Students”. The event was a huge success.  Here is the list that Gray Suit  came up with:

10. If you are a first semester Junior or below and want to be taken seriously, it’s not too late to change to a degree in Marketing

9. Debt will make decisions for you; drive a crappy car

8. If you are a senior and have been dating someone for 6 months or less, break up with them

7. Travel now. You won’t have another month off until your knees hurt from old age

6. Wait five years to go to grad school, and then go somewhere the opposite of your undergrad

5. Don’t bash America; it made your boss rich

4. For the first year of work, shut up and produce

3. Learn to write thank you notes, not thank you email

2. Learn how to detail a car, wire home audio, or fix pipes. Actual skills ensure survival

1. Here are the three criteria for picking your job or career path: Will you make money; will you sound cool when you tell people what you do; is what you do all day in line with what God created you to do.

 

David has been receiving more requests for speaking engagements at San Diego area universities. We’d love your help with any items that you feel we should add to our “Top 10 List.” Continue commenting below on what you think should be included.