Hybridize Your Skills to Stay Competitive!
A few days ago, NPR did a radio segment on the coywolf, a hybrid of a coyote and the gray or red wolf. No one knows for sure, but perhaps the coywolf exists because it is genetically better suited to its environment. With its wily coyote ways and its large, deer-eating wolf’s head, the coywolf is able to negotiate around humans as well as hunt successfully in the wild. The coywolf has prepared itself to keep on keepin' on.
A friend of mine graduated a few years ago with a BA in Psych and a BS in Zoology. She works with birds at a veterinary clinic and loves it. But she doesn’t know what she’s going to do next. She will eventually need to move on to a better-paying job with more responsibility, but if she doesn’t start preparing for it now, she won’t be ready when the time comes! Maybe she could hybridize her current education and her new work experience with veterinary school? Only she knows the answer. But will need something more to keep her skills formidable to her current environment!
So how are you surviving in the wild? Think about how you can augment your inherent abilities, passions, and education with something new that can help you meet your own goals. It’s never too early to start asking yourself “what’s next?”
And of course, if you need some good advice or just a sounding board to bounce your ideas off of, come down to the Career Center and let us help you! Good luck!
Speaking of wily coyotes... (clearly he's not hybridized).
