Graduated in 2020 with a major in Electronic Production & Design. Principal instrument: guitar.
Position: (Internal) Recruiter at Publicis Health Media, which is part of a large marketing / public relations company with tens of thousands of employees. Jaeman finds platform administrators, social media marketers,, data analysts, etc on LinkedIn, and offers them job opportunities at his company. He also communicates with candidates, screens them, and guides them through the interview and job offer process.
Overview: Jaeman transferred to Berklee after studying media and communications for two years. While at Berklee he organized Berklee’s first K-Pop Summit, but the pandemic pushed it back to the year after he graduated but was still excellent experience. After graduating, Jaeman moved home to Philadelphia, and spent several frustrating months unemployed. A friend from church suggested he apply for a recruiter position at a different, smaller company.
Jaemon got that job, which was initially half-time but became full-time later on. After a year and a half, Jaeman started actively looking for better opportunities. A recruiter reached out to him about his current position, which he started in June, 2022.
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You can see Jaeman’s LinkedIn profile here.
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Choice Quotes: “I like working directly with people. One great thing is I sometime match people who got laid off or are unhappy at their jobs and get to connect them with new opportunities. My employer, Publicis Group, is known to provide great benefits and have a great work culture.”
The music career is a long-term fight. For other stuff, coursera courses will help. Learning Excel will help a lot–know that and you can land many jobs that you’d want. “After graduating you’ll go through hard time. Everyone thinks they’ll be the one who won’t struggle. Everyone I graduated with is struggling, I’m probably the only one making decent $. But don’t stress. Time is long.”
“Working as a recruiter is a good starting point. You just need to have a good personality and customer service skills. Getting your fit into any business field is really crucial. You don’t need a degree for this job, bu tat the same time there’s a lower ceiling than other business jobs. You’re getting decent $ for sure, then can use the time after 5 pm to pursue something else.
“It was scary to move to my current job–I didn’t have a business degree and I’d worked at a smaller company. I wondered if other legit recruiters would look down on my experience. But after moving I realized my new job wasn’t all that different.”
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