{"id":5426,"date":"2022-08-08T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/business\/2022\/08\/08\/alumni-spotlight-mia-mccarthy-bs-ba-22\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T12:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T19:00:16","slug":"alumni-spotlight-mia-mccarthy-bs-ba-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/2022\/08\/08\/alumni-spotlight-mia-mccarthy-bs-ba-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlight: Mia McCarthy, BS, BA '22"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Name:<\/strong> Mia McCarthy<\/a><\/p>\n

Position:<\/strong> Contract Administrator<\/p>\n

Company: <\/strong>General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n

Degree:<\/strong> B.S. in Business Administration and B.A. in Dance<\/p>\n

Graduation Year:<\/strong> May of 2022<\/p>\n

What excites you about this company\/job?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

I’m beyond\u00a0excited to start my role due to the scope of knowledge I will acquire in this unique industry. GA-ASI has a strong emphasis on innovation and technology, giving me the opportunity to learn something new every single day.<\/p>\n

How did you strategize landing this internship\/job?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After applying to various positions within the company, I received follow up interviews with two different departments. I prepared with extensive research on each position I applied to along with the Aerospace industry as a whole. During the interview process I shared my eagerness to learn, drive to succeed and how I could contribute to both the team and the company. Throughout the internship, I was able to apply what I learned during my time at Chapman, further allowing me to grow as a young business professional. It was an amazing learning experience that turned into a job offer upon graduation!<\/p>\n

Give students some career advice for anyone looking for an internship\/job in this market (based on what you did)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Take every opportunity that comes your way. Diversify your resume; be versatile, adaptable and persistent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Diversify your resume!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4320,"featured_media":5372,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"custom_author_name":"","chapman_pin_hero_slider":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[130],"tags":[373,374],"class_list":["post-5426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-argyros-alumni","tag-general-atomics-aeronautical-systems-inc","tag-mia-mccarthy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}