Graduated from Berklee Online in 2020 with a major in Music Business.
Position: Resource Manager at Publicis Sapient, a digital marketing company with roughly 15,000 employees worldwide. Jesse’s job, part of the “Business Headquarters Team” involves putting current employees into teams, making sure the 400+ employees he watches over have sufficient work to do and opportunities for career growth.
Overview: Jesse was a working musician, in multiple bands, as he studied Music Business at Berklee Online. Right as he was finishing up schooling, the pandemic shut everything down. Jesse wanted to stay in Detroit, near family and loved ones, and wrestled with what to do. Though a connection he got a temporary job filing papers for a HR office. Then he got a real HR position and started to really consider HR as a career. For the next couple of years, Jesse did a variety of jobs involving HR or recruiting. He found his job on LinkedIn, not sure what it entailed, but both Jesse and his employer agreed it would be a good fit.
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You can see Jesse’s LinkedIn profile here.
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Choice Quotes: “As a musician, I really enjoyed the social aspect of music, also teaching private lessons and finding student strengths. In a lot of ways, this job is a lot of that. I have one on one meetings. And a lot of my job is like teaching, finding people’s strengths.”
“Everyone chooses their own path. Many things about being a touring musician seem grueling to be now. You are made up of so many things–a musician is just one of them. Focus on being happy and doing something that you like even if it’s not music.”
“Part of the reason my job is so enjoyable is I work for an advertising agency. Advertising agencies contain a lot of creative-minded people.”
Through Berklee I learned about being a professional and being “the whole package”.
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