Aaron Page
- Manager, Hourly Field Recruiting
- US Foods
School Information
School: DePaul University
College Major: Business
Years at College Works: 2013
Career Information
Working For: US Foods
Title: Manager, Hourly Field Recruiting
Industry: Food and Beverages
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Manage a team of hourly recruiters.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?Creating a awesome team to work underneath me as a DM. Also, Building very strong relationships with them.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting was a life changing experience, that I would recommend to anyone.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
I hope your happy with your paint job.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
Building your network is so important, even when you are still in college.
How have the friendships and networks you built during CW affected you?
I have remained really close friends with a couple of them, that I feel I will have them for the rest of my life.
If you had to come up with a one line slogan for CW, what would it be?
Work kinda hard, play so much harder.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Keep pushing yourself, even when you are not seeing success right away.
Many college students struggle to choose between an internship specific to their target industry or doing CW. What advice would you give them on this subject if they wanted to enter your career field?
If you feel that this won’t effect your career in any way, do not take the internship. You will be wasting a lot of your time and others. Pursue this only if you truly believe it will help you in the long run.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
Being able to have perseverance. You are dealing with the most unreliable product, which is people. There will be many obstacles you will have to jump. Its the ability you have to keep moving forward after those obstacles
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
The whole trip at Windsor, Canada.
Last words of wisdom?
Work hard, play harder.