Scott Pohlman
- Protection & Controls Field Technologist
- American Electric Power
School Information
School: The Ohio State University
College Major: Engineering
Years at College Works: 2012 to 2013
Career Information
Working For: American Electric Power
Title: Protection & Controls Field Technologist
Industry: EnergyWhat Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?
Receiving a job that has potential to be full time employment, and I am still in college.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
College Works Painting has meant to me that I can go out and achieve anything as long as I put my mind to it and act upon it.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
College Works Painting has given me interview skills to excel in future jobs. While still in college, I had interviews for very good companies and did well in the interviews, even with a sub-par GPA.
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?
Debbie Waldeck was my favorite client, from 2012. She was the first job I had ever booked on my own, and gave me the confidence to book jobs after that. Working with her was a great experience, and I tried very hard to make her happy since she was such a nice lady. This created the type of job I knew I needed to do for every client.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
The greatest lesson I learned was that even if things are very tough and you feel overwhelmed, just do your best and it will eventually work out.
How have the friendships and networks you built during CW affected you?
I am best friends with my old DM and another guy from my team. I was actually in his wedding earlier this year. We still hang out to this day with many people from the program.
If you had to come up with a one line slogan for CW, what would it be?
Keep Calm and Paint On.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
Know that the College Works Painting internship is going to be the hardest thing you have ever experienced this far, but as long as you put effort into it, it will be one of the most beneficial things you have ever experienced.
What’s your best advice for someone interested in entering your career field?
College Works Painting may not teach directly to your career field, but it will teach you everything that any person going into the work force will need to know about business and the world.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Cancun from my intern year. It was a celebration!
Last words of wisdom?
This program has changed my life completely, and everything I sacrificed for it was completely worth it.