Thomas Mundt

In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?

College Works Painting provided me with the best possible base of knowledge and experience to enter the job market.

How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?

I just graduated in May, but so far – immensely. It has been a major discussion point in every job interview I’ve ever had, and more often than not, gets me the job offer.

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 was fortunate enough to have several really great clients – the best were the ones who realized that I was going to do the best job I possibly could for them, no matter what but also realized I was still in college and were patient with me. It gave me a great environment to learn quickly and do a great job, but not be completely crucified for my occasional mistakes.

What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?

How to figure it out and perseverance.

How have the friendships and networks you built during CW affected you?

I still love meeting up with the College Works Painting guys when I see them around tailgating and that sort of thing. But I’m still really great friends with one, specifically, who interned at the same time as me and am planning on standing up at his wedding in May!

If you had to come up with a one line slogan for CW, what would it be?

I really like “work hard, play hard”. Though I realize that is a tough sell when every company targeting college students tries to say that, even though their version of play hard is having free pop/coffee in the break room…not Cancun, Ozarks, paintball in a cave, trampoline dodgeball, and Windsor, Canada.