{"id":38432,"date":"2024-02-21T17:18:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/event\/comtalk-off-the-beaten-path\/"},"modified":"2024-10-18T19:16:05","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T23:16:05","slug":"comtalk-off-the-beaten-path","status":"publish","type":"bu-event","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/event\/comtalk-off-the-beaten-path\/","title":{"rendered":"COMTalk: Off the Beaten Path"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio is-style-background-yellow\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Off the Beaten Path, Less Traditional COM Careers: COMTalk\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bAsUmbqgggE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>Many of us start college with one trajectory \u2013 pursue that degree and land a job in your field. But when you\u2019re feeling burnt out, facing a tough job market, or looking to find your purpose, you might ask: where else can my communications degree take me? Join our panelists as they provide advice on how their communication skills (and degree) transfer in the market &#8211;and took them off the beaten path.<\/p>\n<p>SPEAKERS:<br \/>TJ Keitt (COM&#8217;03,&#8217;05), Vice President, Experience Design at SAP<br \/>Colleen McCreary (COM&#8217;05), former Chief People Office at Credit Karma, now with Ribbit Capital<br \/>Andy Beatman (COM&#8217;08), Senior Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI at Microsoft<br \/>Marwa Morgan (COM&#8217;17), Senior Product Manager, News on Search at Yahoo<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us start college with one trajectory \u2013 pursue&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_event_starts":"1710964800","_editor_event_starts":"2024-03-20T15:00:00","_event_ends":"1710968400","_editor_event_ends":"2024-03-20T16:00:00","_url":"https:\/\/bit.ly\/OffBeatenPath_24","_event_id":"293225","_online_event":true,"_featured_event":false,"_api_data":"{\"starts\":1710961200,\"ends\":1710964800,\"summary\":\"COMTalk: Off the Beaten Path\",\"location\":\"Zoom\",\"id\":293225,\"oid\":null,\"url\":\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/OffBeatenPath_24\",\"allday\":null,\"topics\":\"5153,7194\",\"recurs\":null,\"when\":\"3:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Wednesday, March 20, 2024\",\"description\":\"Many of us start college with one trajectory &ndash; pursue that degree and land a job in your field. But when you&rsquo;re feeling burnt out, facing a tough job market, or looking to find your purpose, you might ask: where else can my communications degree take me? Join our panelists as they provide advice on how their communication skills (and degree) transfer in the market --and  took them off the beaten path.rnrnSPEAKERS:rnTJ Keitt (COM'03,'05), Vice President, Experience Design at SAPrnColleen McCreary (COM'05), former Chief People Office at Credit Karma, now with Ribbit CapitalrnAndy Beatman (COM'08), Senior Product Marketing Manager, Azure AI at MicrosoftrnMarwa Morgan (COM'17), Senior Product Manager, News on Search at Yahoo\",\"start_date\":\"2024-03-20\",\"end_date\":\"2024-03-20\",\"start_time\":\"20:00:00\",\"end_time\":\"21:00:00\",\"priority\":\"0\",\"status\":\"0\",\"class\":\"0\",\"owner\":\"ermyjs\",\"created_on\":\"2024-02-21 21:08:20\",\"modified_by\":\"ermyjs\",\"modified_on\":\"2024-02-21 21:08:22\",\"timezone\":\"US\/Eastern\",\"short_summary\":\"\",\"published\":\"1\",\"short_title\":\"\"}"},"interest":[],"discipline-type":[],"event-topic":[1420,1419],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-event\/38432"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-event"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/interest?post=38432"},{"taxonomy":"discipline-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/discipline-type?post=38432"},{"taxonomy":"event-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-topic?post=38432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}