Jake Daberkow Welcomes You to the College of Business

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07/30/2020 Added

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Jake Daberkow, '12, urges you to step out of your comfort zone and take advantage of opportunities.

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[00:00:04.710]Hey, how's it going, Huskers?
[00:00:07.230]My name's Jake Daberkow
[00:00:08.530]and I am originally from Madison, Nebraska
[00:00:11.390]for those of you that know where that is.
[00:00:13.110]I'm a proud alumni of the College of Business
[00:00:15.730]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, graduated in 2012,
[00:00:20.720]and I just wanted to quickly share a bit of advice
[00:00:23.420]that I wish someone had shared with me
[00:00:25.040]when I was starting my college career down there in Lincoln.
[00:00:29.000]Really, I got two bits of advice.
[00:00:30.420]They're both pretty simple things.
[00:00:32.030]Number one would be just step outside your comfort zone.
[00:00:35.160]You're in a new situation
[00:00:36.400]and it's full of opportunities for you to grow yourself
[00:00:39.830]both now and in the future.
[00:00:41.460]And the second bit would be just to take advantage
[00:00:43.560]of all of the opportunities and offerings
[00:00:47.070]that the College of Business has.
[00:00:49.730]I, myself never considered working abroad, traveling abroad,
[00:00:54.790]anything like that until I had a friend and an employee
[00:00:58.930]of the College of Business
[00:00:59.870]recommend a study abroad program to me.
[00:01:03.010]And I went over to Oxford in the summer of 2012
[00:01:07.160]and got an international perspective
[00:01:09.530]of business and economics
[00:01:13.010]and that decision, along with a internship that I earned
[00:01:16.070]through the College of Business,
[00:01:18.150]put me in a position where I was able to move to England
[00:01:21.950]and worked for a company there for four years
[00:01:24.500]using the skills I had attained
[00:01:26.380]through my study abroad program
[00:01:27.640]through the College of Business.
[00:01:29.580]And following that, I moved down to South Africa
[00:01:32.480]and lived there for over two years, running a business,
[00:01:35.485]again using the skills that I had attained
[00:01:37.970]through the opportunity given to me
[00:01:40.040]through the College of Business.
[00:01:41.890]So following those two ventures,
[00:01:43.300]I've now returned to the U.S.
[00:01:45.300]after traveling to over 42 countries,
[00:01:48.190]and I've been able to put my skills in those jobs
[00:01:51.550]and through my study abroad experience at Oxford into play
[00:01:54.850]and I've started my own business,
[00:01:56.814]involved in the international markets.
[00:01:59.760]So my main bit of advice to you
[00:02:01.780]as you get going in your college career
[00:02:03.470]is step outside of your comfort zone
[00:02:05.680]and take advantage of the opportunities
[00:02:07.370]that the College of Business has to offer.
[00:02:09.200]You won't regret it. Go Big Red!

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