The document discusses the importance of providing students opportunities through internships and work experiences. It shares the story of Salvador Espinoza and how internship experiences impacted his personal and professional development. The document also notes that experience is highly valued by employers and helps students decide on career paths, as many change their majors. It encourages providing meaningful experiences to students to help develop skills for future careers.

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Jennifer Fisher
Salvador Espinoza
DEKKO

2.  Dekko’s Story
 Salvador’s Story
 Why is this important?
 The Basics
 Tactical ideas to help students
 Closing Thoughts
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5. Beginnings
 Born in Los Angeles, CA
 Moved to Indiana in 2009
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6. Growing Up..
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7. The Opportunity
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8. High School Internship Experience
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10. College Internship Experience
Freshman Year
Sophomore
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11. IMPACT
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12. Did it dictate any decisions?
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14. Why is experience so important?
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An estimated 20 to 50 percent of students
enter college as “undecided” and an
estimated 75 percent of students change
their major at least once before graduation

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17. When asked to identify what they look for when considering new
grads, companies listed these as the top 3.
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“Skill to do comes of doing.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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25. Meaningful experience can last any amount of
time. From 1 week to 1 year.
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41. Jennifer Fisher, Marketing Communications Manager
jfisher@dekko.com
Salvador Espinoza, Marketing Intern
sespinoza@dekko.com
www.dekko.com
#thepowerofopportunity
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