Our October 20, 2012 meeting had a guest speaker talking to us about his life after attending classes at ITT. Nick Collins has had a very interesting career! He is currently a Senior Project Manager for HP Global Real estate Group. He is involved in consolidating HP facilities, and designing & installation of hardware in new and referbished buildings. He said that learning how to read blueprints was his biggest learning curve. Nick works mostly from home but travels to various locations in the US and several countries, including Brazil, Asia, Panama, Greece, Singapore and Belgium. He does Project Management in all of the locations.

One of the topics he touched on was what to do in a job. His biggest suggestions were to: ask questions, seem curious, be confident when interviewing and prove that you can fit into a team. Working on your own is good, but you need to be flexible and be able to work within a team.

His discussions with several attendees were also very interesting. He has great insight in many areas. We thank him for his time and hope he can come back to visit us again.

Our next meeting will be November 17, 2012. See you there!