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All right . We're basically going to be

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the same question . Uh huh And you say

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a rank first and last name and spell

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those sports . I'm sergeant Tracy White

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T R A C Y W H I T E

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No . Where are you from ? I'm from

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Morris Minnesota . And what do you do ?

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I work in the Emergency Operation

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Center . Can you explain that kind of

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in civilian terms ? Um , I work in the

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Emergency Operation Center in our major

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function is to be a coordination hub

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and dispatch assets as needed during

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emergencies . And what unitary with .

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I'm with H H C one 34th BsB . You kind

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of give us a little synopsis of your

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employment history prior to prior to

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coming on deployment . I had just

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graduated from Northwestern College

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with a degree in finance And since the

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time between deployment and graduating

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from college was relatively short . I

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continued to work at my internship at

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what Dillon read financial advisors .

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What is your current employment

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situation ? Currently ? I'm seeking a

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career in the financial industry and

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right now I'm really just searching for

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jobs applying and really trying to

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broaden my network , what are some

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skills and experiences that you've had

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on this deployment that would be

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beneficial to employer . Uh working in

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the Emergency Operation Center has

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given me a unique opportunity to be in

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a fast paced environment and um , to

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make effective decision making and

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problem solving . What type of job are

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you looking for ? I know he said he

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graduated from Northwestern ,

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maybe you say something recently

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graduated from Northwestern with a

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finance degree . I would like to , I

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recently graduated from Northwestern

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with a finance degree and I'm seeking a

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job just within the industry , it's

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really broad , so um I'm really hoping

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that I can find a job because it is

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broad . Um and I've just graduated

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college so I can learn a lot . Um and I

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haven't already been set in my ways so

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that I can learn new ways and well ,

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it's probably wasn't good . Please ,

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employers need , let's go ahead and

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start over . Yeah , sure . I started

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over , you don't come with bad habits

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since you're right , that's what I was

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trying to get to , but then I wandered

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my sentence , so just go back to it ,

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being so new to the field , you can

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come fresh ready to learn and take good

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ideas , filter out the back ,

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being new to the finance , it's

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being new to the finance industry ,

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I'll be trainable employee and that I

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can be of a great benefit to a company .

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Obviously being deployed , you've

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gained experiences that your peers that

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graduated alongside . Don't , what do

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you think some of the benefits of

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employer hiring a veteran with ? Oh

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yeah , well um

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always um

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working

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um a sentence

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before , right ? Um but being

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set apart from my peers , um set

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apart from my peers .

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That would be a good financial maintain

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standards .

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Um um Yeah , being

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being on the deployment . Mhm . Okay .

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Being on this deployment , I've learned

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to become , thank begins what I've

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learned to become . uh being on

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this deployment , I've learned to

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become very assertive and to uphold

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policies and procedures .

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Uh What resources and

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tools has Minnesota National Guard

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provided you all avoid seeking input ?

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Yeah the Mhm

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I've been , it's gonna be

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fun editing this . Um

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Alright , I've had the opportunity to

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be part of uh employment working group

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and through that I've been assigned a

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mentor to help guide me in the process

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of becoming employed . What are some

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types of things that we are doing with

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your message ? Uh mentor ? Um they can

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just look over my resume or point me in

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the right direction , help me with my

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um employment search and broaden my

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network . How important is it to you to

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find employment ? Once returning back

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to minister , it's really important for

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me to find employment when I get back

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so that I can be part of the working

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force and a productive member of

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society . Um personally ,

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what will it mean to you to find a job

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that you can mesh well with , that

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helps you versus having to go back to

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unemployment ?

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How important is it to find a job in

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your group ? Mm . Mhm

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mm Just like what do you feel that you

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will gain on a personal level , being

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able to find a job in the finance

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industry and be able to pursue

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that you spent how many years going to

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college for ? Yeah , personally , I'd

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like to find a job in the finance

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industry so that I can apply my skills

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that I've learned for the past four

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years . I think I'll be a great benefit

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to any company or even the state .

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You have anything else ? That was all I

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wanted ? Okay . Is there anything else

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you'd like to add ? I think we got it .

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Okay .