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Jose Castaneda is the Communications Manager for the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI)* the trade association for the high-tech sector — from hardware to software to services — representing the most innovative technology brands in the world. In this role, Jose drafts blog posts for ITI’s policy teams and manages media relations with reporters. Prior to joining ITI, Jose had several internships which helped him acquire a job at ITI as a Communications Associate. Jose’s internships included working at the PR giant Edelman, at Hamilton Place Strategies (HPS) as a public affairs intern and at AT&T as a Federal and National Public Affairs intern. Tune in to this episode of T4C to learn how Jose leveraged internships (and actually sold his car to make rent) until he finally landed a full-time paying gig. Jose graduated from the University of Florida in May 2015, with a double major in Economics and Political Science.

*Jose left ITI in January 2019. He is now a Policy Communications Senior Associate at Google.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE:

  • How you can learn to write well by reading what your boss and other colleagues put out (3:33)
  • Why being adaptable will be an asset in the working world (9:25)
  • Why your college major won’t matter early in your career because you’ll be learning different skill sets (20:21)
  • How there’s no one right way to start building your career (23:19)
  • Why knowing how to network is one of the key factors that will make you successful in this career (25:15)

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