Career advice from a Facebook Pro
By
Madison Neidlinger
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| Photo of Justin Johnson speaking in LBJ |
SAN MARCOS, Texas – A marketing Facebook employee gave
valuable advice and insight to the students of Texas State University on how to
succeed, career wise, after college.
Justin
Johnson gave a presentation on Thursday, October 27, 2016, at Texas state
University where many students were present, eager to hear what he had to say.
Johnson began the presentation by sharing his background
with the audience. Johnson is a first-generation college student who received a
full-ride to the University of Texas at Austin. While at the University,
Johnson stated that a lot of his opportunities he has received in life stemmed
from people and exemplified the importance of stepping out of one’s comfort
zone in order to make personal connections with individuals. Johnson stated, “You
have to figure out how to swim, even if you do not know how because after
college, it is sink or swim.”
Johnson landed his current job at Facebook by ironically
seeing an ad for the position he was interested in on his personal newsfeed.
Johnson applied for the job in January of 2014, started the recruiting process
in March of the same year and finally became an employee in June of 2014.
In simplified terms, Johnson stated that his
job consists of assisting various companies solve their business problems
regarding marketing via Facebook. Though he works at a Facebook branch in
Austin, Texas, he says that Facebook has offices domestically and globally.
When asked what he enjoyed most about working for such a company, Johnson
replied “Two things: the people and the culture.”
Johnson shared advice with the audience on how
to really succeed in life after college. A quote he lives by, “To be
interesting, you need to be interested.” He stressed the importance of making
yourself known and not being afraid to put yourself out there, regardless of
what you think the outcome may be.
Senior public relations major, Edward Evans,
stated that Johnson was “very interesting to listen to. He truly made me
believe that I could achieve anything I set my mind to.”
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| Informative tweet about Justin Johnson |
Madison Neidlinger is a junior journalism
major at Texas State University.
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