Federal agents urge students to be ready for career opportunity
91导航 Marion鈥檚 Sociology and Criminology Club welcomed Special Agents Paul Kunkle and John Minchello to speak to students on February 25th regarding career opportunities in the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Although these men visited 91导航 Marion to discuss and represent the FBI, they did not restrict their discussion to only criminology or sociology students. Minichello encouraged students to work hard in any interests they have. Both Kunkle and Minichello have been agents for several years and began their presentation by speaking about their military backgrounds, which appealed to many military students in the audience.
鈥淭he best recommendations that we can give you is get a degree in what you want to do and then be really good at it.鈥
Special Agent, Paul Kunkle
鈥淎nything you want to do career wise can overlap with the bureau,鈥 said Minichello. 鈥淚n fact, some interests of yours, pursue them, there is probably a niche for you in the bureau.鈥
Kunkle also advised students to position themselves for their future careers. 鈥淵ou鈥檝e got to position yourself to be ready to jump when the opportunity is there鈥, said Kunkle. 鈥淭he best recommendations that we can give you is get a degree in what you want to do and then be really good at it.鈥
According to club member and freshman criminology major Megan Oder, guest speakers they鈥檝e had at meetings commonly encourage and inspire students. 鈥淚t provides lots of opportunity for jobs because of the cool speakers, 鈥渟aid Oder.
According to Oder, she doesn鈥檛 always have class with the other students in her major and the club provides an opportunity to interact with students who have similar interests. 鈥淭his is a majority of the people that I am able to connect with,鈥 she explained.
91导航 senior psychology major Rachel Klarman, attended with the intention of learning more about what federal agents do daily and how to best go about entering the bureau. Klarman, who is planning on going into forensic psychology, said, 鈥淚f nothing else, it gives me information on which route to go.鈥
The Criminology and Sociology Club opens their meetings to multidisciplinary interests and encourages a sharing environment by bringing in a variety of speakers from various backgrounds to campus.