Mark Twain once said, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” When I dropped out of Mount Vernon High School (MVHS) and went to work for LaConner’s Olympic Fish Company full-time offloading and receiving salmon, cleaning and grading them, and packaging them in ice for shipment I was constantly learning about the product, teamwork, business environment and everything else that goes with creating value out of salmon—-and this prepared me for the next assignment. Yes, finally graduating from MVHS was a prerequisite for attending Skagit Valley College (or any community college), and community college a prerequisite for attending Oregon State University (or any university) and all this formal schooling has been important but its also important to learn outside of the box. What are we reading and learning online? Which blogs are we subscribed to? Which TEDtalk fascinates us the most? What volunteer projects are we starting or are engaged in that fulfill our passions and help others less fortunate? Applying for jobs is one thing or believing we are on the fast-track to [fill in the blank], but its the constant learning and refining that will get us far in our education.
– David Molina
is the Founder and CEO of BilingualHire, a bilingual (Spanish/English) staffing company where he helps organizations with their diverse staffing needs and helps bilingual talent get placed. You can follow Molina on Twitter and he can be reached by email at: david@bilingualhireco.com.