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When looking for a future career, it is essential that students are prepared. There are endless ways that a college student can prepare themselves for a future career. Many of these things are personal preferences, but some things can be great ways for anyone. The top two ways that I think are most important when preparing for a career are gaining experience and being involved in different organizations or activities.

Experience  

One of the best ways to prepare yourself for a career, as a college student, is to gain experience. A common way to gain experience in your field of study, or just in the job world in general, is doing an internship. Internships are a great way to find out if a certain job is what you are interested in or a great way to find out things you do not want to do for a job in the future. Another way to get hands on experience is by volunteering in something that you are interested in. This is a great short-term option to find out if a job or career is something you want to do long term. Finally, job shadowing is a great opportunity to see what a job you are interested in is really like in a real setting and if it is something you could do for a career. All of these examples are great ways to gain hands on experience and opportunities that can also be included on resumes.

Involvement

Being involved can include student involvement in many different activities or organizations. Furthermore, being involved on campus and in organizations can better prepare a college student for a career. Getting involved on campus and in organizations can allow students to make connections, network with industry professionals, and meet new people. These connections can lead to possible job opportunities in the future. Being in clubs or organizations can help students perform duties that can prepare them for a career, even if the organization is not related to their major.

Conclusion

Being prepared for a career is setting yourself up for success. When preparing yourself for a career, there are many ways that students can accomplish this. As explained above, experience and involvement are great ways to help prepare yourself for a future career. There are many ways that students can gain experience and many different ways that students can become or stay involved within student organizations.

Introduction

Getting the perfect picture is important to catch the viewers’ eye and keep their interest. People would rather look at photos that are interesting and well thought out than a photo that may have just been quickly taken and it does not look as good.

How to Get the Perfect Picture

1. Lines

When taking photos, it is important to look at the lines that will be in the photo you are taking. This includes vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and converging lines. These lines that appear in the photos can bring more interest to the photo. For example, diagonal lines give a photo a sense of action, vertical lines show power, horizontal lines show stability and rest, and converging lines direct the viewer to a point in the photo.

2. Background

It is very important to pay close attention to what will be in the background of a photo you are going to take. Objects in the background that are too distracting can take away from the object you are trying to photograph. Making sure there is not too much action in the back of your photo can be a good example of this.

3. Lighting/Angle

The lighting of a photo is important to ensure that there are not any distracting shadows in the image, especially when photographing people. You also do not want your photos to be too dark or too bright. Along with the lighting, the angle of the photo is also very important to get the most interesting photo. The angle of the photo can also be used to avoid unwanted shadows.

4. Human Interest

It is human nature to have more interest in a photo when there are people in the photo. For instance, a picture of the landscape is more interesting to look at when there are people actively doing something in the photo.

5. Holding the Camera

The way a photographer holds the camera and how steady the camera is can play a big role in the quality of the photos. Two ways to reduce blurry photos are holding your elbows against your side and holding your breath when taking the picture. It is also important to place the view finder to your face to get an accurate picture.

Conclusion

Taking these tips into consideration when photographing could make the world of difference in how good the picture looks. Holding the camera correctly can prevent blurry pictures, and considering human interest, lighting, lines, and background can make your picture much better than it would have been before.

What is Agricultural Communication?

By book definition agricultural communications is “the exchange of information about the agricultural and natural resources industries through effective and efficient media, such as newspaper, magazines, television, radio, and the Web, to reach appropriate audiences”. We can sit here and read that over and over again, but what is this definition really trying to tell us? Also, why is this even important to what people do in their daily lives? Let me break this down for you.

Why is Agricultural Communication Important?

Agriculture is a part of everyone’s life even if they do not realize it. Communicating to the general public about agriculture is very important. For example, everything that people eat all roots back to agriculture. If there is an outbreak of a disease in certain foods, the general public needs to know about the issue. Some of the agricultural communication that is essential to the public is strongly related to politics. When new policies in agriculture are trying to get passed, people need to be informed of them and how they affect their lives.

Agricultural Communication is also essential when communicating to those within the industry. This can include suppliers, farmers, government agencies, and businesses. Communication plays a vital role in selling the products that producers grow. It is also essential to communicate if an agricultural business wants to be successful. This can range from businesses informing people of their location to promoting their products through advertising.

In today’s society, communicating has become much easier and more available to everyone. There are many ways that the agriculture industry can communicate. With technology being more advanced the industry is able to communicate through the internet, over the phone, through email, and even through social media. Social media has become more well known and the agriculture industry can use this as a big advantage. Reaching out to others within the industry and informing those not in the industry can be one way social media has benefitted the industry. Because of this advanced technology, producers are able to share data straight from their equipment. This is allowing for quicker response times and more accurate data being collected.

What the Future Holds

Communicating within the agriculture industry will only get more advanced with time. Technology is always evolving and something new is always being released. Although this is the case, a face-to-face conversation will never fail when it comes to communicating.