About a year ago, I was sitting on the couch with my husband Jim watching “The Blue Planet” on the Discovery Channel when they showed the Iguazu Falls, one of the three great waterfalls of the world located at the confluence of Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay. Inspired by the TV show, Jim declared, “We’re going there.”

Well, Jim and I just returned from a wonderful trip to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. WOW, what an experience! 

While sitting outside, at a café table in Iguazu City, my husband and I noticed a young woman sitting alone. We overheard her speaking English and assumed she was from the U.S. We struck up a conversation and discovered she was just finishing a four month trip traveling through and exploring South America.  She offered that she would be heading back home in about five days to job hunt and start her career.

We talked about what she wanted to do, and I shared a bit about Genesis10 and our G10 Associates Program, go figure.   The program, designed for new or recent graduates, provides training and mentoring into the world of consulting.   

I was immediately smitten with her spunk, intelligence and ability to form an intimate bond.  Anyone that can travel through a series of foreign countries alone possesses the unique characteristics required to navigate new client environments, adapt and learn new business cultures. I gave her my email address and I said, “Send me your resume.”

I sincerely hope she does. You never know how life will connect you to people and it is important to be ready and open to discuss who you are and what you want.  If it is the right role and opportunity and we hire her, she and I will have an incredibly engaging story about how we met. 

My Advice: Make every interview an incredibly engaging story and always be prepared to seize the opportunity to engage a unique individual to your mutual benefit.  You Never Know!

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