About Us
Loveena Dookhony
Robbie Burda
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT FOR ENERGY COMPANIES
TIMOTHY WOODS, CLASS OF 2001
As a Lake Forest student, Tim majored in chemistry and gained hands-on experience with instrumentation in his science labs. This training helped him land his first job out of college as a research and development scientist for BP Amoco. “What got me to be competitive in the job market was that I knew how to operate and fix instrumentation,” he says. “That’s not common at a larger school. But because of that experience, I was able to come in and contribute immediately.”
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A close-knit culturally diverse campus provides opportunities for students to learn from each other and gain effective interpersonal communication skills.
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But Tim says that Lake Forest College prepared him for his career in other ways too. One of the things that he liked most about going to a liberal arts college was an ability to explore other interests, such as jazz band and gospel choir, which he started, and how the experience of living on a small campus forced him to interact with a diverse student body in different situations.
The interpersonal skills that he developed from these interactions have served him well in his current position at Accenture as a management consultant for energy companies because, just as he did at Lake Forest, he now works with people from different backgrounds in a small setting. “That’s what I have used to my advantage at Accenture,” he says.