Joseph Moses
Interim Director Of Parks and Recreation, City of Irving
What was the very first paying job you held (that you paid taxes on)?
Custodian
What was your: undergraduate institution? Graduate institution? What was/were your degree(s) in?
Dallas Baptist University / Amberton University — Management
What class(es) (if any) are applicable to your job today?
Ethics and communications
Do you have a work or life motto? What is it?
The mark of maturity is the realization that what happens to you is not as importing as how you respond to it.
What book are you currently reading? Would you recommend it?
Find your why
Other than ELGL – do you belong to any other professional associations? Which one(s)?
TRAPS & NRPA
What’s the best networking advice for job seekers you’ve heard or shared?
Join professional associations and be active
What’s the fastest way to NOT get a job or internship with you? (e.g. what should potential applicants avoid doing if they were to ever interview with you for a position).
Poor attitude
Why should an undergraduate student consider a career working in local government?
Great sense of purpose