Marcaira O’Connell is a senior College of Arts and Sciences student majroing in Apparel Merchandising. She’s learning the tricks of the trade while working as a team member for David’s Bridal. She loves being able to interact with new customers everyday while also promoting products and services for customer’s big day. Her job, she says, is “all about being able to balance the emotional aspect of the sale with the need to hit [her] personal sales goals.” The skills she’s gaining from her job at David’s Bridal, active listening and communication, are vital to ensuring that sales continue to rise and customer service remains the number one priority. Marcaira is hoping to apply this knowledge to her dream job as a Chief Officer for Corporate Social Responsibility with a retailer, in the future. After graduation, she’s hoping to work her way up to that position by first starting as an analyst to better understand the bottom line of business.