Rock-It at Work: Underpromise and Overdeliver
Jason Parker, Brazen’s director of strategic partnerships & college strategy, talks about effective communication skills and his secret love of cooking.
This is part of a series of posts featuring members of the Brazen Careerist team. Brazen staff were asked to provide a little information about themselves and one piece of career advice based on what has helped them most in their careers so far.
Name: Jason Parker
Age: 24
So what do you do at Brazen?
I’m director of strategic partnerships & college strategy. I create high-level relationships with potential partners, manage our sponsored and hosted events program and oversee the college strategy division.
What you did before Brazen?
I was the marketing director for a recruiting placement organization, I was also a recruiter for that same organization. In addition, I had a side-hustle as a social media consultant, working with nonprofit clients.
Tell us something unique about you.
I play Ultimate Frisbee and volunteer with the Washington Area Frisbee Club. Additionally, I serve as the chair of the Career Committee with Gettysburg College’s BOLD Council. Secretly, I’m a fantastic cook, and love to get creative in the kitchen.
What is one thing that has helped you advance in your career?
Learn how to ask for help effectively. Demonstrate willingness to take ownership of new projects but set expectations correctly. If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s that you UNDERPROMISE and OVERDELIVER. Essentially, it all breaks down to “soft” skills. You have to be able to communicate to be effective.
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Jaclyn Schiff says:
You’re a good cook?! A man of many talents!
Anonymous says:
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kaleigh somers says:
I think this sounds good in theory, because you’re essentially always exceeding your expectations, but what if, in some situations, you have trouble delivering because you’re not as strong and therefore have to set a really low bar? It’s definitely important to be able to communicate; as much as people don’t like asking for help, it’s the only, only way to learn. Got to start somewhere. Nobody expects you to know everything right off the bat.
Jason H. Parker says:
Hey Kaleigh, I disagree with your premise that one always exceeds expectations. That being said, I will agree and say it all comes down to communication. In a workplace environment, one must be able to effectively communicate. Interesting that you mentioned asking for help. We just had a great webinar program from Jodi Glickman of Great on the Job discussing strategies on how to successfully ask for help on a project. Thanks for the comment!
Dimitrihouse says:
Doesn’t always apply. Sometimes you need to over promise just to get the project. 🙁