GD, the link between job and career is rather tenuous these days. According to one study, at your age with a college degree in hand, you will have six careers in your working life. Not six jobs. Six careers (moving to different industry).
It is incredibly important to be global these days. There are major changes taking place and the advantage American business has enjoyed since the end of WWII is being eroded quickly now. The greatest thing you can do for the American economy is to learn the soft skills now.
Of course, the first job after university is a decision of great importance in your life that only you can make. But I would advise you to be open to experience and take the job that allows you to roll up your sleeves and get deeply into the actual business and also to get a truly global viewpoint of how competition is changing the requirements for global success in the industry.
If you choose Toyota, go get a look at Japan. Get around the USA. Develop a total picture of the business.
If you choose Northrup, then don't be afraid to get around the operation.
To get ahead, you have to be exposed to people and let them see what you have to offer. You have to learn the business. You have to have "been there".
Remember, at this point in life, you are not tied down. Later you will be. There will be two careers, kids that can't be uprooted, etc. If you're going to be all that you can be, now is the time to be open to experience.
And when you make it, remember that people in Ohio helped you get there. That means you have a responsibility to pay back.
Take out three sheets of paper and write these words on them, "Did I really do something to help people in Ohio during the past decade?" and put them into envelopes dated 2015, 2025, and 2035. Open these on your birthday in those years. Do this, and you will never, ever feel that you failed to honor those who helped you become what you are.
Wherever I go I will be "getting around" and not in a homo way NJ
