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Evangeline Carpenter landed her first job scooping ice cream at a Texas Braum’s when she was 16. She must’ve done something right, because she was promoted to shift leader at 18.
Now the head of people at marketing firm MODintelechy, Carpenter says she sees her early roles in customer service as critical to her HR career.
She shared with HR Brew how her first jobs shaped her career trajectory.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
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