Jessica Pereira

I'm always looking for something different. I like to be challenged, you know? I don't like to be 100% comfortable with what I'm doing. I like to keep doing new things. Like, I changed my job right now, it's something new for myself, because I'm doing way more on the health side of animals. And I'm really resilient because I can adapt either on a new environment. Since I moved to the West, I think I was living in 5 different states, with different people, backgrounds, and culture as well, depending on some of the areas that I was living. So yeah, I think adaptation, resilience, it's key for what I have been doing, and what I was able, like, to get a better job, and doing what I'm doing, and having people trusting me as well.

Never give up. Career, job is not easy, and one of the challenges in my work is dealing with guys daily. It's not easy to deal with some guys in the industry, mainly on the beef side, dairy side. I deal with a lot of men, and some of them, they are not nice, mainly if it is a girl talking with them. So this is a challenge that I'm dealing daily, but at least I have my company on my side there. They were giving us training on how to deal with that. Sometimes I even wear an engagement ring just to avoid any questions, because some people, it's not easy. But the key is to never give up.

The challenge is always people. You need to create a relationship. It's not an easy job when I'm daily in the industry, talking with people, meeting people, and knowing how to be able to help them the best way, and vice versa. It's a real challenge for myself, because I'm not an outgoing person that much. I was always on the college side, you know, not so extroverted. First of all, talking and exposing to people is challenging, but once I see that the conversation's going on, it's flowing, I feel more comfortable. That was the reason that I started learning Spanish, just for me to be able to communicate better with some people in the industry, because we have a lot of Spanish speakers and some of them don't even speak English. So it's a real challenge, like, dealing with people daily, understanding their needs, and also being a nice person that they can trust you and know for sure they can call you if they need something. And also there's pressure daily, because I do a little bit of sales. It's always on my boss's side, I would suggest, because we need to increase numbers. Sometimes I do feel a little bit of pressure on that side.

Honesty. I'm always trying to be honest and clear with my words, and be sincere. Because I think if the people cannot trust me, I'm not gonna be able to create a relationship, something that they can trust me. I'm always honest. I want to be 100% clear. Even if the product maybe is not gonna be applied on your facility, if you're doing an amazing job, I don't want to sell something just to sell. I'm always trying to be honest on my personal life and on my professional life. Not honest being rude, but being clear and trustworthy. If you need to tell me a secret, and you need to tell me, Jessica, this is a secret, you cannot tell nobody, I will keep it. But I do talk with people and share information in a way to create communication and help connect people who can help each other.