Tyler Hoff
Student’s Plan for Successful Career Begins with Choosing Right Major and Minor
York College of Pennsylvania senior Tyler Hoff credits his rugby teammates with pointing him in the right direction.
Tyler Hoff '22 entered York College of Pennsylvania to study Biology, but it just wasn’t working for him.
"I got a pretty good GPA. I got on the dean's list, but it wasn't for me," Tyler says. "Then I started playing rugby, and a bunch of the guys on the team were in Marketing. I had already been thinking of going into business, but I didn't know which major to try. I was thinking Business Administration, which is sort of the jack of all trades, but they pointed me to Marketing. I liked it."
Tyler took an introductory course in supply chain management, and he found a topic in supply chain that interested him more than anything else.
"It opened my eyes,” he recalls. “Every one of the professors has been great."
The experience pushed Tyler to change his major, and he’ll graduate with a degree in Marketing and minor in Supply Chain Management. For the Middle River, Maryland native, York College—and his major—have been a perfect fit, setting him up for a productive future that’s already in sight.
Virtual career fair gets foot in the door
During his junior year, Tyler attended a career fair that was virtual because of the COVID-19 pandemic. DHL Supply Chain, a global logistics provider and freight forwarding service, was one of the participants, and he researched the company before signing into the chatroom.
He was intrigued, but he didn't hear from the company right away. "I kind of forgot about it. I figured they found too many people," he says. Then DHL got back to him and set up a meeting with high-level executives. He had just a few minutes to impress them.
"It was kind of intimidating," he admits. But he got a foot in the door and spent a semester at DHL's Mechanicsburg warehouse, documenting the processes for a major account