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EMILY TAYLOR ‘08Founder, NextStep Careers
Career Pathing + Networking Intros
July 18, 2019
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AGENDA
• Program Overview • Career Pathing• Networking Introductions • Career Job Search Resources • Filling any Skill Gaps • Goal Setting
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Where we have clients…
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The Process Works!
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Career Pathing
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Career Epiphany!
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MODERN ROMANCE CAREER SEARCH
"Finding someone today is probably more complicated and stressful than it was for previous generations — but you're also more likely to end up with someone you are really excited about.“
—Aziz Ansari
a job
a job
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Satisficers
Maximizers
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3 Lives Exercise
1. What do you think you want to do?
2. That’s not available. What do you do?
3. Money is not a question. What do you do?
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100 Jobs
Rank order the top 12 of these 100:
Think about what you would be excited to wake up to do.
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Right Industry Wrong Industry
Wrong Function
Right Function
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Career Crush
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Copy this survey and send it to at least 5 people. • Boss • Colleagues• Family• Mentor• Former Classmates • Friends• Volunteer acquaintances• Fellow club members• Teammates
Send Out Survey
bit.ly/PersonalAssessmentSurvey
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Flow Moments
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CHANDLER BING
Worst Networker Ever
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Loose Networks
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TEM
PLA
TEMy name is _______________________________________________________________________
And I am a (brief description) __________________________________________________________
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One of the things I am most proud of is __________________________________________________
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I am looking to leverage my strengths of _________________________________________________
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In industry/function/role_______________________________________________________________
For companies such as ______________________________________________________________
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30 SECOND PITCH FORMAT
Headline
The Ask
Value
Proposition
What you want remembered about you.
Include your name and possibly your title.
Major achievements and transferable skills
Your interest in their perspective/company
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YouYour unique talents or relevant skills
B-School/ Company/
InvestorAttributes
they are looking for
VALUE
PROPOSITION
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HIGH IMPACT PITCH
✔Value proposition
✔Tailor to company and individual
✔Explain your job at a 5th grade level
✔Engaging
✔No clichés
✔Write your pitch like you speak
NEVER ASK FOR A JOB
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TIM
ING
’S E
VER
YTH
ING 10-15 seconds • Circle of Death
30 seconds • Networking Events• Conferences• Informationals• Panel Intros
1:30/2 minutes • Interviews• “Walk Me Through Your
Resume” aka Tell Me About Yourself
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DON’T BE THE PAULA ABDUL
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UNHELPFUL FEEDBACK
• You did a great job
• Keep up the good work
• n/a
• It went well
• Nothing in particular
• Not sure
• Can't think of any
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FEEDBACK
• SPECIFIC
• ACTIONABLE
“When you say you were no longer challenged at your job, it sounds negative about your employer. What if you said you were looking for more challenge, so you made the switch to product management”
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Verbal Fillers
• Um/uh
• Like
• So
• Sort of
• You know
• Kind of
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BE PREPARED FOR QUESTIONS
PARTNER
1
ROUND
1
30 sec
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How to be pitch perfect
• Pair up with someone else in TACT to practice, get feedback and integrate feedback. Repeat if possible.
• Record on your phone, watch it yourself, send it to a 1 person you work with and 1 person in your target industry
• Book time during office hours
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Filling Skill Gaps
• Stretch projects at work
• Consult friend’s startup
• Side project for non-profit
• Learn to code: The Coding Boot Camp at UCLA Extension
• Product management certificate: General Assembly, Product School
• Take a data analytics or digital marketing course: Coursera, Lynda
• Prepare for interviews: Cracking the PM Interview
• Read daily digests & industry reports
• Conduct lots of informationals
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Goal Setting
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Group Communication
Slack vs Facebook Group?
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NEXT STEPS
1. Connect with the other members on LinkedIn 2. Find one job description you are excited about3. Update + submit resume 4. Optional: Sign-up for Career Pathing & Pitch 1-on-1
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Career Coaches
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EMILY TAYLOR
Career Coaching & MBA Admissions
310.701.8747 [email protected]
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QUESTIONS?
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