How to Kick-Off Your Career with a Job You Really Love!

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How to Kick-Off Your Career with a Job You Really
Love!

• Five steps to a successful job search
• USF Marketing Club
• September 21, 2006

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How to Kick-Off Your Career With a Job You Really
Love!

• What fuels your passion and purpose?
• Can you afford to be thoughtful and choosy?
• How do you Fight the Noise?
• What did Steve Jobs Say??

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What are your dreams??
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Five steps to a successful job search

• Assessing your experience and packaging yourself
• Researching targets and networking
• Developing job search tools
• Interviewing
• Negotiating the offer/onboarding

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Packaging yourself

• Making the most of your education and experience
• Taking stock dont underestimate what youve
  done
• Take the time to make educated career choices
• Resumes, cover letters, portfolios

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Doing the Research

• Exploring career areas and options
• Using online and other resources
• Informational interviews, shadowing
• Think smaller is better

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Networking

• Why it should be a win-win activity
• Forget finding a job on the internet
• Dont underestimate who you know!
• Be thoughtful and considerate in your approach

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Interviewing

• Prepare, prepare, prepare
• Be ready for the tough questions
• Use specific examples how can YOU help the
  employer?
• Follow-up dont forget!

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Negotiating the Offer Onboarding

• Understand the total compensation package
• What happens the first 90 days 6 months, year?
• Be picky!!
• Dont eat alone
• Work is more than just showing up!

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Whats in store for Marketing MBA Grads?

• Hiring for MBA grads up 14.5 from 05 to 06
  (NACE)
• Demand for finance, acctg and marketing ?
• Increase in small, boutique firm hiring
• Job growth expected to continue through 08

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A Case Study Holly

• Goal entry level Finance position
• Enter B School in 2-3 years
• Recent UC grad BA in Finance
• Excellent GPA (3.8) solid work exp.
• - Resume did not stand out
• - Relying on internet job boards
• - Didnt know anyone

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Hollys Game Plan

• Reviewed work, education, volunteer and
  leadership roles ----- revised resume
• Researched Fortune 1000 companies ----developed
  tailored mail campaign
• Developed network/contact development plan
• Practiced interviewing and follow-up

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Holly The Result

• Multiple job offers in Finance/Treasury
• Has much better sense of what she has to offer
  and can sell herself
• Has developed critical networking skills
• Has a solid 90 day game plan for new job
• Has skills to manage her career