Shadowing Experience

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Shadowing Experience Alumni Networking

• Pre-Departure Workshop

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Welcome

• Introductions
• Objective
• Grasp concepts of networking
• Learn code of conduct for networking
• Learn how to approach contacts
• Prepare questions for your Shadowing Sponsor

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Contract

• Once receive a match expected to actively engage
  Sponsor
• Failure may result in consequences
• May opt out now
• Pre-departure Presentation allows you into
  networking group
• Turn contract in at end of workshop

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Learning Outcomes

• What you can learn from the program
• You can add your own objectives

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What to Expect

• For some will not be shadowing but networking
  opportunity
• Feedback from alumni
• Others Between a half-day and a full-day
• For some Will get first pick
• 90 of students in Summer 2008 received one of
  their top three choices
• Others Might get a degree of separation
• Remember Networking as gradual process

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What to Expect

• Pick ONE day during week January 5-9
• Speak with Sponsor to find best time
• Some or all activities
• Informational interview
• Observation of the Shadowing Sponsor
• Sit in on meetings
• Tour of facilities
• Discussion of Sponsors career path
• Career advice
• Meeting/speaking with colleagues

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Maximize Your Shadowing

• Alumni and student networking receptions
• Washington, DC January 6
• New York City January 8
• Career and Internship Connection (CIC)
  Fairs
• Boston January 5
• Los Angeles January 6
• Washington, DC January 7
• Chicago January 8
• New York City January 9

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Student Experiences

• Testimonials

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Communicating with Sponsor

• November 24
• Email with Sponsors contact info
• When you receive your match
• Send introductory email
• Attach resume
• Shadowing email from Optimal
• Strongly encouraged to send web portfolio

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Communicating with Sponsor

• Before your visit
• Arrange time around their schedule
• Know location
• During your visit
• Conduct Informational Interview
• Show initiative
• After your visit
• Send hand-written, personalized thank you note
• Develop plan for staying in touch

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Contingency Plans

• Expected to make contact once you receive a match
• Can arrange to shadow in a different time period
• Must get approval from Sponsor and communicate
  with Rusmir
• Concerns with Match
• Communicate with Rusmir
• Network with your Match and get introduced to
  his/her contacts
• Failure to communicate with Match may result in
  sanctions

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DO

• Research information about your Shadowing Sponsor
  and his/her field
• Come prepared with questions
• Treat the process as a job interview
• But dont ask for a job!
• Remember that you are representing yourself AND
  Brandeis as a whole
• Use your time proactively

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DONT

• DONT ask for a position
• DO ask for advice
• DONT arrive with no questions, or no knowledge
  of the field
• DO research the field and prepare
• DONT act unprofessionally or negatively
• DO conduct yourself as if on an interview
• DONT forget to properly follow up
• DO write a hand-written note
• DONT share your Sponsors information
• DO encourage students to work with Hiatt

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Researching

• Choosing Career or Major Pages
• TypeFocus
• Hiatt online library
• Spotlight on careers
• Going Global
• Career Search (via NACElink)
• Vault (via NACElink)

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Informational Interview

• Most important part of experience
• Gives you insiders knowledge of the field, and
  next steps
• Must know some facts about field, ask for
  Sponsors interpretation

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Practice

• Break into pairs or groups
• Discuss your goals for the Shadowing experience
• What are you trying to get out of this?
• Identify questions that speak to your
  goals
• Questions about Informational Interview

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Further Networking

• Step 1 in networking process
• You have all necessary tools to continue
  independently
• Resume, Networking letter
• Etiquette, Practical experience
• Expand your network
• Friends, family, clergy
• Faculty, supervisors, mentors

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LinkedIn

• Online forum to share career-related information
  and referrals
• Hiatt-Brandeis group of alumni
• Wider connections and interest groups
• Create profile or join Hiatts group
• Your request will be approved because of
  Pre-departure workshop
• Use Networking tools and Shadowing to identify
  and contact individuals

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Next Steps

• If enjoyed the experience
• Learn more about internships or jobs
• Ask Sponsor for recommendations (do not ask for a
  job, ask for recommendations)
• If decided this field is not for you
• Research other field
• Follow up with Hiatt counselors to debrief your
  skills and interests

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Next Steps

• Send a handwritten thank-you note
• Do not share your Sponsors information
• Stay in touch even when you dont immediately
  need him/her
• Reflect on your experience
• Develop an action plan apply for
  internships/jobs or explore other options
• Fill out Shadowing Evaluation
• Become a Shadowing Sponsor once you graduate from
  Brandeis!

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Questions and Answers

• Thank you!
• Letters in campus mail on Nov 24