Managing Your Career

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Managing Your Career

• Megan Hendricks, Director of Employer Relations
• BSN 2202 974-5162
• e-mail mhendric_at_coba.usf.edu
• http//coba.usf.edu/services/career

College of Business Administration Office of
Employer Relations
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Slides Available Online

• http//coba.usf.edu/services/career/presentations.
  htm

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Managing Your Career

• On-Campus Career Resources
• Job Search Preparation
• Job Market Trends

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On-Campus Career Resources
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USF Career Center SVC 2088 974-2171

• Career advising
• Career Networking Events
• Workshops
• Virtual video interview
• On-campus Interviewing
• Employer resume search
• Online job search tool
• http//career.usf.edu

Registration required
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College of Business, Office of Employer Relations
BSN 2202 974-5162

• Employer recruitment activities
• Career email listserv
• Career Management web site
• http//coba.usf.edu/services/career

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Job Search Preparation
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Research

• Self assessments (know yourself)
• Career Field Research
• Company Research
• Market Research
• Career Beam Toolhttp//coba.usf.edu/services/car
  eer/CareerBeamCheatSheet.pdf

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Resume Tips

• Targeted toward each position/company
• Accomplishment-oriented phrases
• Always send a cover letter
• Specific, quantifiable phrases
• Professional profile/summary section

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Resume TipsSample summary section

• Professional Profile
• Achievement-oriented quick learner with advanced
  skills in database design and management.
• Proven leader with ability to manage and
  facilitate change and work effectively with
  diverse personalities and interests
• Track record of setting goals and reaching them
  in a timely and effective manner.
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Resume TipsElectronic resumes

• Use keywords
• Text-only
• Plain font
• No bullets, italics, underline, etc.
• Emphasize using capital letters
• Email resume in text as well as attachment

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Interview Tips

• Prepare ahead of time
• Practice questions
• Virtual video interview
• Follow-up/Thank you letter
• Continue to follow up
• Dress to Impresshttp//coba.usf.edu/services/car
  eer/dresstoimpress.htm

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Interview TipsBehavioral vs. Traditional

• Traditional Questions
• Tell me about yourself
• Strengths/weaknesses
• Goals in 5 years
• Why you are qualified for the position

• Behavioral Questions
• Tell me about a time when
• Give me an example of
• What was your biggest accomplishment?

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Networking

• 80 of jobs are never advertised!
• Employers want the easiest way to hire
• Develop mutually beneficial relationships
• Everyone you know is part of your network

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Job Market Trends
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IT Workforce Predictions

• According to the Bureau of Labor
• Statistics
• The professional-level IT workforce will grow at
  more than twice the rate of the overall workforce
  between 2004 and 2014, equal to a little over a
  million new jobs
• Among the 30 fastest-growing occupations, 17 have
  median salary earnings of 43,605 or above,
  including all six IT occupations.

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Whos hiring IT majors

• Computer and software development
• Data processing services
• Research organizations
• Electrical, electronic machinery and equipment
  manufacturers

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Skills employers seek in new hires

• Communication skills
• Honesty/integrity
• Interpersonal skills
• Motivation/initiative
• Strong work ethic
• Teamwork skills
• Computer skills
• Analytical skills
• Flexibility
• Detail-oriented

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Subscribe to the Business Career Listserv

• http//coba.usf.edu/services/career