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EMILY TAYLOR ‘08Founder, NextStep Careers

Career Pathing + Networking Intros

July 18, 2019

www.nextstepcareer.org

AGENDA

• Program Overview • Career Pathing• Networking Introductions • Career Job Search Resources • Filling any Skill Gaps • Goal Setting

nextstepcareer

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linkedin.com/in/emilymalleytaylor

Where we have clients…

The Process Works!

Career Pathing

Career Epiphany!

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

Satisficers

Maximizers

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?

100 Jobs

Rank order the top 12 of these 100:

Think about what you would be excited to wake up to do.

https://nextstepcareer.org/careerpathing/

Right Industry Wrong Industry

Wrong Function

Right Function

Career Crush

Dunning-Kruger Effect

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

Flow Moments

CHANDLER BING

Worst Networker Ever

Loose Networks

TEMy name is _______________________________________________________________________

And I am a (brief description) __________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

One of the things I am most proud of is __________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

I am looking to leverage my strengths of _________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

In industry/function/role_______________________________________________________________

For companies such as ______________________________________________________________

30 SECOND PITCH FORMAT

Headline

The Ask

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

YouYour unique talents or relevant skills

B-School/ Company/

InvestorAttributes

they are looking for

PROPOSITION

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

’S E

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

DON’T BE THE PAULA ABDUL

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

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”

Verbal Fillers

• Um/uh

• Like

• So

• Sort of

• You know

• Kind of

BE PREPARED FOR QUESTIONS

PARTNER

30 sec

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

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

Goal Setting

Group Communication

Slack vs Facebook Group?

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

OFFICE HOURS

bit.ly/TACTofficehours

Career Coaches

EMILY TAYLOR

Career Coaching & MBA Admissions

310.701.8747 emily@nextstepcareer.org

Linkedin.com/in/emilymalleytaylornextstepcareer

QUESTIONS?

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