Career Development Overview Workshop

Are you ready??

Organize yourself Stay organized Set a goal Review your progress Follow Up

There is a lot of information out there, and searching for a new job is a time commitment, so be patient!

Before you Begin

Cyber-cleanse (use the Grandma test) Professional email address and outgoing voicemail

message Have 3+ references available and ready to give you a

strong recommendation Create / Improve LinkedIn profile

Attach papers you’ve written or projects you’ve worked on

Find Alumni, Request Recommendations, join groups, find events, contribute to discussions

Build your materials/documents

Resume – follow a template Reverse Chronological Order

Cover Letter – customize per company/opportunity

Some roles may require writing samples or presentations

Create Marketing Plan

Think about your IMMEDIATE career goal and ULTIMATE career goal

As you search, WHERE do you want to be geographically

Would you like to work at a LARGE company or SMALL company

Which industries are you interested in? Which are growing?

Execute plan / Job Searching Create a list of target companies

Ask a mentor where they can see you Talk to friends and family Look at lists of “Best Places to Work” Have proactive conversations with recruiters/agencies Go to Career Fairs and Career Workshops

Marketing Plan Handout

What’s your story?

You will repeatedly be explaining yourself Interviewing - Tell Me about Yourself Resume Summary or Cover Letter Networking – Introducing yourself

Establish your focus and how you’ll communicate it

Incorporate – (for MS BAPM)What is Business Analytics? Anticipate a follow up question and be ready to give

a high-level explanation in your own words Something like…

“Business Analytics is the study of data through analysis to help an organization make better business decisions.”

Practice your “Elevator Pitch”

“I’m a (1st or 2nd year) graduate student at UConn studying _____. Prior to business school I (talk about your professional experience) and I’m interested in pursuing a career in….”

Applying to Jobs

Quality trumps quantity!

Don’t just spam your resume

Create Saved Searches for updates on job postings

Post your resume on job search sites

(SEO) Be searchable! Wordle.net

Wordle.net (MS BAPM WEBPAGE)

Interviewing

Are you ready?

Practice, have a mock interview with a friend

Practice Sample Questions (Straight forward ones and behavioral interview questions)

Keep track

Track your data and activity Stay Organized What are you learning? What’s working? What’s holding you up? Lessons learned?

Follow Up Communication and

Follow Up is so important–

Thank you Notes after interviews to get next steps and decisions

Follow Up if given a referral or new piece of information

You can do it!

Stay motivated!

Do ONE action item a day!

Use your resources!

GOOD LUCK!

Other Workshops

How to Write a Resume and Cover Letter

Job Searching: Applying and Follow Up

Interviewing: Phone, In Person, and Group

Networking: In Person and LinkedIn

Soft Skills / Communication

How to Get a 1-on-1 Counseling You must attend at least ONE MORE Career

Workshop EQUALS 30 MINUTES OF PERSONALIZED

COUNSELING

You must attend at least ONE Soft-Skills Workshop EQUALS 60 MINUTES OF PERSONALIZED

COUNSELING

Group Counseling

Networking Exercises Resume Peer Critiquing Career Assessments / Exploration Interview Practice LinkedIn Profile Reviews Presentation Skills / Public Speaking

What else would you like…?

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