Careers

Thomas Li-Ping Tang, Ph.D.

Middle Tennessee State University

Presented at

University of Nantes

Career Goals

Decide Where You Want to GO (BE)

Have, Do, Be

Be

Do

Have

Career Goals

Read about career options

Ask questions about career options

Chinese: Knowledge

Observe occupations firsthand

Sample occupations of interest (Internships, Volunteer Jobs)

Join Professional Organizations

Career Marketing

Your Resume: Who you are and What you are. Tailor your Resume to the Position you are pursuingIdentify your Most relevant Skills and ExperiencesDifferent Positions or Occupations: Multiple Versions

of your ResumeObtain a Position Description (or JD) listing the

various responsibilities Tweak your resume to tailor it directly to that position.

Career Marketing

Present your academic experiencesKeep your Resume Fact-orientedUse Functional headings and terms:

Education, Work Experience, Activities, Skills

Use ACTION verbs

Strategy

Respond to Job AdvertisementsPost your resume onlineParticipate in on-campus recruitingParticipate in job fairsParticipate in your career center’s resume referral

programRegister with third-party employment firmsMass mailingTargeted mailingNetworking

Employers: Top 10 Qualities

1. Communication Skills

2. Motivation/Initiative

3. Teamwork Skills

4. Leadership Skills

5. Academic Achievement

Employers: Top 10 Qualities

6. Interpersonal Skills

7. Flexibility/Adaptability

8. Technical Skills

9. Honesty/Integrity

10. Work Ethic/Problem-Solving Skills

Yearly Salary: BA--Business

Accounting: 33,500-40,000

Bus. Adm./Management 30,000-42,000

Economic & Finance 33,000-42,000

Mgmt Information Systems 40,000-48,000

Marketing/Mkt. Mgmt 29,000-37,500

NACE Salary Survey (July 2000)

Yearly Salary: BA

Bus. Adm./Management 30,000-42,000

Computer Science 45,000-52,000

EE 45,520-52,000

Agricultural Bus & Mgmt 27,000-35,000

Communications 25,000-35,000

Public Relations 25,000-30,000

Psychology 24,000-33,500

Elementary Education 24,000-28,500

Yearly Salary: MBA

BA: Bus. Adm./Management30,000-42,000

Accounting 37,500-42,000

MBA

1 yr or less experience 40,000-60,000

1-2 48,000-67,000

2-4 57,000-72,000

4 + 60,000-78,000

The Best B-Schools

Pre-MBA Post-MBA Pennsylvania (Wharton) 60,000 156,000 Northwestern (Kellogg) 55,000 142,000 Harvard 65,000 160,000 MIT (Sloan) 55,000 149,000 Duke (Fugua) 48,000

128,500

Business Week (October 2, 2000)

The Best B-Schools: Global

Pre-MBA Post-MBA INSEAD (France) 60,000 124,000 London Bus (UK) 50,000 137,000 IESE (Spain) 40,000 77,000 IMD (Switzerland) 69,000 126,000 West Ontario (Canada) 35,000 74,000 Rotterdam (Netherlands) 43,000 91,000

Business Week (October 2, 2000)

Network

Networking is the sharing of information and building trust.

Networking is a formal, rather than informal activity.

It is an interconnected web of individuals to whom you return over and over.

Tread your informational interview like any job interview.

Maintain relationships. Don’t cut and run!

International Careers

Corporations increasingly view all professional careers as potentially international.

The employee who displays “cross-cultural competence” has an understanding of the international business environment, plus the skills and knowledge needed for applying these effectively in new situations.

An International Job

Involves working for an international company that views the world as its market.

Involves contact with people from other countries

May require living and working abroad for periods of time.

Usually demands a targeted skill or area of knowledge

Is extremely demanding

Skills Required for International Jobs

1. Ability to learn

2. Adventurous spirit

3. Creativity

4. Curiosity

5. Functional Skills

6. Initiative

Skills Required for International Jobs

7. Language Skills

8. Sense of Humor

9. Sensitivity, adaptability, and flexibility

10. Strong International Skills

11. Tenacity

12. Willingness to take risks

Interpret Your Past

1. Your experience counts2. Use the vocabulary of your chosen field

whenever possible in your resume and in the interview

3. Examine and narrate your out-of-class experience through the “lens” of your career goal

4. Convey what you learned, as well as what you did in your job, internship, or activity.

5. Quantify your actions

Interpret Your Past

6. Control the way your information impacts employers through sequencing and amplification.

7. Credit your contributions and impact.8. Take stock of occurrences that spotlight

your personal attributes.9. Showcase your skills and talents with a

portfolio.

Tips for YOUR Resume

1. Pay careful attention to spelling, punctuation, grammar, and style

2. Proofread your resume carefully and have other people proofread it as well

3. Organize information in logical fashion

4. Keep descriptions clear and to the point

5. Confine your information to 1 page

Tips for YOUR Resume

6. Use a simple, easy-to-read font

7. Use good-quality white or off-white bond paper

8. Include as much work experience as possible

9. Tailor your information to the job your are seeking

Punctuation

An English professor wrote the words, "a woman without her man is nothing" on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.

The men wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing.“

The women wrote: "A woman: without her, man is nothing."

1998 Harvard Commencement

Formal Governor of Massachusetts AB Harvard JD Harvard 5 Jobs in the Public Sector 5 Jobs in the Private Sector

1998 Harvard Commencement

The process that produces success and satisfaction is a game.

Game has rules for players.

Here are the rules of the game for success.

1998 Harvard Commencement

1. Solve the problem yourself. The buck stops here.

2. Take pleasure in doing little things well.

3. Think outside the box. After you resolve the issue with the parameters given, challenge the parameters.

1998 Harvard Commencement

4. Never mind who gets the credit. This is the only sign on President Ronald Reagan’s desk.

5. You meet the same people going down as you did going up. If you are getting angry at someone, it is time to re-group.

6. Don’t complain and don’t explain. One is useless and the other unnecessary.

1998 Harvard Commencement

7. Never make an important decision under pressure.

8. You never know where your next friend is coming from. Disagree without being disagreeable. Never use the words intend to wound.

1998 Harvard Commencement

A resume is a shorthand of your accomplishments

Don’t just dribble, dribble, and dribble the ball all around the court. Take shots. Take risks. Score some points.

The Churchill Effect

If you have to kill a man, it costs you nothing to be polite.

David Burke

In November 1987, David Burke, a 35-year old USAir agent was fired by Raymond Thompson, a customer-service manager for the same airline.

David Burke

He terminated Burke for the theft of $69 from flight cocktail receipts.

Aware that Thompson would be aboard Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 to San Francisco, Burke purchased a one-way ticket for that flight bearing a Smith & Wesson .44 magnum revolver.

David Burke

The jet made it halfway to its destination before crashing.

FBI evidence included the gun with six empty casings and a threatening note that read: I asked for some leniency for my family, remember. Well, I got none. And you’ll got none.

David Burke

Other 41 passengers caught up in the act of revenge. (43 died)

Lancaster & Tang (1989, April, Personnel Administrator)

Thank YouDanke

Dankeshen

Grazie

Merci

Muchas Gracias