2. Why is this important?
New employer-employee contract
O Before: stayed at one company for most
of career
O Now: change career 7-8 times in lifetime
O Landscape is constantly shifting
O Must continue to pursue growth and
personal development
3. You’re Meant to be Here
O Submitted: 2949
O Recruiter Screened: 2122----------------------
--71%
O RPS Completed: 628----------------------------
----21%
O Offer Accepted: 30-------------------------------
-------1%
O “Harder than Harvard”
4. What we were looking for
O Enthusiasm & passion
O Willingness to learn
O Maturity
O Creative problem solvers
O Work experience was bonus
5. Resume Highlights
O What made yours stand out?
O Tailored to position they want
O Experience is aligned with type of work
O Most relevant
O Succinct
O No errors
O Aesthetically formatted
7. Cover Letters/Videos
O Cover letter focuses on your brand and
value, not reiteration of resume
O Key word searches
O Jazz happened to have key word searches
11. Interviews
O In person interviews:
O Make a good impression
O Communication styles
O Humility
O What made us reject people?
O What questions not to ask
12. Keeping yourself branded
O Find companies that fit your core values
O Keep social media consistent
O Know who to follow
O Monitor and collect (evernote.com and bit.ly for
organization)
O Listen and generate output:
-Like, share, and retweet relevant material.
(Google Alerts, scoop.it etc…to find content)
O www.careerrealism.com
O Www.mashable.com
O www.likeable.com
13. Keep your network
O Keep in touch with your bosses
O KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US
O Leave a good last impression
Stay competitive, stay learningContinue to learn and push yourself to stay relevant Good thing for employers: employees are taking ownership of development, making bigger impact on company And that’s exactly what led us to be at Zappos today…
If you take a look at these stats, you’ll see how amazingly hard it was for each of us to be in our seats today. So if you guys remember what AGB said to us when we first got here, we really are meant to be here. And we’ve spent the last 9 weeks taking full advantage of this opportunity not only having fun but learning tons of new technical, business and career skills.Purpose of this class is to reflect back on our time spent at Zappos and evaluate how what we’ve learned will translate into our future careers
Bates
BatesJosh- Before/after resumes
Kyle-Cover Letter VideoAGB-Jazz’s Cover Letter
Real time evaluationBates-CultureAGB-TechnicalVai, Dan, Misty, Troy, Jazz, Pick two from culture, two from technical
Kiersten
SourcingBased on core values: Find companies that fit your core values Social Media: make it consistent, follow companies as an entityFollow people inside themListening to their voice, how is company speaking and how are individual leaders speakingThey’re giving answers Google alertsKnow what you want to do: which industry, which sectorConsuming the right things to develop your brandThen after consuming, start making output: likes, retweets, comments, engaging, Know who to follow and find Monitor and collectListen and generate output, easily found Curating the good stuffMake a blog, .me, Law of reciprocity: Branding: videos that we madeLearn what others are doing, understand the entire industry to become an expert in what you do Have keywords, who you’re trying to targetIf they find you, more value to it --------------------3 touch points
