The document provides an overview of career guidance services offered by GoCrackIt, including career assessment tools, career development planning, and career conversation sessions. It discusses frameworks for understanding career choices and shifts, different career paths and roles within industries like consulting, technology, operations, and product management. The document aims to help users identify their motivations, strengths, and options for achieving their dream career or company goals.

1. GOCRACKIT
Incubated, funded and supported by
Take Charge of Your Career
Career Strategy Session

2. Agenda
Career Choice Strategy
How GoCrackIt will help in choosing career
Career Leverage Framework
How to shift in career
Career Landscape

3. My Story
Alok Shrivastava, Co-Founder
IIMB 2012-13 |17+ years in Technology, Consulting, Operations
Product & Technology | Sales & Marketing
Consultant with Strategy, Digital Transformation, Cloud, Mobility, ERP
Operations, SCM, Project Management
Mentored thousands of students & professionals
Helped profs/students get into Amazon, MS, Accenture, MBBs, Big4s,
Infosys, Samsung, Flipkart and 100s of other brands
Experience

4. About You?
What is Your Dream Company?
Go to www.slido.com
Use code: #2907651

5. About You?
What is Your Dream Role?
Go to www.slido.com
Use code: #2907651

6. About You?
What help do you need to get into is Your Dream Company/Role?
Go to www.slido.com
Use code: #2907651

7. Improve awareness about career landscape
One to Many Career Conversation sessions
Self Assesment
Use "Self Assessment Form" tool and understand your strengths, weaknesses, interests etc.
Career Development Plan
Use "Career Development Plan" tool and create a focused plan. Choose maximum 3 options:
Dream Job | Fit Job | Plan "B"
What process we will follow to help you choose your career?

8. Career Conversation session
Do your own research on:
What happens in different careers
What are the Latest trends
What are the key success factors for a successful career
Skills, knowledge are required
Interview format
How to leverage MBA/ MBA courses
How to prepare
Improve awareness about career landscape

9. Self Assesment

10. 1.Dream Job
2.Fit job
3.Plan B
Career Development Plan : Choose maximum 3 options

11. Career Development Plan

12. Career Development Plan (Sample filled for 1 career goal)

13. Power of Career Conversation
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7019887731572957184

14. Long Term Career
What makes you happy in your career?
Go to www.slido.com
Use code: #3351629

15. Herzbergs 2 factor theory
Career choice : What makes you happy in your career?

16. Career choice : What makes you happy in your career?
Hygiene factors Motivators

17. Hygiene factors
Salary | Designation | Location |
Work environment
Motivators
Do you feel motivated?
Career choice : What makes you happy in your career?

18. Strategy Function Role
Same Change
Industry Leverage Change Change
Function Leverage
Industry
Change
Same
Same Change
Industry + Function
Leverage
Same
Change Change
Shift (Leveraging personal
transferable skills)
Change
"Leverage Framework" for understanding your career choice

19. https://www.linkedin.com/in/achinthyahemachandra/
Leveraging Industry : IT Industry to IT Industry
Software QA to Consulting for Agile PM Solutions

20. https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarthak-das-0b7389134/details/experience/
SCM consulting on IT product/ platform
SCM consulting internship
Worked in Operations, SCM, Engineering
in Auto industry
Leveraging Function: From Operations in Auto to Consulting in IT/ITES

21. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohit-giri-b2b67667/
MM/ Planning in Engineering Services
Planning in Transportation/Trucking industry
Leveraging Function: From Planning/SCM in Engg. Services to Planning in Logistics

22. https://www.linkedin.com/in/skakash/?originalSubdomain=in
Leveraging Function: Analytics in BFSI to Analytics in AI firm

23. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaurav-kumar-5103a519/?originalSubdomain=in
Leveraging Function: Consulting in IT/ITES to Business Analysis in Product company

24. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohnish-rajput/details/experience/
SCM consulting
SCM/
Project
Manageme
nt in Food
companies
& E
Commerce
Leveraging Function: From SCM in Consulting to SCM/Prog Mgmt in Food/Food-Tech

25. https://www.linkedin.com/in/aman-kumar-iimu/?trk=public_profile_like_actor-name&originalSubdomain=in
Leveraging Ind+Fun : System Engineer in IT to System Integration Consulting

26. https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuti-dave/
Project Management in Pharma Industry
SCM internship in Transportation/ Trucking/
Railroad company
Managing/ Developing products for Walmart
internal customers involving product strategy,
roadmap, project management, understanding SCM
requirement of their clients
Shift: From Project Management in Pharma to Product Management in Retail

27. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rijul-nadkarni-8b076b7b/
Engineering/ Design in Infrastructure
Operation excellence in IT/ITES
Maintaining high levels of Global Operations
Excellence for their Digital Experience
Strategic Business Unit/ Service Line
Shift : From Engineering/Design in Infrastructure to Ops/SCM in IT/ITES

28. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vaddi-santosh-kumar-a999bab5/
Engineering in Automotive
Analytics consulting
Shift : From Automotive to Analytics

29. https://www.linkedin.com/in/srija-dutta-a02022179/
SCM consulting
SCM live project in Transportation/
Trucking company
Operations/ planning in Telecom industry
Shift : From Operations in Telecom to Consulting in IT/ITES

30. Augment presentation of domain experience
Show Impact of your work
Use industry key words
Show your spikes
Show/ involve yourself in key projects >> Business Transformation,
Digital Transformation etc.
Brand yourself as Thought Leader
Thought Leadership articles
LinkedIn Publications
Live Projects/ Internship (if applicable) / Mentoring Start-Ups
Networking
LinkedIn requests?
Information interviews
Networking within company
Networking with company's relevant service providers
Breaking down Leverage

31. How to Shift?

32. Joining a well funded start up or smaller firm
Joining an industry in another role and then transitioning to the desired
role (Product, Strategy Role, Finance Roles etc.)
Foot in the Door

33. Story of Bhargav who wanted to get into Strategy roles
Foot in the Door : Example

34. Understand what can you leverage (Industry, Function, domain
or transferable skills)
Learn the language of industry/ domain
Build a lot of work samples, use thought leadership to showcase
Show spikes
Foot in the door
Ready to take a role/salary cut
Networking | Networking | Networking
Strategy for people who want to shift

35. To get into Product Management role one of my student did a live
internship in Product with one of the startups
To get into Consulting, I did an Analytics Project with Apollo Hospital
Strategy for people who want to shift - Example

36. Strategy for people who want to shift - Example

37. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alokshrivastava1982_11-steps-job-
search-strategy-activity-6999655672518762496-VwPX?
utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
11 Steps process to Shift

38. What strengths you have which you can leverage?
What strengths you have which you can leverage?
Go to www.slido.com
Use code: #3351629

39. Consulting Strategy Operations Technology Analytics
Product Mgmt. PM PO
Operations/SCM Ops. Mgmt. PI Ops. Design
BD/Sales BD/Sales Pre-Sales
Others GM
Service Deli.
Proj. Mgmt.
Career Landscape

40. What type of Consulting is this?
Helping client grow by 50% in 2 years
Helping client maintain its dominance amongst its competitors
Helping client reduce its procurement cost
Helping client create a 5 year Digital roadmap
Helping client automate its P2P process using SAP
Helping client create a forecasting model
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

41. Strategy
Helping
clients in
strategy
formulation
Consulting

42. Technology
Operations
Working with
clients and
helping them
in designing,
improving,
automating
and
outsourcing
their
operations
Analytics
Consulting

43. Technology
Strategy
and/or
Implementati
on of
technological
solutions
involving
emerging
&/or emerged
technology
Consulting

44. Technology
Analytics
Use of data to
provide
insights,
action items,
visualisations,
models etc.
Analytics
Consulting

45. Operation Technology
Strategy
Helping
clients in
strategy
formulation
Working with
clients and
helping them in
designing,
improving,
automating and
outsourcing
their operations
Strategy and/or
Implementation
of technological
solutions
involving
emerging &/or
emerged
technology
Analytics
Use of data to
provide
insights, action
items,
visualisations,
models etc.
Consulting

46. Roles Resume
Analyst/ Sr.
Analyst
Consultant/ Sr.
Consultant
Relevant key
words
Business Impact
Spikes
Interview
Case/
Guesstimates
Behavioural/
Situational
Resume
Technology
related
Consulting - How to Prepare

47. Roles Resume
Project
Manager
Relevant key
words
Project
management +
Agile etc.
Client handling
Spikes
Interview
Technology
related
Project
Management
Situational
Behavioural
Resume
Project Management Roles

48. Roles Resume
Service
Delivery
Team/
Stakeholder
Management
Understanding
of Technology
+ Project
Management
Interview
Technology
related
Project
Management
Situational
Behavioural
Resume
Service Delivery

49. Consulting Strategy Operations Technology Analytics
Product Mgmt. PM PO
Operations/SCM Ops. Mgmt. PI Ops. Design
BD/Sales BD/Sales Pre-Sales
Others GM
Service Deli.
Proj. Mgmt.
Career Landscape

50. Product
Management
Managing P&L of
product/ product
line/ feature
Product Management

51. Product Owner
Product Management
Roles
Managing P&L of Product
Resume
Product lifecycle,
business, technology,
UX/UI, Agile
Interview
Case, Resume,
Behavioural, Situational
Product Management - More Details

52. Product
Owner
Responsible for
Product Backlog
Product Owner

53. Product Owner
Roles
Managing product delivery
Resume
Agile, scrum, prioritisation,
business understanding,
stakeholder management
Interview
Same as before +
agile/scrum/prioritisation
Product Owner - More Details

54. Consulting Strategy Operations Technology Analytics
Product Mgmt. PM PO
Operations/SCM Ops. Mgmt. PI Ops. Design
BD/Sales BD/Sales Pre-Sales
Others GM
Service Deli.
Proj. Mgmt.
Career Landscape

55. Operation
Improvements
Operation
Design
Operations
Management
Managing day to
day
operations/servic
e delivery
Improve processes
to enable better
customer
experience, reduce
costs, improve
quality & efficiency
Design operations
for long term to
enable
organization /BU
to be future ready
with their supply
chain/ operations
Operations/ SCM

56. Operation
Management
Managing day
to day
operations/ser
vice delivery
Operation Management

57. Operation
Management
Roles
Materials, Warehouse
operations, SC Planning
Resume
Team management,
Crisis management
Interview
Behavioural, Situational
Operation Management - More Details

58. Process
Improvement
Improve
processes to
enable better
customer
experience,
reduce costs,
improve
quality &
efficiency
Process Improvement

59. Process Improvements
Roles
Mgr(P.I./ Quality/OE)
Resume
6 Sigma/ TQM, Relevant
projects
Interview
Concepts of P.I., Case
studies, Project Mgmt.
Process Improvement - More Details

60. Operation
Design
Design
operations for
long term to
enable
organisation
/BU to be
future ready
with their
supply chain/
operations
Operations Design

61. Operation Design
Roles
Mgr(SCM Strategy)
Resume
Designing experience,6
Sigma/ TQM
Relevant projects
Interview
Case studies,
Operations concepts
Operations Design - More Details

62. Consulting Strategy Operations Technology Analytics
Product Mgmt. PM PO
Operations/SCM Ops. Mgmt. PI Ops. Design
BD/Sales BD/Sales Pre-Sales
Others GM
Service Deli.
Proj. Mgmt.
Career Landscape

63. Pre-Sales
BD/ Sales
Roles
Mgr(BD), KAM
Resume
Clients handled,
target achieved,
Market share grown
etc.
Interview
Behavioural,
Situational, Cases
BD/ Sales
Pre-Sales
Roles
Mgr(Pre-Sales)
Resume
RFP, RFQ, Bid
Management
Interview
Domain knowledge,
Presentation skills,
Communication
skills

64. GM roles
Roles
MT
Resume
Leadership
skills, Impact,
Industry
understanding
(if any), TL
Interview
Resume,
Behavioural,
Situational
Other roles

65. Find your motivation
Choose your career using Career Conversations, SAF, CDP
Understand what you can leverage (Industry, Function, Transferable
Skills)
Build knowledge and present it through projects, TLs etc
Connect with relevant people
Prepare Resume
Practice Interviews
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Conclusion

66. For lots of Career Stories
https://www.linkedin.com/in/alokshrivastava1982/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/gocrackit/

67. WE
WOULD
LOVE
TO
HEAR
FROM
YOU!
THANK YOU
GoCrackIt
https://www.gocrackit.com