CareerSession_IIMU DEM

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

2. Agenda
CAREER CHOICE STRATEGY
CAREER STRATEGY FRAMEWORK
SOME CASES
SELF ASSESSMENT & CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN

3. Career choice : What makes you happy in your career?

4. Career choice : What makes you happy in your career?
HERZBERGS 2 FACTOR THEORY

5. Career choice for long term career success
HYGIENE FACTORS MOTIVATORS

6. Career choice for long term career success
HYGIENE FACTORS
Salary | Designation | Location | Work
environment
MOTIVATORS
Do you feel motivated?

7. 1.UNDERSTAND
OPPORTUNITIES
Through research | Career Conversation sessions
2.REFLECT
STRENGTHS | MOTIVATIONS | ACCOMPLISHMENTS | HABITS
Use "Self Assessment Form" tool and understand your strengths, weknesses, interests etc.
3.CHOOSE MAXIMUM 3 OPTIONS AND CREATE A FOCUSED PLAN
DREAM | FIT | PLAN-B
Use "Career Development Plan" tool and create a focused plan
How do I choose career for placements

8. 1.Understand
Understand following through career conversations & your own research:
What happens in those careers
Latest trends
What are the key success factors for successful career
Skills, knowledge are required
Interview format
How to leverage MBA/ MBA courses
How to prepare

9. 2. Reflect using SAF

10. "Leverage Framework" for understanding your career choice
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

11. Leveraging Industry : Software QA to Consulting for Agile PM solutions
https://www.linkedin.com/in/achinthyahemachandra/

12. Leveraging Function : Analytics in BFSI to Analytics in Mgmt. Consulting
https://www.linkedin.com/in/skakash/?originalSubdomain=in

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

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

15. Shift : From Ops in Power industry to Consulting in IT/ITES
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anuvesh-choudhari/?originalSubdomain=in

16. Breaking down Leverage
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. (side note: Opportunity for IJP?)
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

17. How to shift?

18. Foot in the Door : Example
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.)

19. Strategy for people who want to shift
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

20. Strategy for people who have more experience
& who want to shift
Leverage transferable skills such as People Management, BD, Sales etc.
Why do you want this job?
Why not continue in your previous job/ role
What is the similarities/ dissimilarities of this and previous job
The context is changed how do you make impact in the career

21. Choose maximum 3 options and create a focused plan
1.Dream Job
2.Fit job
3.Plan B

22. Use Career Development Plan

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

24. Career landscape
Consulting Strategy Operations Technology Analytics
Product Mgmt. PM Product Owner
BD/Sales BD/Sales Pre-Sales Marketing
Others Corporate roles

25. Consulting
Operation Technology
Strategy
Strategy
Consulting for
your industry/
similar industry
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.

26. Consulting - some more details
Roles Resume
Business Analyst
Consultant/ Sr.
Consultant/
Principal
Consultant
Solution Architect
Relevant key
words
Business Impact
Spikes
Interview
Case/
Guesstimates
Behavioural/
Situational
Resume

27. Consulting - some more details
Roles Resume
Project Manager
Delivery Manager
Relevant key
words
Project
management +
Agile etc.
Client handling
Spikes
Interview
Project
Management
Situational
Behavioural
Resume

28. Product
Product
Owner
Product
Management
Managing P&L
of product/
product line/
feature
Managing
product backlog

29. Product - more details
Product Owner
Roles
Managing product delivery
Resume
Agile, scrum, prioritisation,
business understanding,
stakeholder management
Interview
Same as before +
agile/scrum/prioritisation
Product Management
Roles
Managing P&L of Product
Resume
Product lifecycle, business,
technology, UX/UI, Agile
Interview
Case, Resume, Behavioural,
Situational

30. BD/ Sales
Pre-Sales Marketing
BD/ Sales
Roles
Mgr(BD), KAM
Resume
Clients handled,
target achieved,
Market share
grown etc.
Interview
Behavioural,
Situational,
Cases
Roles
Mgr(Pre-Sales)
Resume
RFP, RFQ, Bid
Management
Interview
Domain
knowledge,
Presentation
skills,
Communication
skills
Roles
Mgr(MM)
Resume
Marketing
experience,
Digital marketing
Interview
Case studies,
Marketing
concepts

31. Other roles
Corporate IT
BD/ Sales/ Pre-
Sales/Marketing
Business Analyst
Roles
BA
Resume
Showcasing
understanding
of business,
analysis, data
analysis,
stakeholder
management
Interview
Case, resume
Roles
Mgr(CIT)
Resume
Industry
Experience
Interview
Resume, Industry

32. Conclusion
1.Explore career landscapes (Research)
2.Do self exploration (use SAF)
3.Have 3 career options (Dream, Fit, Plan B)
4. Do career planning for these 3 option (Use Career Development Plan)
5. Prepare (Follow Career Development Plan)
6. Practice for interviews (Will cover in next sessions)

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