Comm 202 master slide deck for tutorial #1

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COMM 202:
Career Fundamentals
T38 & T39 with Aaron Cho

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Our agenda for today
1. Getting to know your TA
2. Course expectations
3. Putting together a Skills Matrix

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1. Getting to know your TA

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Who am I?
On the surface
Below the surface
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2

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Who am I?
On the surface
Below the surface
1
2
1) Extracurricular
involvements
2) Professional
work experience

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1) My extracurricular involvements
On the surface
Below the surface
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6

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2) My professional experience
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Year 6

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Who am I?
On the surface
Below the surface
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2
1) Personality type
2) Interests
3) Stories of failure

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1) My personality type
Myers Briggs Personality Type
ENFJ
Strengths Quest Personality Type
..which stands for, extroverted,
intuitive, feeling, and judging
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• I’m usually quite loud and
expressive
• I prefer to focus on the “big picture”
rather than on the details
• My emotions play a large part in my
decision making process
• I like things to be organized and
structured in a logical way
1. Competition
2. Activator
3. Significance
4. Focus
5. Achievement
• I am impact-focused and am good
at getting things done
• I enjoy friendly competitions
• I like to dig to the core of problems
and solve them
• I am good at understanding what is
important and focusing on it

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2) A few of my interests

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Times that I have failed..
In first year, I applied
and interviewed for a
number of club
“executive’’ positions –
but was rejected by all
of them..
.. and in third year, I
had a traumatic first
case competition
experience, where my
mind blanked and one
of the judges started
laughing.

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.. and how I got back up on my feet afterwards
Landed a role in my second
and third year:
UBC
HRMC
Came first place in the same
competition the following year:
number of club
of them..
case competition
laughing.

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.. and how I got back up on my feet afterwards
Landed a role in my second
and third year:
UBC
HRMC
Came first place in the same
competition the following year:
number of club
of them..
case competition
laughing.

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Let’s get to know you a little bit better!
1. If money wasn’t an
issue, what would you
be doing?
2. What does success
mean to you?

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2. Course Expectations

It’s all about professionalism
What this looks like in class..
• Contributing and sparking
in-class discussions
• Using proper in-
class/email etiquette
• Being punctual and
prepared for each class
• Not using technology
during class
• NOT PLAGIARIZING
10% of your
course mark
..and how it impacts your final grade

…but that doesn’t mean you can’t be yourself!
In fact, you should!
• It makes you more relatable and
likeable
• It helps you build trust and form
relationships
• You’ll be happier and most satisfied
in your professional pursuit

Most tutorials, you will have
to prepare one assignment,
such as…
• StrengthsQuest
• BCC coaching
appointment
• LinkedIn Profile
• Job Posting Research
• Cover Letter draft
Each assignment is worth
~2% for a total of 10% in the
course
Weekly tutorial assignments
Assignments will be collected and/or sassignmentsubmitted on
Turnitin at the very start of class. All handed in late will receive a
grade of zero!

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3. Putting together a
Skills Matrix

What you will need to do*
For the Skills Matrix assignment,
you will need to produce two
sets of deliverables:
1. 6 positive STAR stories
2. 2 failure stories
*Rubric can be found on the COMM 202 blog: Assignments > Skills Matrix > Marking Rubric (bottom of page)

Why is the Skills Matrix important?
Skills Matrix (positive STAR & failure stories)
Week 6 – 8: Cover Letter
Week 6 – 8: Resume
Week 10 – 12: Interview
The Skills Matrix will help you
to clearly articulate your
experiences and strengths
to employers during the
application and interview
process.
It will act as the foundation
for the rest of your
professional toolkit.
Professional
toolkit

What are positive STAR stories?
A positive STAR story is a
structured example of a time
when you exhibited a personal
strength or skill.

Step #1: Translating your skills into strengths
1. Activator
2. Individualization
3. Competition
4. Restorative
5. Woo
Strengths Quest themes Skills
• Initiative, leadership, efficiency
• Empathy, perceptiveness, thoughtfullness
• Passion, determination, work ethic
• Problem solving, critical thinking,
• Persuasion, influence, communication

Step #2: Communicating your skills with “STAR”
statements
Situation
• Context
• Who?
• What?
• When?
• Where?
Task
• The objective,
issue or obstacle
you had to over
come.
• Why is this story
significant?
Action
• The “how”
• What did you
consider/ do to
overcome the
situation
• What skills were
applied
• Your vs. team
actions
Result
• What was the
result of your
actions/decision
s?
• How are they
relevant to the
skill/job?
• Needs to be
employer centric
Link
• The Lesson
• How will I use
this in the
future?
Skill demonstrated: Initiative
Fill out the 5 areas for each of your skills

Step #2: Communicating your skills with “STAR”
statements
Situation
• During my
internship at
McKinsey this
past summer, I
participating on a
recruitment
planning call.
Task
• During this call,
the team was
brainstorming
more engaging
ways to market
McKinsey’s
internship
program.
Action
• I saw an
opportunity to
contribute and
suggested
creating a
marketing video
• After the meeting,
I created a
workplan detailing
the timeline,
steps, and
resources
required
• I presented the
plan and outlined
the benefits to the
Recruitment
Manager and got
his buy-in and
proceeded in
creating the video
Result
• After creating the
video, I received
praise from both
the Recruitment
Manager and the
Managing Partner
of the office for
taking initiative
and ownership
over the project,
even as an intern
Link
• I am a highly
proactive
individual and will
be constantly
searching and
pursing for
opportunities to
create an impact
in all of the work
that I do.
Fill out the 5 areas for each of your skills
Skill demonstrated: Initiative

What is a failure story?
A failure story is an example of a time
when something went wrong and the
lessons you learned and steps you took
to correct the issue.
These types of questions are very
likely to come up in interviews – and
ones that you definitely need to prepare
ahead of time for!

How to create a failure story
Situation
• Context
• Who?
• What?
• When?
• Where?
Misstep
• What did I
do wrong?
• How am I
accountable
for the
mistakes
made?
Failure
• What
happened
as a result
of my
actions?
Lesson
• What did I
learn
through this
failure?
Action Steps
• How did I
overcome
OR what will
I do now?

How to create a failure story
Situation
• Entered the
National
Consulting
Case
Competition
with a team
3 others
• This was the
first case
competition
for most of
us
Misstep
• Before
presenting, I
started to
psych
myself out
and loss
confidence
in myself,
became
very
nervous.
• During the
presentation
, I forgot
what I was
going to say
Failure
• As a result,
our
presentation
did not have
a cohesive
story line
and we did
not make it
into the
finals
Lesson
• I learned
two things:
1) believe in
yourself is
extremely
important,
and 2) we
are all
human and
it’s OK to
mess up
Action Steps
• I was
resilient and
didn’t let this
experience
deter me
from
entering into
other case
competitions
• I practiced
with other
smaller-
scaled
competitions
and re-
entered the
following
year

What a good failure story will demonstrate
Resilience Authenticity Ability to Learn
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Action items for next week
1. One on one signups (encouraged) with me:
www.tinyurl.com/202dates
2. Skills Matrix drafts due in tutorial on the week of
Jan 22nd at the start of class: 3 positive and 1
failure stories (you will be presenting this in small
groups). Office hours are available for signup on
COOL!
3. Pay course fee online here or @ HA 443
4. Book your BCC coaching appointment!
5. Next week is lecture!

How to get in touch with me
Call me
maybe?
1. Email:
comm202.1@sauder.ubc.ca
2. One on ones: sign ups
available here for timeslots
next week
3. Tutorials: feel free to
approach me before or after

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Questions?
Have a great day!

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