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The startup industry is booming and the opportunity for having a fulfilled career and making an impact in the world couldn’t be greater. At the same time, it can be overwhelming! In this slideshare we start with a very high level approach to deconstructing a fulfilling career and work down all the way to tactical steps to get your foot in the door at a startup so you can land a job.
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NO EXCUSES - Best Motivational Speech 2018
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Tips on success pisethsuccess.blog
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Learning the New Model not only makes a successful job search quick(er), fast(er), and easy(ier), it also helps professionals begin to learn the real process of successful career management which will protect them in the future from being being in transition again, or significantly lessens the time and resources to land in the future from months and months down to days and weeks, if at all. Presented by Greg David (Laka) of Laka & Company. Greg has been in the executive search and human capital advisory marketplace for more than 30 years and has also founded a separately successful firm helping others learn the new model of job search and career management.
Greg.David@Laka.com
Team Builder
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Simplify Your Life by Brian Tracy
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What makes a good advertising intern?
Over two hundred years of collective experience has gone into this document. Those who contributed are not only talented individuals with a wealth of knowledge, but also compassionate professionals who remember what it's like to be a student. They've all taken time out of their already overtaxed schedules to share a lesson based on their own personal experience.
Everyone was asked one simple question: What makes a good advertising intern?
Despite being so open-ended, the question yielded many common themes. Passion for the business, a positive attitude and an amazing work ethic were mentioned a number of times. Enthusiasm was also highlighted often, as was - hmm - proper hygiene. Each and every contributor was brutally honest and candid. Anyone who reads this revealing document owes them a huge debt of gratitude.
Take Action Developing Your Personal Power In As Little As 30 Days With These...
This document provides 15 steps to develop personal power in as little as 30 days. It recommends maintaining an even temperament, having a sense of humor, smiling, treating others well, remembering names and details about people, being honest, letting others talk, listening, being prepared, being disciplined, having good posture, being compassionate, finding a mentor, associating with positive people, giving to others, and striving daily to improve. Taking small, consistent steps in these areas can lead to significant changes over time and help one become a confident, admired person.
Suvey Bootcamp
1) The document provides guidance on conducting effective surveys, including how to determine what topics to cover, write clear and unbiased questions, and incentivize people to complete the survey.
2) It emphasizes exploring user behaviors and pain points rather than feelings, keeping questions short and direct, and making the survey conversational to improve response rates.
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Getting a Job at a Tech Startup
- 1. BREAKING AND ENTERING INTOTECH STARTUPS Sam Hysell @samhysell
- 2. Let’s take a second to realize what we’re actually living through right now
- 5. HEDONIC ADAPTION If you aren’t happy today, You still won’t be happy when you get what you want
- 6. START WITH WHY? Nobody cares what you do, it’s all about WHYYOU DO IT! Simon Sinek @samhysell
- 7. WHY AREYOU CHANGING CAREER PATHS? @samhysell
- 8. IN ORDERTO BE FULFILLED, YOU MUST LEARN WHAT DOESN’T FULFILLYOU! @samhysell
- 10. THETRUE WAY ISTHROUGHTRYING NEWTHINGS AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE @samhysell
- 11. @samhysell
- 12. HOFFMAN REVERSE ENGINEERING @samhysell What are the key skills needed to run a company?
- 13. MIKE KARNJANAPRAKORN http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=r_yOzJqdXFQ Founder and CEO of Skillshare @samhysell
- 14. @samhysell
- 15. @samhysell
- 16. TIME FOR A LITTLE EXERCISE @samhysell
- 17. TIME FOR A LITTLE EXERCISE What are 3 things that excite you? What are the 3 biggest issues/problems you care about? @samhysell
- 20. YOU ARE WHOYOU CHILL WITH @samhysell
- 21. VALUE OF A NETWORK “Your network is an indispensable source of intelligence because people offer private observations and impressions that would never appear in a public place like the Wall Street Journal” Reid Hoffman @samhysell
- 22. “CURATE WHOYOU FOLLOW. YOU’RE LETTINGTHEM INYOUR BRAIN,ANDYOU WANTTO SURROUNDYOURSELF WITHTHE BEST IDEAS.” @samhysell @bwats Rising Star / Analyst at USV http://bit.ly/nyctechguide
- 23. PERSONAL BRANDING MOST PEOPLE ARE BORING AS $*%& @samhysell *well at least that’s how they come off
- 24. HOWTO NOT BE BORING Wear your passions on your sleeve (AKA Be Naked) Both Online and Off Nobody can turn down a hustler with a curious and passionate mind Only you know and see the world like you do! Leverage your unique perspective! Use the flinch as a motivator @samhysell Read “How to Win Friends & Influence People”
- 27. HOWTO GROWYOUR NETWORK Ask thoughtful & specific questions/feedback that exploit the overlap of your why & theirs @samhysell Stand the $*%& out through empathy 1. What are your biggest challenges? 2. What’s most exciting about what you’re working on? Dig your well BEFORE you’re thirsty
- 28. YOU’RE SO LUCKYTO BE IN SI NYC RIGHT NOW @samhysell
- 29. SO... Hit up one Meetup each week Talk to random people, ask them the 2 questions, and follow up (canned responses) @samhysell
- 30. @samhysell
- 32. GETTING AN AWESOME MENTOR Find someone already doing what you want to do Ask them what they recommend you do now if you want to be like them 1 year out @samhysell
- 33. GETTING AN AWESOME JOB 1. Find a company you want to work for 2. Find the decision maker for your ideal role 3.Write an awesome email 1-3.Align Passion @samhysell
- 35. @samhysell
- 36. @samhysell
- 38. One-sided interviews = Inferiority = Fail Conversations = Equal Status =You’re Hired @samhysell
- 39. ScreenThem as Much asThey ScreenYou Stephen Finance Story @samhysell
- 41. End with “What Concerns doYou Have?” @samhysell
- 42. @samhysell
- 43. @samhysell