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Knowing Your Strengths as a Job Seeker
- 1. Pedro Gonzalez, Director of Employer Relations Moore School of Business KNOWING YOUR STRENGTHS AS A JOB SEEKER: BUILDING THEM FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- 2. What are your top 3 skills? Value Proposition Not likely to change over time Linked to 80% of all interview questions Narrative Content
- 3. What employers want Skill #1 Skill #2 Skill #3 Skill #4 Skill #5 Communication Teamwork Technical Leadership Managerial Oral Communication Adaptability Quantitative Analysis Integrity Manage decision-making process Listening Skills Ability to value opinion of others Qualitative Analysis Drive Manage task environment Written Communication Cross-cultural sensitivity Core business knowledge Innovation and creativity Manage strategy and innovation Presentation skills Ability to follow Technology Ability to inspire Manage human capital Negotiation Delegation Specific language Strategic vision Manage administrative activities MBA skills by level of importance as required by employers for mid-level jobs
- 4. Deal Maker: Core Competencies Communications Experiential learning Self-awareness My Professional Insights on Employability
- 5. Core Competencies of Employability • Objective: Speak confidently and concisely about yourself, your experience, your goals • Practice Stream: Mock interview, career coaching, workshops, toastmasters • Outcomes: More effective interview performance and improved networking skills Verbal Communications • Objective: Direct work experience and performance feedback • Practice Stream: Co-ops, internships, class projects, • Outcomes: Personal accountability and skills development Experiential learning • Objective: Realization of strengths, weaknesses, and expectation setting, ambition planning • Practice Stream: Diagnostic tools, successes, failures, life! • Outcomes: Ownership of your development narrative and confidence in conveying value proposition to employers Self-awareness
- 6. Career Life Cycles: 40s –beyond: Reputation 30s: Track Record 20s: Skills
- 7. Part 2: Networking The essential life-long skill for business success
- 8. Why Network? ? Buckets • Job Search • Business Development • Knowledge Sharing • Stay connected/Making yourself available to others Motivation for Networking
- 9. Reciprocity of Networking My Needs • People will know who I am • People will know what I have to offer professionally • People will think of me for a job vacancy, a new business partnership • People will seek me out for my professional opinion Others’ Needs • They need to find a good candidate for a job vacancy • They need to find an expert on a topic • They need to complete a project What’s in it for me?
- 10. Expectations Short- term Long- term Why am I networking? Who do I need to know for my immediate needs? Who do I need to know for my overall professional development
- 11. Who do I network with? Friends & Family Classmates Current/former co-workers Alumni group(s) Knowing your immediate network
- 12. How do I expand my network? USC Career Events Business Community Events Career Fairs LinkedIn Groups Knowing your potential network
- 13. Where to network LinkedIn Corp. Facebook Pages Alumni Pages Affinity Groups Professional Groups Recruitment Messages/Hot Jobs Undergraduate Professional: Societies, Fraternities, Sororities Thought Leaders Company News Marketing Push Moore School Identity: Ethnic, Gender Top social media sites
- 14. Networking Follow Up Connect on LinkedIn Informational Interviews Periodic email on academic progress or job search progress Share an article of relevant/mutual interest The Ask…I applied for a job at your company , please pass along my resume … I have a contact, now what?
- 15. Really?! How Not to Network
- 16. Message Who Am I Top skills Industry Interest/Knowledge Current Events Business News/Trends New Technology Behaviors Active Listener Concise Communication Temperature check Graceful entrance and exit What’s your story? Practical network behaviors and messaging for Live Networking
- 17. Thank You