7/18/2016 Todays Agenda Welcome by Dr. K Meet The MS MS Career - - PDF document

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Meet The MS Career Team Tips to Jumpstart Your Job Search

✓ Welcome by Dr. K ✓ MS Career Team Introductions ✓ Tips to Jumpstart Your Job Search ✓ Student Q&A ✓ Wrap-Up

Today’s Agenda Our Mission

To provide students with transformational experiences that launch extraordinary career journeys. To partner with employers to infuse talent pipelines with exceptional Smith Terps.

Discover Develop Connect Engage OCS Pillars Meet The MS Career Services Team

Kasandra Gunter-Robinson

• Marketing Analytics

Angela Vaughn

• Accounting

Emily Ruggiero

• Information Systems

Pauline Ma

• Finance

Jeffrey Stoltzfus

• Supply Chain Management
• Review industry structure, roles, employers

✓ (Use Wetfeet, Vault, Hoovers, etc.)

• Identify your primary interests:

✓ Industry ✓ Geographical locations ✓ Functional areas / specific position

• List Top 10 companies of interest

✓ Employers in the Industry and Geography of your interest, hiring for the function(s) of your interest

• Conduct a personal SWOT Analysis

✓ Strengths ✓ Weaknesses ✓ Opportunities ✓ Threats

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• 92% percent of recruiters scrutinize job seekers resumes.
• Your digital presence - direct reflection of your personal brand.
• Headline - eye-catching and relevant to industry.
• Use a professional headshot - recruiters 70% more likely to read your profile if

you have one.

• Make your summary special - specialties, subject matter expertise.
• Customize Skills - show they apply to the job and market you serve.
• Quantify Accomplishments - telling is not selling; use numbers!
• The more of your social media accounts you link to your profile, the higher your

name appears on search engines.

Develop: Your Personal Brand

• Understand and embrace how it can help you;

Commit to helping others

• Grow your professional and personal network
• Conduct informational interviews
• Reach out to your US contacts prior to arrival

Connect: Leverage Your Network

• Overview of Career Services
• It’s a “Partnership”
• Engage with Career Services

✓ Small Group Coaching ✓ Career Related Workshops and Events ✓ Professional Speaker Series ✓ Company Presentations ✓ Industry Specific Coaching ✓ Alumni Panels

Engage: Your Smith Career Partner

Student Q&A

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Closing Thoughts… Keys to Success

Engage early and often

• Connect with your coach/industry advisor
• Leverage OCS Career Programming
• Differentiate yourself amidst the

“War for Talent”

• Engagement will lead to being more prepared

for employer visits, interviews and conferences

Remember that job search is a team sport

• We look forward to partnering with you
• Leverage your support network
• Resilience, tenacity, and focus will be key!

Program Specific Webinars

Go to: https://webmeeting.umd.edu/programcoach/

Friday, July 22, 2016 9:00AM (US EST)

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Thank you for participating! Enjoy your summer and we look forward to welcoming you to College Park in August!

Feedback and follow-up is most welcome. Please send to: mscareerservice@rhsmith.umd.edu

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