Your Career, Your Future - November 2011

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Are you a senior, or a recent graduate with an interior design degree wondering how to best apply your skills and find employment. The market has changed, the jobs are hard to come by. Understand where the industry is going, position yourself for success with these few tips.

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Your career. Your future.Do you have what it takes to succeed?

NEW REALITY

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WHO ARE YOU?

“ I have no special talents. I am passionately curious.”

~ Albert Einstein

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• Know your brand (Passion, values, strengths, story)

• Share your story (Tell everyone you know)

• Don’t sit at your desk all day (Interact, build a brand)

• Invest time and money in your brand (“I see you everywhere” effect)

• Leverage social media and networking (We all have the same amount of time – time is no excuse! )

The Brand of You

POWER OF COMMUNICATION

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• The words you use to communicate your story

• Written correspondence (email, letter, thank you notes, text messages/blog/posts)

• Oral communication (elevator speech/introduction, voicemails)

• Face-to-face interaction (physical appearance, body language/physical contact)

• Think before you speak (active listening)

Forms of communication

EMBRACING TECHNOLOGY

Online presence• Digital portfolio

• Digital resume

• LinkedIn profile

• Other resourcesYour

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Online presence- digital portfolio

~ SlideShare ~ Folio Link ~ Prezi

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Online presence- digital resume

~ Visual CV

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Online presence- LinkedIn profile

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Online presence- other resources

~ Brazencareerist.com ~ Bizme .biz

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NETWORKNETWORK

NETWORK

Knowing people

Network

ASIDwww.asidwi.org

IIDAwww.iidawi.org

WGBAwww.wgba.org

FUEL www.fuelmilwaukee.org

NKBAwww.nkbawi.org

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Social Media Revolution

Video prepared by Eric Qualman

If you think no one watches your online activity, think again...Yo

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According to a survey of 300 hiring professionals conducted by Reppler,

DON’T BE LEFT BEHIND

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Chart credit to Megan O’Neill for Social Times

LET’S GET STARTED

Preparing an elevator speechYo

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pinpoint your best features, achievements, areas of acceleration...not GPA, but true life experience.

• Who is your target audience?understand who you are speaking to

• What is the main benefit?use an active adverb like improve, broaden, help train...

GOOD LUCK

Jenny S. Schrankp: 414/405-3011

jsrebs@yahoo.com

Aga Artkap:414/213-4218contactme@agaartka.com