Welcome to Career Prep 101 2015 Contact

Welcome to Career Prep 101 2015

Contact Info Career Services Bronfman Building 6 th floor, #650 www. mcgill. ca/desautels/careercentre. mgmt@mcgill. ca 514 -398 -2996

Your Career Advisors Peg Brunelle Marketing, International Management, PR, Advertising Danielle Dagenais Finance, Investment Management Julia Riscaldino Consulting, IS, HR Cathy Yee Accounting, General Management

Overview of Career Services § Advising: • • • Resume and cover letter review Interview preparation / mock interviews Workshops Career counseling and planning Career. Leader© assessments § Networking: • • • Resume Book for corporate access Career fairs, company presentations, info sessions Career Discovery Series Job postings Mentoring program § On-line: • my. Future @ www. mcgill. ca/management/career • Career Resources Portal @ www. mcgill. ca/desautels-career

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Career Profile § Well rounded profile NOT GPA alone § Strong academic results and involvement in oncampus activities: clubs, volunteer organizations ü Showing community mindedness and enhancing skillsets depending on roles and activities involved Employers want a mix of academic success and other involvement

Gaining Transferable Skills Through Work U 0 to U 1 GET EXPERIENCE • • • U 1 to U 2 GAIN RESPONSIBILITY Coffee shop barista Retail salesperson Customer service Admin. assistant Lifeguard Office clerk Cashier Camp counselor Etc. • Corporate intern accounting clerk, law firm clerk, etc. • Sales representative • PR/event organizer • Bank Teller • NGO intern • Etc. U 2 to U 3 GET AN INTERNSHIP • • U 3 graduate GET A FULL-TIME JOB Consulting • Accept offer after Investment banking internship Corporate NGO OR Government Teaching assistant • Have gained Etc. sufficient experience to get your dream job! 8

Checklist U 0 & U 1 ON-BOARD AND INTEGRATE U 2 PLAN AND PARTICIPATE q Attend Career Prep 101 q Determine career interests q Refine career interests q Draft baseline resume and cover letter q Attend career fairs and oncampus recruiting events q Meet peer advisor q Attend workshops on CV and cover letter prep to improve q Update cover letter and resume q Meet key CS advisor q Attend networking workshop q Set up internet profiles for career purposes: Linked. In, Gmail q Practice networking q Improve soft and technical interviewing skills q Prepare for behavioral and technical interviews q Set up automatic delivery of job postings from public sites q Continue volunteer or oncampus activities, clubs, sports q Get involved in volunteer or on-campus activities, clubs, sports q Get relevant summer employment q Take Career. Leader® test U 3 HIT THE GROUND RUNNING q Continue volunteer or oncampus activities, clubs, sports q Network! 9

Peer Advisors § Meet with a Peer Advisor • To get your resume reviewed • To connect with students who know what it is like to be in first year § Peer Advisors on duty as of October 19 • Come to Career Services, 6 th floor Bronfman, to sign up