Dream Accelerators Elise Vinup, Eileen Tublin, David Straub, Max Scharrer, Lauren

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Project Objectives

● The Dream Accelerator’s goal is to help the three Career Seekers find full time jobs with a tech start-up company and to overall increase their networks, professional development experience, and interviewing skills and experiences.

Project Objectives ● OKR #1: Increasing Network

o Career Seekers: 20/person new LinkedIn startup tech connections 3/person Informational Interviews per week Attend 3/person Start-up Events

o Career Advisors: 3 Referrals per career seeker 1 weekly reference for events by email or blog

● OKR #2: Professional Developmento Career Seekers:

Read 2 articles (from career advisors) per week Establish 2 mentors

o Career Advisors: Blog: Post 2 tech startup articles per week Blog: Share 1 or more job posts per week

● OKR #3: Interviewing Career Seekers:

● Submit 12/person applications to different tech startups

● Receive interview offers 15% of applications

Career Advisors: ● Conduct company specific mock

interviews● Review resumes● Review and revise cover letter per

application submission

Career Advisor Results

Progress:● Created Organizational & Progress Reports for career

seekers ● Posted 4 Referrals for Informational Interview Options ● Post 4 entrepreneurial event options (Goal 1/wk)● Resume Meetings with career seekersNext Goals: ● Application specific Cover Letter specific for career

seekers ● Advise on LinkedIn changes

Resume Reviews

Blog Writer, ResearcherProgress● Created Blog

o posted 2 tech startup articles

o shared 1 job posting resource & 1 event

Next steps● Create blog page for each

career seeker ● Summarize “How to find a job in

tech” Subreddit summaries

Max’s Progress UpdateProgress:● 7/20 New LinkedIn Connections● Established one of two mentors - Steve Cohan● 3 Informational interviews - Spothopper, Box,

and Icon TV Music Inc.Next goals:● Submit 6 applications to startups● Obtain 5-10 new LinkedIn connections● Conduct 7 informational Interviews - Zuntik & SBI

Eileen’s Progress UpdateProgress:● LinkedIn: 16 professionals● Informational interviews: 11● Applications submitted: 5Next goals:● Reach out to contacts from Katie, Venture for

America, Eric, and Greg ● Send out Update E-mails ● Submit 3 more applications

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David’s Progress Update

Progress:● 10 new LinkedIn connections● 5 Informational InterviewsNext goals:● Submit 5 applications● 10 new LinkedIn connections● 5 new informational interviews

Excitements/Challenges

● Excitements: Great helpful insights from informational

interviews Attended great events

● Challenges: Actually getting interviews is harder than

anticipated

Questions