RelationshipsPresented by Michael T. Breslin

Lally Office of Career Management and Professional DevelopmentSeptember 30, 2015

• Maintaining Relationships• Job Searching• Interviewing

Agenda

Informational Interviewing• Research– SWOT Analysis– Employer website headlines– Google company and interviewee

• Prepare for– TMAY aka WMTYR– Why our firm?– Why our industry?

TIARA• Trends

– Trends impacting? How business changed/will change?• Insights

– What surprises you about your work? Best lesson? • Advice

– Best preparation for this field? 1st 30 days on job?• Resources

– Next resources/next steps for me?• Assignments

– Common/important projects in your/new hire’s work?

Monthly Check-in• Thanks– “Thank you for speaking with me last month…”

• Advice recap– And feedback regarding that advice– “I started reading Barrons…feel much more able to

converse…”• Request more suggestions– “Do you have additional suggestions for…”

• Keep posted on progress after– “I hope you are well. Quick update…

Job Searching• GoinGlobal• GoogleAlerts

• Taleo– site:taleo.net intitle:careers JOBTITLE

OTHERIMPORTANTWORDS• JobLink = RPI Career Fair

Job Search Tracking• Tabs

• Submission page

• https://drive.google.com/previewtemplate?id=0AkZyK4st_9NpdGY1ZHhTMnVnVVQyT0F6b0daR1BYUEE&mode=public&ddrp=1#

Interviewing• Tell me about yourself.• Why did you choose Rensselaer and the career for which you are preparing?• What do you see as your developmental needs? What actions are you taking

to address them?• How do you think a friend or a professor who knows you well would describe

you?• What motivates you to put forth your greatest effort?• How would you compare your academic achievement to your expected

employment success?• What have you learned from participation in extracurricular activities?• What two or three things are most important to you in your job?• Describe for me something that you’re really proud of.• What one thing would you change about yourself today, and why?• Of the jobs that you have held, which one was most satisfying, and why?