PowerPoint presentation for the fourth session of Steve Langerud's Lunch Career Chats. Maharishi University of Management, October/November 2013. Link to archived livestream video of this career workshop: https://new.livestream.com/mum/SteveLangerud

1. Steve Langerud
Festival Hall
November 6, 2013

2. 
October 9: Overview
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October 16: Who am I as a professional?
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October 30: Where do I fit in the world?
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November 6: How do I get there?

3. Skills
Your Dharma: 10 Seconds
Issues
WHO
People
 Colleagues
CONTROL
How
 Who You Serve
Environment
Plan

4. 
Start with your 10 second statement
 Clear, focused, and behavioral
 Skills, issues, people, environment
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Research
 Find people who are most like your statement… don’t
worry about titles!
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People want to help
 Ask everyone you meet

5. 
I am at an exciting point… I can do whatever I want with
my life. While I know a lot about myself, I don’t know all
the things people like me do and get paid!
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I think you know more than I do about this field and I need
your help.
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May I meet with you for 1o minutes?
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I will tell you one short story (10 second statement);
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ask you one question;
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and then leave you alone!

6.  TELL: Perfect for me is using my (skills) to work with
theses (issues) with these (people) in this
(environment).
 ASK: Does this sound like you?
▪ YES: Tell me more about what you do!
▪ Or…
▪ NO: Do you know someone who has a life like I described
AND can you introduce me to that person?!

7. 
What is the difference
between me today and
me doing what you do
professionally?
 Leads to tactics
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If you were me,
 Where should I start?
 What should I do?
 Who should I talk to about
the path?

8. What is the difference between me today and me
working professionally?
Where are the gaps?
▪
▪
▪
▪
Education
Experience
Certification
Other?
What are the solutions?
▪ Are they acceptable?
▪ Are they feasible?

9. 
Ask more than one person
 What do most people say?
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Look at the data you gather
 Do you believe them?
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Make a plan
 What must I do NEXT?
 LinkedIn, Resume, Cover Letter, Application, Portfolio, etc
to prepare for communicating with other people
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Implement your plan

10. 
Put your search into context
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Focus on the inside: Who am I?
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Move inside-out: Where do I fit?
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Listen to experts: How do it get there?
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You have to do this by yourself; but you don’t
have to do it alone! Ask for help.