1. Football Success to Career Success

2. Football Success to Career Success
What about Bob?
Current Job
Sports Background … Fair Catch?
Georgetown Basketball Team
Rocky Start at Georgetown

3. Football Success to Career Success
Same game, different “field”
You have ASPIRATIONS
You set GOALS: What were your goals?
You establish a PLAN to meet those goals
You EXECUTE that Plan
You MET or EXCEEDED your Goal – NFL
You worked hard to constantly IMPROVE
You MANAGED ADVERSITY along the way

4. Football Success to Career Success
Same game, different “field”
You have ASPIRATIONS
You set GOALS
You establish a PLAN to meet those goals
You EXECUTE that Plan
You MET or EXCEEDED your Goal – NFL
You worked hard to constantly IMPROVE
You MANAGED ADVERSITY along the way

5. What are your Career Aspirations?
Importance of a Career Choice: “Who are you?”
The WHAT versus the WHERE
WHAT skills to you want to use?
Need to heighten Self Awareness
Consciously Competent (Baseball hitter in a slump)
When are you at your best? (“This is my thing”)
Best career choice is one that is an extension of who you are
WHERE do you want to use your Skills?
Selling cars versus selling prescription drugs
Accounting in Big 4 versus Accounting in School district
Where: Industry? Size? Work Environment? Org Values?
Where do you best fit in and thrive?

6. What are your Career Aspirations?
VALUES often drive career choices
Your skills and interests can be applied widely
The decision comes down to this:
What’s most important regarding my career?
Money? Prestige? Impact on others? Enjoyment? Flexibility – work/life balance?
The Georgetown Lawyer example
So … What’s most important for each of you?

7. Football Success to Career Success
Same game, different “field”
You have ASPIRATIONS
You set GOALS
You establish a PLAN to meet those goals
You EXECUTE that Plan
You MET or EXCEEDED your Goal – NFL
You worked hard to constantly IMPROVE
You MANAGED ADVERSITY along the way

8. Your Job Search PLAN PLAN PERSONALIZE PERSEVERE
The 3 P’s to Job Search Success
PLAN
The Job Search is overwhelming without a plan
Gets pushed off on the “back burner” … not due tomorrow
Small, doable concrete tasks
Strategic regarding where you spend your job-search time
PERSONALIZE
Job Search is impersonal by nature
85% Rule
Networking, Networking, Networking … more on this later
PERSEVERE
Numbers aren’t in your favor
Baseball Hitter mentality

9. Football Success to Career Success
Same game, different “field”
You have ASPIRATIONS
You set GOALS
You establish a PLAN to meet those goals
You EXECUTE that Plan
You MET or EXCEEDED your Goal – NFL
You worked hard to constantly IMPROVE
You MANAGED ADVERSITY along the way

10. Crafting Your Resume Sweat the Small Stuff
Just one letter can change the whole meaning …
What was intended:
“Responsible for running the northeast chain of restaurants.”
What was written on the resume:
“Responsible for ruining the northeast chain of restaurants.”
Bachelor of Science, or …
QUESTIONS on how to craft a strong resume?

11. Networking 70 – 80% of all jobs gotten through Networking
Use your Personal Network
Who all is in your Network?
Use Linked-In
3-Step Process
Connection Request
Informational Meeting Request
Conduct the Informational Meeting
POWER : Seek first to understand, then to be understood!
QUESTIONS on NETWORKING?

12. Interviewing Think of Your Feet … Don’t be like B-O-B
You have the “Athlete Advantage”
Not afraid to compete
Bring a Swagger to the Interview
Come back strong when facing adversity
Employers love to see how you answer the next question
You have a ton of Tranferrable Skills to offer
Don’t over-use the Athlete Example
You know the importance of Preparation
Put in the REPS to perform your best!
QUESTIONS on Interviewing?

13. May work enrich your life!
Closing Thought
May work enrich your life!

14. Career Success
QUESTIONS?