1. PLACEMENT DIRECTOR  Chief Marketing Officer – Image, Promotion, Sales  Chief Career Education Officer – X220 and X420  Interact with 2500 Recruiters per Year

2. What Do Recruiters Say? Why I.U.? Academic Reputation Faculty – Well-known Students – Selectivity Curriculum - Smart Selling Points I-CORE Concentration Depth Career-Prepared Students

3. Pre-I-CORE  Pre-Business General Education  Analytical Tools  Communication Tools – Presentation and Written  Critical Thinking Ability Enhancements  Some Business Techniques

4. Contrast to Other Profession Characteristics  Sports, Music, Journalism, Military  Learn Tools and Rules  Study Special Techniques  Practice – Cases in Business  DRILL-DRILL-DRILL (March-March-March)  Get it Right – Train and Retrain  Apply: DO IT: Make Mistakes but Few  Continuous Improvement I-CORE = BOOT CAMP!

5. Profession  Shift Gears Quickly  Shift Smoothly  Go Fast  Autopilot

6. Integrated Core – Pulls Loose Ideas Together  Admittedly: A Simulation  Orchestrates: First Practice Together  Coaches: The Faculty Follows those tips that Dad gave you Pulls sandlot pick-up game techniques together We all need good coaches  Team Becomes Reality  Players: Not Spectators

7. What’s In It For Me?  Great Career Start  First Job After College  Pride  Winning Team Member  Even Small Firms Win with Others: Not Loners

8. How Do Recruiters Evaluate?  Internship Interviews (Intro to Career Field)  Career Interviews “Situational/Behavioral Questions”

9. Situational Questions Focus on Competencies (What are your competencies AFTER graduation?) Technical Skills (Major Studies) (Courses) Leadership: How? When? Teamwork: When, Where, Show Me Communication: Demonstrate

10. I-CORE Experience is Career-Related  WORK HARD  FIRST JOB IS ALSO TOUGH  BE MORE THAN A SURVIVOR  PROVE YOURSELF I-CORE Situations = Right Competencies

11. Next Step  Major Courses: Immersion  General to Specific Tools  Avoid Relying on Luck: Plan Your Career  Learn to Fish – Follow the Cheese  Learn How to Manage Your Career  See You in X420 Next Semester!