1. Welcome to Career Prep 101 2015

2. Contact Info Career Services Bronfman Building 6 th floor, #650 www.mcgill.ca/desautels/career careercentre.mgmt@mcgill.ca 514-398-2996

3. Your Career Advisors Peg Brunelle Marketing, International Management, PR, Advertising Danielle Dagenais Finance, Investment Management Julia Riscaldino Consulting, IS, HR Cathy Yee Accounting, General Management

4. Overview of Career Services  Advising: Resume and cover letter review Interview preparation / mock interviews Workshops Career counseling and planning CareerLeader © assessments  Networking: Resume Book for corporate access Career fairs, company presentations, info sessions Career Discovery Series Job postings Mentoring program  On-line: myFuture @ www.mcgill.ca/management/careerwww.mcgill.ca/management/career Career Resources Portal @ www.mcgill.ca/desautels-careerwww.mcgill.ca/desautels-career

5. Two myFuture sites… beware! Welcome, Jo Blo

6. BCom Career Portal

7. Career Profile  Well rounded profile NOT GPA alone  Strong academic results and involvement in on- campus activities: clubs, volunteer organizations Showing community mindedness and enhancing skillsets depending on roles and activities involved Employers want a mix of academic success and other involvement

8. Gaining Transferable Skills Through Work U0 to U1 GET EXPERIENCE U1 to U2 GAIN RESPONSIBILITY U2 to U3 GET AN INTERNSHIP U3 graduate GET A FULL-TIME JOB Coffee shop barista Retail salesperson Customer service Admin. assistant Lifeguard Office clerk Cashier Camp counselor Etc. Corporate intern accounting clerk, law firm clerk, etc. Sales representative PR/event organizer Bank Teller NGO intern Etc. Consulting Investment banking Corporate NGO Government Teaching assistant Etc. Accept offer after internship OR Have gained sufficient experience to get your dream job! 8

9. Checklist 9 U0 & U1 O N - BOARD AND I NTEGRATE U2 P LAN AND P ARTICIPATE U3 H IT THE G ROUND R UNNING  Attend Career Prep 101  Draft baseline resume and cover letter  Meet peer advisor  Take CareerLeader® test  Meet key CS advisor  Set up internet profiles for career purposes: LinkedIn, Gmail  Set up automatic delivery of job postings from public sites  Get involved in volunteer or on-campus activities, clubs, sports  Determine career interests  Attend career fairs and on- campus recruiting events  Attend workshops on CV and cover letter prep to improve  Attend networking workshop  Practice networking  Prepare for behavioral and technical interviews  Continue volunteer or on- campus activities, clubs, sports  Get relevant summer employment  Refine career interests  Attend career fairs and on- campus recruiting events  Update cover letter and resume  Improve soft and technical interviewing skills  Continue volunteer or on- campus activities, clubs, sports  Network!

10. Peer Advisors  Meet with a Peer Advisor To get your resume reviewed To connect with students who know what it is like to be in first year  Peer Advisors on duty as of October 19 Come to Career Services, 6 th floor Bronfman, to sign up