Through this individual 45-min live coaching session with Dr. Mrim Boutla, you will explore your career and impact goals as well as make progress towards one of the following areas:
- GET CLEAR about your impact goals, including:
- How your skills best match specific job types (e.g. communications, advocacy, policy analysis, marketing, program management, operations, finance/accounting, digital product development, human resources, entrepreneurship).
- How your work/life priorities fit within different sectors and organizational cultures (e.g. private sector, non-profits, government, multilateral organizations, how things get done, what kinds of colleagues you will have, how much autonomy and ability to innovate you will have, focus on innovation vs focus on compliance, continuous learning, mentoring opportunities, salary, location, career advancement).
- How your passions and desired impact align with growth industries (e.g. tech and social media, life sciences, humanitarian aid, CPGs, manufacturing, aerospace, transportation, food security, women empowerment).
- How to research salaries and understand how to navigate salary questions throughout your career development journey.
- GET CONNECTED to your tribe of like-minded professionals, including:
- Optimizing your LinkedIn profile.
- Increasing your credibility by learning from and networking with like-minded professionals.
- Identifying, following, and engaging with employers via social media (e.g. LinkedIn, twitter).
- Uncovering career and job opportunities through the hidden job market of 80% of career opportunities before they get advertised on job boards.
- Leveraging LinkedIn learning to keep optimizing your career profile and increasing your professional credibility.
- GET HIRED to compete for your opportunities of interest, including:
- Analyzing job postings to best position yourself as the candidate of choice.
- Tailoring your resume for specific opportunities.
- Crafting your cover letter to stand out as a credible candidate.
- Preparing for behavioral, technical, or case interviews.
- Keeping in touch with your references.
- Staying pleasantly persistent throughout your search.
- Analyzing and negotiating job offers.
At the end of your coaching session, you will leave with greater insights about your career development strategy and how to best make progress towards your impact goals.
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