Career Transition Panel

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Career Transition Panel
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Introductions

• Panel Composition
• Public / Private / Government
• Large / Medium / Small Cap Companies
• Profit / Not for Profit
• Corporations / Partnerships / Entrepreneurial /
  Start-Up
• Panelist Introductions
• Gary Bedard - Vice President and GM, Lennox
  International
• Vicky Fiore - Consultant Russell Reynolds
  Associates
• John Hurst - Vice President, Business
  Development, Prenova
• William Lampley - President, Eastern Division
  Grubb Ellis
• Ted McAleer - Business Development, State of
  Utah
• Mike Pratt - Partner, Modulus Capital

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Topics

• Career Objective John Hurst
• Career Options Ted McAleer
• Networking Marketing Mike Pratt
• Misconceptions Gary Bedard
• The Offer Vicky Fiore
• The Transition William Lampley

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Define Your Life Objective
1965
Birth

• Your objective
• Fulfillment
• Enjoyment
• Wealth Accumulation
• Legacy
• Does your strategy meet your objective?
• Small, medium, large company for wealth
  accumulation
• Resources
• Visualize your ideal life / work / career
• What Color Is Your Parachute
• Spouse, Family, Friends, Co-workers
• Personality Testing (Myers Briggs, etc.)

The Past
1987
Graduation
Early Career
Today
2007
Late Career
2015
Retire
2025
Retire
2065
Be Thou At Peace
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Career Options

• Considerations
• Company Culture
• Work / Life Balance
• Wealth Accumulation
• Fulfillment
• Options
• Large Cap / Fortune 500
• Medium Cap
• Small Cap
• Public
• Private
• For Profit
• Not for Profit

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Networking Marketing

• Networking
• Leveraging your USMA network
• Quick tips on effective networking
• The Resume
• Chronological versus skill based
• Translating military experience into a civilian
  resume
• Generic versus Specific The targeted resume
  and internet search
• The interview
• Research your company
• Practice, practice, practice
• Adapt to the specific companys culture

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Employer Misconceptions

• What you look like to an employer
• Give orders / take orders
• How you are going to be perceived
• Rigid / inflexible
• How to overcome
• Lighten up
• Grow your hair
• Invest in your attire
• Highlight the positives
• Disciplined, loyalty, integrity
• Flexibility, willingness to relocate, willingness
  to take the tough assignment
• Ability to work under stress
• Suppress the negatives
• Demonstrate creativity
• Demonstrate knowledge of industry trends
• Demonstrate a knowledge of the company

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The Offer

• Comparing multiple offers
• A bird in the hand versus two in the bush
• Waiting for Mr. Right
• The package
• Salary (its more than just salary)
• Bonus (is it real?)
• Options Equity (is it real?)
• 401K and the match
• Benefits (health, medical, vision, STD, LTD,
  company car, etc.)
• Taxes (state versus property)
• Negotiating the offer(s)
• It has to be right (your going to have to live
  with it for a long time)
• Ask now or forever hold your peace
• Finally, remember your objective

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The Transition

• Know what you are getting into
• What to expect
• The snake pit
• Your support group

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Open Discussion

• QA