Post on 22-Jan-2018
Career Challenges
What are your experiences?
• Find a partner• Discuss career challenges that are
affecting you or your clients • Share your top 3 ideas with the group
Lana’s Talents
Develop creative ideas, take initiative & engage others
Communicate clearly & articulately in all mediums
Project management, bringing ideas to action
Identifying Talents & Passions
• You can understand your talents and passions by reviewing stories about your past accomplishments
• These can be significant experiences you have had in your life where you were the main actor in a life event
Lana’s Stories
• Helping to organize C-Day Fill the Hill with 350.org
• Working on electricity audit impact study
• Being an orientation leader @ university
• Traveling through Europe
Lana’s Feedback
• “I remember being really floored by how you listened to my 10 life stories and then sent me back 2 pages of skills - when you are unemployed its really difficult to recall your skills because you're not receiving regular feedback. I would encourage people to do this exercise.”
Lana’s Experience
• “The posted job board is likely to result in headaches and unsuccessful results. There is always a way 'in' without the formal application.”
• “Relationship building and networking are different, networks do not pay off in a short time span, you need to invest in relationships over time.”
Target Markets
• Non governmental organizations engaged in environmental change initiatives
• Transportation & energy sectors priority
• Focus on behavioural change
• Social media integration
• Includes consulting groups that carry these portfolios
Markets
Share compelling stories:
“As Sustainability Engagement Coordinator, implemented workplace sustainable commuting challenge to 1,200 employees, using e-mail marketing techniques and floor to floor competitions to achieve 8% increase in participation.”
Lana’s Experience
“The understanding of my proof stories - having them on hand and being able to bring them naturally into a conversation - this was significant in helping me market myself to the organizations I wanted to help!”
What’s Next?
• Focus on the next step
• Who has issues, needs, challenges or problems that you are uniquely able to solve?
• Make that your next project!