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Professional Opportunities Orientation Program Karen Pollard Josh Murer

Selecting an Employer. Professional Opportunities Orientation Program Karen Pollard Josh Murer. Goal: Discuss factors that should be important to you in selecting an employer:. What industries interest you? What are the employer’s values? What role will you play?.

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Professional Opportunities Orientation Program Karen Pollard Josh Murer

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  1. Selecting an Employer Professional Opportunities Orientation Program Karen Pollard Josh Murer

  2. Goal: Discuss factors that should be important to you in selecting an employer: • What industries interest you? • What are the employer’s values? • What role will you play? Help you make the right decision…for you and…your employer.

  3. Industry Goal: Discuss factors that should be important to you in selecting an employer: • What do they do? • Type • Service • Manufacturing • Public Service • Diversified • Function • Examples: Consulting, Banking, Healthcare, Automotive, Energy

  4. Industry • What stage are they in? • Stable • Growth • Declining • Do I want to work in this industry?

  5. Core Values • What are Core Values? • Basic set of principles shared by an organization under which decision-making is conducted • Why are they important? • Define the work environment • Establish measurements for evaluation • Identify the vision of a company

  6. Core Values • How do you understand an employer’s core values? • ASK…and do so frequently! • Research • Letter to the shareholder • Financial statements • Website • Other company literature

  7. Example: Cardinal’s Core Values and How they Define the Workplace • Ethical • Maintains an open and honest environment • Performance Driven • Everyone works to deliver 20 % growth…every quarter • Innovative • Encourages creativity and innovation • Not afraid of mistakes • Collaborative • Promotes teamwork • Success, but leaving dead bodies is not accepted

  8. Position: What Role do I Fill? • What types of positions are there? • Training programs • Focuses on developing a specific area of expertise • Broad-based rotational programs • Provides exposure and diversity of experience • Traditional entry-level positions • Allows for mastery of a specific job

  9. Position: What Role do I Fill? • What are “typical” career paths? • Don’t focus on job titles, but rather: • Career patterns • Employer expectations • Associate expectations • Which environment do I feel most comfortable in?

  10. Conclusion Which Company is the Best Fit?

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