Careers - Overview

Last Updated: 2022-05-05

Meeting tips

On the first slide

3 parts:

• Goal
• executive summary
• request of the audience

To start a meeting

• "Thank you for your time."
• On your first slide:
  • Goal: "The purpose of this meeting is ..."
  • Executive Summary: "The key points we will focus on ..."
  • Request of the audience (want feedback, need a decision, etc)
• "How does that sound? anything else you'd like to include in this discussion?"
• "Let's get started."

In the middle of the meeting

• add a "listening slide"

Email and Writing tips

• keep it short.
  • use bullet points.
  • short words, 8 letters or less, avoid -ing, -ization
  • short sentences, up to one comma; lose the opening clauses ("When it comes to ...")
  • Use the right tool to follow up: ask for comments, link to Google Docs; ask to fill in info, use Google Sheets
• "Rule of Three"
• What does the author need (highlight call to action)
• What do the readers need to know (context, structure (bullet points, highlights)
• serve the "steak" first: put the number first "98% of men prefer chocolate," first word should not be "I" or "We"; make the next step clear to the reader.

Informational Interview

Role

• Day to day function / R&R
• What is most exciting about your role?
• Past trajectory that led to being in the current role?
• Advice for earning a role on your team?

Team

• Direction the team is moving in, high growth? Vendorizing?
• What's the biggest challenge in the team right now?
• Broader team dynamic - more team based v. individual?

Skills

• Skill sets that are essential to excel in the role / team?
• Advice for someone to gain X required skill (i.e. marketing) if currently lacking it?