Weekend Intensive Course Outline

5 - 7PM PT

LESSON 1 – INTRODUCTIONS AND CLARIFY YOUR CAREER VISION

Introduction of instructor and class members - Overview of the weekend course.
Hey You Wild Animal: Identify what animal you are and uncover the owner’s manual for your species!
- Freelance vs. Full-time job (advantages and disadvantages for both)
- What your employer will expect of you and how you can exceed it.
Breakdown the Hollywood structure in a way that is so simple, you will never see Hollywood the same way again!
- This technique can be applied to ANY business.
- Target the types of jobs you would be interested in.

10 - NOON PT

LESSON 2 - NETWORKING (GETTING A MENTOR AND BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH YOUR PEERS)

Finding your Flock (or Herd, Pack, School, or Pride where your animal belongs and how to best leverage it):
- This session we’ll concentrate on how to make lasting relationships, starting with finding a mentor! I will show you how to identify, research, approach and cultivate a relationship with a potential mentor. I’ll reveal the secrets to getting anyone to help you using a very underutilized technique that has worked for me for over 20 years!
Watering Holes: Places to meet, socialize and make deeper connections where everyone you want to know will be. We all need H2O.
- We will identify what makes you unique and others who share it. You already belong to groups: family, neighborhood, school, sports, Greek Life, religion, ethnicity, country of origin or whatever makes you, YOU! We’ll talk about natural networking in a large group setting, small group and one on one. Networking is the art of making meaningful professional relationships. We’ll learn some icebreakers and I’ll show you how to keep connected without being a pest.

(LUNCH BREAK)

2 - 4 PM PT

LESSON 3 - RESUME AND COVER LETTER VIDEO

Bathe the Beast: Refresh your resume and create a 1-min introduction video.
- Now that you are leaving college, it is time to give your resume an extreme makeover. Let’s remove the clutter and showcase your best experiences. With my help, your resume, Linked In, and social media will be ready to be seen by hiring managers who are dying to hire someone as talented as you. Your resume will reflect who you are as a person. I will help you share your story in a 1-min video introduction. We’ll go through your social media as a group and I’ll tell you true and cautionary tales that will motivate a social media sanitization ASAP!

10 - NOON PT

LESSON 4 - ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUES OF INTERVIEWING IN-PERSON AND ON ZOOM

Wardrobe, Words and Handshakes, Oh My!: Interviewing with Confidence
- We’ll go over everything you need to make the perfect first impression in an interview, first day on the job or anytime when meeting someone new! Including how to dress for your interviews (whether by phone, video or in person) and body language. Master what to say and when to say it. And I’ll show you what every thank you note must have to be memorable.

(LUNCH BREAK)

2 - 4 PM PT

LESSON 5 - CAREER CONFIDENCE AND DEALING WITH CHALLENGES

I Am A Lion; Hear Me ROAR!: Owning Your Power
- You may not think of yourself as very powerful right now. You are young, have limited job experience and may be new to a city. I will show you how to embrace who you are and identify your personal power in any situation, your youthful energy, AND get those in power to take you under their wings. I have tips that will make you stand out in the best way possible to be confident, yet humble!
Poachers, Traps and Camo: Dealing With Problems, Crisis and Unexpected Pitfalls
- Sometimes the truth is not comfortable. The fact remains that there are natural biases, prejudices and social norms that are unfair, but are realities we need to deal with like race, gender, and ageism. In this electrifying session, we’ll go over “Topics too hot for the classroom” and how to harness the fire, rather than letting it burn down your house! We’ll turn “weaknesses” into strengths and “disadvantages" into advantages and embrace everything you are.