Join Scott and Hon as they use their many years of on-the-ground MBA admissions experience at Wharton, Stacy Blackman Consulting, and elsewhere to unpack some of the key storytelling mistakes made by MBA admissions applicants. This episode provides free concrete advice you can use to successfully rethink and refresh the stories you’re planning to include in your MBA application essays for Admissions Committees to review. You’ll be one step closer to acceptance at your dream school once you take this advice to heart. Enjoy!
Two-Minute Tips for the Week of 6.8.20: Job Search Advice for International Students
Join Scott and Hon as they discuss a rapid fire list of ways international students can level-up their job searches and move beyond simply clicking “submit” on repeat.
The Net Episode 4: Resume Secrets for MBA Application Success
Join Scott and Hon as they use their many years of on-the-ground MBA admissions experience at Wharton, Stacy Blackman Consulting, and elsewhere to unpack some of the key resume mistakes made by MBA admissions applicants. Building off of the strategic advice Scott outlines in Top 5 MBA Application Secrets, this episode provides free concrete advice you can use to successfully rethink and repolish the resume you’re planning to upload for Admissions Committees to review. You’ll be one step closer to acceptance at your dream school once you take this advice to heart. Enjoy!
Two-Minute Tips for the Week of 6.8.20: Applying a SWOT Analysis to Interview Prep
Join Scott and Hon as they introduce the concept of SWOT analysis and how you can use it to ace upcoming job interviews.
Two-Minute Tips for the Week of 5.18.20: What Is the Story You're Telling Yourself?
Join Hon and Scott as they discuss how your mental frame of mind and the story you tell yourself about your job search can help shape its outcome.
Two-Minute Tips for the Week of 5.4.20: LinkedIn Makeover Ideas
Join Hon and Scott as they share a few quick tips to give your LinkedIn Headline and Summary sections a helpful makeover.
The Net Episode 3: Defining and Activating the Job Search Growth Mindset
Join Hon and Scott as they define the Growth Mindset and discuss how approaching your job search with this concept in mind always pays dividends for your career. In addition to an overview of how the concept can be applied in your career, Hon and Scott will share Growth Mindset examples from past client experiences as well as their own professional lives. Action step from today’s episode for listeners to try: Commit to a single week-long growth goal to focus on here as April draws to a close. You could, for example, plan to reach out and try to connect with five people in your LinkedIn network you haven’t chatted with the past several months. Keep the goal small and manageable. This will increase the likelihood you accomplish it and gain professional momentum.
The Net Episode 2: Reset Your Search with the Tour of Duty Framework
Join Hon and Scott as they dive deeply into the “Tour of Duty” framework developed by Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh in their book The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age. Hon explains the different career paths the framework presents and how they can help you prioritize the next steps in your own career. Scott and Hon then discuss which of the paths may work best in the current COVID-19 job market and the importance of being open to career stepping stones. Action step from today’s episode for listeners to try: Identify three positive aspects of your secondary career target (Plan B) as COVID-19 continues.
Two-Minute Tips for the Week of 4.20.20: Emotional and Market Intelligence
Join Scott and Hon as they tackle some quick, relevant career tips and advice in two minutes or less each week in this rapid-fire round of career coaching. This week Scott discusses the importance of emotional intelligence in your outreach networking processes, and Hon connects this idea to the equally important habit of developing market intelligence curiosity that moves your research beyond typical business news outlets.
The Net Episode 1: The Most Effective COVID-19 Job Search Mindset
Join Hon and Scott as they unpack the most effective job search mindset to go to market with during the uncertainty of COVID-19. Hon shares lessons learned from Dr. Dawn Graham and other career experts, talks about the importance of engaging a community of fellow job seekers rather than conducting an individualistic search, and provides ideas to jumpstart your virtual job search during the current quarantine. Action step from today's episode for listeners to try: Take 20 seconds out of your day to reach out to someone in your extended circle to talk to them about their career goals and identify ways you can support them. People pay forward the help you give them, so look outside yourself and see where this decision leads job search.