Get a Job Boot Camp |
Agenda |
03/01/2014 | |
9:15 am - 9:45 am | Registration |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Welcome from AIGA Iowa |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | The Great Elevator Speech with Mike Wagner, founder of White Rabbit Group Open doors with this essential skill to sell yourself quickly and speak about your work, experience and skills with confidence. |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | $tart $mart Workshop with Cyndi Wiley, Assistant Professor of Design, Grand View University Approach the job market with the confidence, knowledge, and skills you need to negotiate salaries and benefits out of college. Leave this workshop with the know-how on developing a personal budget to determine salary needs and benchmarking salary and benefits. |
11:15 am - 11:45 am | Panel of Professionals Openly discuss topics ranging from interviewing to organizing and presenting your portfolio to expectations in the work place with a variety of hiring and human resource professionals. |
11:45 am - 12:45 pm | Lunch + Speed Mock Interviews Mix it up and talk with fellow students from surrounding area colleges and several local design professionals. Also, experience what an interview would be like and the questions you might be asked. |
1:00 pm - 2:45 pm | Portfolio Reviews Discuss your portfolio 1-on-1 with up to 3 different local design professionals. Don't have a portfolio? No big deal, just bring any work you have or participant in a small roundtable for a more informal Q&A and critique. |
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Closing + Prize Raffle |