dchs business career day 2014 - session 2
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1. Students:Please check off your name on theattendance sheet for yourclass(es). 2. Afternoon Presentation 3. Schedule: A Day in the Life I Wish High School Me Knew Q & AAttendance & Homework Boxes#DCBizCareerDay@DCHSBiz 4. Management ConsultantPWC 5. Auditor / ConsultantCareer Presentation by Ben Sanchez 6. Introduction Employer PricewaterhouseCoopers ( ) Consultant 2012 - 2013 Auditor 2010 - 2012 7. Education Graduated from Dundee Crown 2005 Attended the University of Illinois - Urbana Bachelor of Science in Accountancy 2009 Master of Accounting Science 2010 Licensed as a Certified Public Accountant(CPA) - 2012 8. AuditorNecessary SkillsAccountant Detective Understands technicalaccounting Understands the business Pays attention to detail Has a questioning mind-set Thinks analytically Communicates effectively 9. Typical Day as an Auditor Perform audit in a team Typical Structure: Partner, Director, Manager,Senior Associate, and Associate Performing tests over the financial statements Checking for errors/fraud in revenue, cash,receivables, payables, etc. Performing fraud inquiries with the client CFO, Controller, Reporting Manager 10. AuditorGeneral Information Location Usually work at the client site(usually within driving distance of office) Hours During Busy Season, Jan. Feb., youwork 60 hours per week. 40 hours per weekthe rest of the year Salary Starting salary is approximately $50K 11. ConsultantNecessary SkillsBusiness Person Understands operations,finance, and technology Communicates withconfidenceProblem Solver Learns quickly Thinks creatively Solves issues bothqualitatively andquantitatively 12. Typical Day as a Consultant Perform project in a team Typical Structure: Partner, Director, Manager, SeniorAssociate, and Associate Studying current business issues andrecommending future solutions Reducing the companys expenses Assisting a company acquire another company Performing interviews with and presenting to theclient CFO, Controller, Reporting Manager 13. ConsultantGeneral Information Location Usually work at the client site(frequently requires flying to a different city) Hours Project specific, but usually around 40to 45 hours per week Salary Starting salary is approximately $60K,$80K with Masters of Business ofAdministration (MBA) 14. ConsultantNecessary SkillsPerks Travel Time off Real business impact Fast pace / excitingChallenges Time management Pressure Commute 15. Industry LeadersTop Consulting Firms Bain & Company Boston Consulting Group(BCG) McKinsey & Company Deloitte PwCTop Audit Firms Deloitte Ernst & Yong Grant Thronton KPMG PwC 16. OwnerBonkoski Lawn Care 17. My name is Jim Bonkoski, and I reside in Carpentersville. I am thevice president of the Dundee Township Park District board and Iam also on the school board at Immanuel Lutheran School in EastDundee. I have two children, Maddie who is 11 and Jack who is 10.I, along with my father, own and operate Bonkoski Lawn Care, inEast Dundee. We are a lawn and landscape maintenance companyserving East and West Dundee, Sleepy Hollow, Algonquin, Elgin,and Carpentersville.After graduating from college I worked in Oak Brook, Illinois for acompany called Barter Corp. It was a business to business tradeexchange. I coordinated and brokered trades of goods and servicesbetween the over 3000 companies that were members. I workedthere until 1999, when I went into business full time with my fatherin the landscape business. 18. I am a 1988 graduate of Dundee Crown High School, anda 1992 graduate of Iowa State University. I graduatedwith a Business Administration degree, with a major inFinance 19. The skill set that is necessary to be a successful landscaper,is the same basic skill set required to be successful in anysmall business. You need a passion and a dedication forwhat you do. You need organizational skills, knowingwhat needs to get done and when you have to do it. Also,you need to have your employees organized. You need tomaximize their productivity when they are working foryou. You need communication skills, to generate newsales and revenue, as well as for customer service. 20. A typical day depends on what time of year it is.But, a majority of our business is lawn andlandscape maintenance. So during a typicalweek, we will have a full mowing scheduleMonday-Friday. Most days are started between6-6:30am, loading equipment and gettingorganized for the day. Depending on the timeof year, once mowing is completed for the day,there are other jobs and projects that need to becompleted. Examples of those might be mulchinstallation, trimming bushes, applyingfertilizer, and spraying weeds. 21. During the heavy parts of the season, there is atremendous time commitment involved with thisjob. April-July, depending on the weather, caneasily average out to 70 hours a week. As far asworking conditions go, some days are certainlyeasier than others. A majority of the time, theweather dictates our working conditions. The thingabout the landscape business is that you knowwhen your busiest, and most lucrative, time of theyear is and you just become accustomed to workinglong hours during those months. 22. The biggest thing I love about my career is I thoroughly enjoy what I do. I enjoy being ableto work outside all year. I enjoy being my own boss, and being responsible for the success ofmy business. After being able to work outside and be my own boss for the last 15 years, Idont know if I could ever go back to an office and work for someone else.Typical challenges involve revenue streams. Always trying to expand our customer base.Not only expand it, but maximize the revenue from those sources. Another challenge iscompetition. Like any business, there is a lot of competition in the landscape industry, andwe have to be able to set ourselves apart from the competition, whether its price, customerservice, or a higher quality of work. Also, another challenge that we face is weather related.If we have a hot and dry summer, it can severely affect our companys revenues for the year.It can be very frustrating, because that is something that is completely out of your control.But another challenge is to build your business so you are able to sustain those periodswithout a complete loss of revenue. Over the years we have been able to build our businessto lessen the severity of the loss of revenue that those conditions may cause. 23. Founder/OwnerEmmetts Brewing Company 24. My Background? Married Live in Dundee (15 years) Three sons Entrepreneur/Small Business Owner 25. Emmetts Brewing Co. is a smallfamily operated company Three upscale brewery-restaurantsin the Chicagosuburbs. We employee 150 people You can find our products in 250retail outlets throughout theChicagoland area 26. Founded the business in 1996while serving as a Marine CorpsOfficer. In business for 15 years. First location in Dundee openedin 1999. Downers Grove 2004 Palatine 2007 Bottling/Retail 2012 27. Investment Money Time EnergyOwning your Own Business You Give Up Regular Paycheck Paid holidays, vacations and sick days Company Insurance plan Ability to leave your job behind at the end of the day 28. Advantages Control Creative Freedom Profits Job Security Pride 29. Disadvantages Risk of Investment Long Hours Income Fluctuation Responsibility Pressure Regulations 30. What are some of the things it takes to own andoperate a business? Education? Not really Motivation Confidence / Competitiveness Willingness to take risks Ability to make decisions Human relations skills Communications skills Technical skills 31. The Hospitality Business is very complex -- manufacturing,retail, and sales all in one business First and Foremost we exist solely to take care of ourcustomer. Everything else is second Normal business functions all must occur aroundmanaging the guest experience: Sales & Marketing (menus, advertising,) Finance (daily reports, receivables, payables, purchasing) Operations (cooking, brewing, facility) Human Resources (interviewing and hiring, training, firing 32. Web DeveloperSage Products, Inc. 33. Web DeveloperKiley Little 34. Introduction
My name is Kiley Little, Im 23 years old, and I am a web developer.
Who am I?
- A total movie buff
- A lover of all things zebra print
- A professional nerd
Where have I worked?
- Ace Hardware
- Echo Valley Meats
- Sage Products LLC
35. IntroductionMy name is Kiley Little, Im 23 years old, and I am a web developer.Who am I? A total movie buff A lover of all things zebra print A professional nerdWhere have I worked? Ace Hardware Echo Valley Meats Sage Products LLC 36.
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