Panel DiscussionPanel DiscussionHale CenterHale Center

Rutgers, The State University of NJRutgers, The State University of NJ

Monday, October 24, 2011Monday, October 24, 2011

Bernice P. Venable, Ed.D.

VP Marketing and Sales

Panelist

AlphaGraphics - Edison, NJ

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Careers in Careers in MultimediaMultimedia

Launching The Right Launching The Right Career in Multimedia…Career in Multimedia…Launching The Right Launching The Right

Career in Multimedia…Career in Multimedia…

Understanding What to DoUnderstanding What to DoUnderstanding What to DoUnderstanding What to Do

Conducting a Self Analysis

Examining Tools to Use

Knowing the Path to Take

Getting Ready - The Market

- The Resume - The Job Search - The Interview - The Thank You Letters

Questions to Ask About MyselfQuestions to Ask About MyselfA Self AnalysisA Self Analysis

Questions to Ask About MyselfQuestions to Ask About MyselfA Self AnalysisA Self Analysis

Am I a Self Starter?Am I a Self Starter? Am I a Team Player?Am I a Team Player? Can I adapt to change?Can I adapt to change? Am I tolerant of others who are different?Am I tolerant of others who are different? Do I handle taking directions?Do I handle taking directions? Am I flexible and willing to learn?Am I flexible and willing to learn? Am I intuitive?Am I intuitive? Am I creative?Am I creative? Am I an “Imagineer”?Am I an “Imagineer”? Am I innovative?Am I innovative? Am I artistic?Am I artistic? Am I expert with the latest social media?Am I expert with the latest social media?

Resume ReadinessResume ReadinessResume ReadinessResume Readiness

•• Use professional on-line program for templateUse professional on-line program for template

• • Place information in logical (chronological) order, Place information in logical (chronological) order, beginning with objectivesbeginning with objectives

• • Do not start with salary requestDo not start with salary request

• • Be accurate in describing experience and Be accurate in describing experience and education, etc.education, etc.

Top Careers to SeekTop Careers to SeekLOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIESLOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Top Careers to SeekTop Careers to SeekLOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIESLOOK OUTSIDE THE BOX FOR OTHER OPPORTUNITIES

Accounting Actuary Science Commercial Pilot Curator Athletic Trainer Lab Technician Court Reporter Clergy Biomedical Engineering Civil Engineering Computer Software

Engineering Network Architecture

Adapted from USN&WR 12/06/2010

Positions at AlphagraphicsPositions at AlphagraphicsPositions at AlphagraphicsPositions at Alphagraphics

Types of positions available within the Types of positions available within the Alphagraphics NetworkAlphagraphics Network

• • Relationship Coordinator - CSRRelationship Coordinator - CSR• • Marketing Sales Consultant - Inside SalesMarketing Sales Consultant - Inside Sales• • Creative Consultant - Graphic DesignerCreative Consultant - Graphic Designer• • Production and Creative Director - Production SchedulerProduction and Creative Director - Production Scheduler• • Development Specialist - Prepress personDevelopment Specialist - Prepress person• • Graphic Designer - Creative Media Service Specialist orGraphic Designer - Creative Media Service Specialist or

Internet Marketing Designer and ConsultantInternet Marketing Designer and Consultant• • Production Specialist - BinderyProduction Specialist - Bindery• • Director of Strategic Planning (Larger locations)Director of Strategic Planning (Larger locations)• • Innovative ConsultantsInnovative Consultants

Know the Online Tools and the Know the Online Tools and the UsesUses

Know the Online Tools and the Know the Online Tools and the UsesUses

Skype - Skype - Great for interviews,chats, video Great for interviews,chats, video

conferencesconferences

Wallwisher - Wallwisher - Great for posting notesGreat for posting notes

Edistorm - Edistorm - Great for BrainstormingGreat for Brainstorming

The SearchThe SearchThe SearchThe Search

Multimedia • The Careers

• The Requisite Skills• The Internship• The Jobs

TipsTips for the Job Searchfor the Job SearchTipsTips for the Job Searchfor the Job Search

Everything you ever wanted to know, but didn’t Everything you ever wanted to know, but didn’t check the Internet!check the Internet!

o The Cover LetterThe Cover Lettero The ResumeThe Resumeo The Interview in PersonThe Interview in Persono The Interview on SkypeThe Interview on Skypeo The Interview via PhoneThe Interview via Phoneo The Interview Thank You LetterThe Interview Thank You Lettero The Interview “Follow Up” LetterThe Interview “Follow Up” Lettero The InternshipThe Internshipo The Job!The Job!

MoreMore Tips for the Job Tips for the Job SearchSearch

MoreMore Tips for the Job Tips for the Job SearchSearch

• Be savvy in using internet-based resources Be savvy in using internet-based resources • • Search key words, college-based occupational sitesSearch key words, college-based occupational sites• • Make use of Skype for long-distance interviews, etc.Make use of Skype for long-distance interviews, etc.• • Read, and be knowledgeable of the market placeRead, and be knowledgeable of the market place• • Know what resources to search and the categoriesKnow what resources to search and the categories

• • Dress for Dress for successsuccess• • Attend job fairs and ask the right questionsAttend job fairs and ask the right questions• • Know about the industry you seek for opportunitiesKnow about the industry you seek for opportunities• • Search for appropriate internship opportunitiesSearch for appropriate internship opportunities

A Summary

Selected ResourcesSelected ResourcesSelected ResourcesSelected ResourcesArticles -"Generation Wired," Emily Listfield, Parade Magazine, The Sunday Star- Ledger, Oct. 9,

2011, pp. 8-10, 12, 14, 23. Parade.com/wired."Paperless Post Grows Up," Daria Meoli, The New York Enterprise Report,

October 2011, pp. 26 - 28 and 30 - 33. NYReport.com"Social Media tools for Job Seekers," Eva Abreu, Home News Tribune, Sept. 15, 2011,

p. B4. Mycentraljersey.com. (Eva Abreu, Social Media - - Consultant and Instructor with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Rutgers. 877-708-0884 -

eva@evaabreu.com @eva_abreu on Twitter."Social Studies," Shan Li, The Sunday Star- Ledger, Oct. 9, 2011, Sec. 2 p.3., NJ.com/starledger."The 50 Best Careers of 2011" USN&WR, Dec. 6, 2010.

usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2010/12/06/best-careers-2011."Using QR Codes to Reach the Busy, Mobile Consumer," John P. Foley Jr. (An interlinkOne White

Paper) - John Foley, Jr., CEO of interlinkOne, Inc., 2010. www.interlinkONE.comBooks -Burgos, David and Ola Mobolade, Marketing to the New Majority

Strategies for a Diverse World, New York: Palgrare MacMillan (Div. Of MacMillan Publishers), 2011.

Johnson, M.D., Spencer, Who Moved My Cheese? New York: GP Putnam's, 1998.

Roberts, Wess, PhD, Attila The Hun, New York: Warner Books, 1987.

Selected Resources, Selected Resources, Cont’d.Cont’d.Selected Resources, Selected Resources, Cont’d.Cont’d.Other Resources/sites -

www.careeronestop.org/explorecareers/industrieswww.careeronestop.org/explorecareers/industries

www.ctepmarketingtoolkit.orgwww.ctepmarketingtoolkit.org

www.careerclusters.orgwww.careerclusters.org

www.cew.georgetown.eduwww.cew.georgetown.edu

www.phoenix.edu/itwww.phoenix.edu/it

www.resumebucket.comwww.resumebucket.com

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/multimediawww.wikipedia.org/wiki/multimedia

www.technology-colleges.info/graphics_multimedia_careers_htmlwww.technology-colleges.info/graphics_multimedia_careers_html

Selected Resources, Selected Resources, Cont’d.Cont’d.

Selected Resources, Selected Resources, Cont’d.Cont’d.

Other Resources/sites -

www.monster.com

www.dice.com

www.craigslist.orgwww.craigslist.org

www.careervoyager.com

www.wageweb.comwww.wageweb.com

www.binarygirl.comwww.binarygirl.com

The End and The End and TheThe Beginning…Beginning…

The End and The End and TheThe Beginning…Beginning…

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