first job blueprint
It is time to not only find a job, but find a job that best fits who YOU are as a creative profession!
Who is this for?
College students in the Architecture and Interior Design looking to apply to AEC firms.
What?
Expectation
This course is the cornerstone of the program, providing a holistic approach to skills development. Through a series of engaging lessons and practical challenges, participants will gain the following and more:
- Learn what to expect for adjusting from education to practice.
- Learn how to start creating your own personal goals, priorities, and values. This will help to better define questions to ask firms, and find somewhere that aligns with YOU.
- Be the toolbox of resources to pull together for the process of finding you first job.
- Provide you with resources to compare firms.
- Provide advice to you from being on both sides of the table.
- Learn how to use the resources and community around you to find your first job.
- Have a resource that you can use even if your first job doesn’t work out. You learn more about yourself with every experience.
Curriculum
First Job Blueprint Curriculum
Section 1 : Foundation
- What to EXPECT adjusting from education to practice
- Know what is going on in the ECONOMY
- Let's discuss the GAP between education and practice
- What are your goals?
- How to set your priorities
- Reflect on what you've learned SO FAR.
Section 2 : Toolbox
- Prepare for a CAREER FAIR
- Resume
- Portfolio
- What to put in a cover letter?
Section 3 : Interview / Offer
- Learn how to review firms
- Let's talk COMPENSATION
- Leverage associations
- Interview day prep
- Questions to ask in an interview
- Understand the offer
Investment
The Foundation to Leadership course investment:
$34
per person
