Nina McLaughlin

Course 320 Strategic Job Search Assignment

Potential Employment Research Assignment Worksheet
(7 Points)
Nothing can add more power to your lifethan concentrating all your
energies on a limited set of targets. Nido Qubein
Directions:

1. Identify six (6) career targets

First, you will be using the Target Worksheet attached in Sakai Assignment to create (6)
targets focusing on the elements listed: location, industry/career field/job (function).
These may come from current interests, your Strong Interest Inventory results,
StrengthsQuest results, or other resources or experiences that align with your current
goals.

Here are a few student examples:

Target One

Job: Human Resources Assistant Director - EY

Location: New York, New York
Industry: Human Resources

Target Two

Job: Personnel Manager Proactive Technologies

Location: New York, New York
Industry: Consulting

Target Three

Job: Legal HR Organization Design Program Associate JP Morgan

Location: New York, New York
Industry: Project Management

Target Four

Job: Conferences and Events Planner Associate Deutsche Bank

Location: New York, New York
Industry: Event Management

Target Five

Job: Human Resources Coordinator

Location: New York, New York
Industry: Human Resources

Target Six

Job: HR Generalist/ People Consulting Supervising Associate - EY

Location: New York, New York
Industry: Consulting

If you are looking for titles or key words to generate options for either job functions or
industries, remember to use Onetonline.org. This handy resource provides a host of career
information and can be helpful as you create options.
Save your Target Worksheet with your personal targets and load back into Sakai Assignment and
weebly EPortfolio.

2. Find Job Openings Based on Your Identified Targets

Next, use the online resources demonstrated in our Resources Exploration Presentation
VoiceThreads (shared by your peers) to find six (6) actual openings that either match or align
with your options. In fact, you may shift your target slightly based on a particular opening.
Remember, our goal is to find and identify real options and current opportunities. For some
students that may include targets for full-time employment, internship opportunities, or graduate
school.

Include the following:

Title for the opportunity, name of organization, location, details from job description
about the key responsibilities or skills needed and the source used (e.g. Linkedin,
Handshake, Career Shift, Glassdoor, etc).
Here are some examples that align with targets the above:

Target One
Job: Human Resources Assistant
Organization: NGKF
Location: New York, New York
Job Description: You will be responsible for processing on-boarding paperwork, verifying documents are
received and completed accurately. You will ensure accurate and timely entry of all new hires, status
changes, and transfers in Oracle, the Firms HRIS module for assigned populations and send the
appropriate paperwork to the payroll department for timely processing. You will also provide general
administrative support including creating and maintaining personnel files (electronic and paper-based),
processes invoices, employment verifications, and LOA processing. You will ensure compliance with all
federal, state, and local laws and policies and assist the human resources generalists and team members
as needed. Lastly, you will perform other administrative and related duties as required and assigned.
Source: Indeed

Target Two
Job: Business Development Internship
Organization: Optimatum Group LLC
Location: New York, New York
Job Description: You will leverage data and research to assist the senior management team in driving
segment-specific market strategies and overall brand awareness. Also, you have the ability to contribute
at the strategy and process-development level, in addition to being responsible for tightly managed,
end-to-end execution of everything from marketing materials, events, research, and client deliverables.
Source: LinkedIn

Target Three
Job: Legal HR Organization Design Program Associate
Organization: JPMorgan Chase
Location: New York, New York
Job Description: You will play an integral role in supporting the delivery of Global HR project activity
associated with the Organizational Design/Organizational Strategy work. You will help drive and
maintain our new Organization Design Model and to link the work to HR Policy, Procedures and Controls
such JPMC Compensation Philosophy and HR Legal Considerations. This position offers visibility across
the Legal department and within HR and will report into the Legal HR Organization Design Program
Manager with ultimate accountability to the Global Head of Legal Human Resources.
Source: Indeed

Target Four
Job: Financial Advisor
Organization: Northwestern Mutual
Location: New York, New York
Job Description: You will provide expert guidance and innovative solutions for the planning needs of
individuals and businesses in the areas of retirement planning, insurance and investment services,
estate planning, business planning, education funding, and employee benefits. They strive to understand
their clients' goals and dreams in order to develop a comprehensive financial solution that will help their
clients reach optimum financial success. Financial Advisors are given the flexibility to build their own
practice while receiving support from the firm's resources rooted in an exceptional network of financial
specialists, training and educational programs, and mentoring opportunities for growth.
Source: Indeed

Target Five
Job: Associate Resource Management
Organization: KPMG
Location: New York, New York
Job Description: You will manage staging allocation and reporting while working with the engagement
teams to determine appropriate staffing and profitability. You will utilize resource management
systems to generate analysis and reporting of key staffing data, as well as analyze and evaluate reports
on utilization metrics and monitor staff progress toward chargeable hour goals.
Source: LinkedIn

Target Six
Job: Associate Project Manager
Organization: CBRE
Location: New York, New York
Job Description: You will be responsible to work the Real Estate Manager or higher staff in managing all
aspects of a single property or portfolio of commercial, industrial or retail properties including marking,
operations and financial activities in accordance with the real estate management agreements and CBRE
policies.
Source: Indeed

3. Write a Reflection on the Exercise

Finally, reflect on this experience by considering the following questions
Which of these options seems the most important to you right now given your goals?
How well do these targets align with what you know about yourself?
What was valuable about this process? Surprising?
What do you plan to do with the information you found?

Given my current goals, I feel that the most important job for me right now would be the Human
Resources Assistant job at NGKF. This job combines my interests and skills the best of these options,
as it is a Human Resources position at a real estate advisory firm. I think this would be a great
starting position and eventually could lead to management positions later on in HR. I think I have
the necessary organizational, strong analytic, and oral and written skills for this job, and I think my
strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment would make me the
perfect candidate. These targets align well with what I know about myself because I tried to only
included jobs that I thought I would be able to excel at. I read and reviewed not only the job
 description but the required skills, as well. For each of these jobs, organizational skills were
prioritized. Each option also required the applicant to have excellent interpersonal and
communication skills, which I believe is also one of my strengths. This process was extremely
valuable because I was able to dig deeper into jobs I could apply for now or in the near future, and it
was helpful to see what options are out there. I was surprised with the number of part-time
internships/jobs are out there that are used for training and experience; I think this is a great way
for people to get their foot in the door and gain insight in a certain field before committing a career
to it. I plan to use this information to conduct further research about these fields of work. There
were many other options besides the ones I chose in all related areas as well. I found this process to
be good practice for searching jobs even just to read about what certain jobs do. If you research a
general term on one of these career websites, it will display all the jobs pertaining to that keyword.
By going through some of these jobs and reading about what companies do and what they expect
from employees, you gather information about different companies and positions that could lead to
further exploration.

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