Mgmt 592 Week 3 Assignment Skill Development Exercise 3

1. Perform a self-assessment and set goals. List two or three of your accomplishments and set a goal. The goal can be to learn more about career opportunities in your major; to get an internship, part-time, summer, or full-time job; and so on.

1. Receiving my Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Merchandise. My goal is to learn more about being a fashion buyer.

2. Receiving my Cosmetology license. My goal is to learn how to prefect my skill by going to seminars and class to learn how to razor cut and learn about different products and other techniques that my benefit me and the clients.

3. Going back to school to receive my MBA. My goal is to graduate with honors and find a career in fashion buying, merchandising, or marketing

2. Create your one-minute self-sell. Write it out. See page 130 for a written example.

History: I am currently pursing my Master of Business Administration degree with a concentration in Marketing. And my expected graduation date is October 2014.

Plan: My plan is to become a fashion buyer for a retail company such as Neiman Marcus Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue. I’m looking for work so that I may combine my education with real world experience.

Question: How can my skills and education be utilized in this organization?

Do you know of any job openings in my field?

3. Develop your network. List at least five people to be included in your network, preferably people who can help you achieve your goal.

Darius Harris Susan Stensel

Anthony Cook Shonita Colbert

Dick Jennings

4. Conduct networking interviews. To help meet your goal, select one person for a personal 20-minute interview or to interview by phone if it is difficult to meet in person. List the person and write questions to ask during the interview. This person can be a person in your college career center or a professor in your major.

Hello, Mr. Harris. My name is Carmenita Silar, and I am a student at Keller School of Management. I am considering fashion...