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new instagram where everything's glamorized for your career and it's not depicting a completely accurate picture of what it's like hey everyone welcome back to 20 somethings and this is part two to our first postcard video and we'll be talking about our job hunt how to figure out what you want and what you're good at from two different
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glamorized for your career and it's not
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depicting a completely accurate picture
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of what it's like
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hey everyone welcome back to 20
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somethings and this is part
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two to our first postcard video and
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we'll be talking about our job hunt
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how to figure out what you want and what
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you're good at from two different
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perspectives working in tech and media transition the term adulting comes into play because it's the first time you're leaving your college bubble i remember graduation ceremony being the last high of graduation and everything afterwards was pretty and everything afterwards was pretty tough i also took off six months which i'm really glad i did but that also
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transition the term adulting comes into
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play because it's the first time you're
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leaving your college bubble
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i remember graduation ceremony being the
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last high of graduation
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and everything afterwards was pretty
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and everything afterwards was pretty tough
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i also took off six months which
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i'm really glad i did but that also
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didn't help at the time because i came didn't help at the time because i came back all my friends had moved back home and i was still stuck in my college town living in my tiny studio apartment wanting so desperately to move on but having no idea how to find a job and do
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didn't help at the time because i came back
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all my friends had moved back home and i
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was still stuck in my college town
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living in my tiny studio apartment
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wanting so desperately to move on but
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having no idea how to find a job and do
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having no idea how to find a job and do that so for me contrary to amy i actually moved back home and i haven't lived at home for more than maybe two weeks since high school living back with my parents and my younger brother was definitely an younger brother was definitely an adjustment
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so for me contrary to amy i actually
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moved back home
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and i haven't lived at home for more
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than maybe two weeks since high school
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living back with my parents and my
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younger brother was definitely an
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younger brother was definitely an adjustment
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but more than that i you know told my parents like maybe like a month before graduation that i wasn't going to pursue med school anymore and i know they were freaking out and were so worried about me and i was and were so worried about me and i was worried
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parents like
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maybe like a month before graduation
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that i wasn't
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going to pursue med school anymore and i
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know they were freaking out
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and were so worried about me and i was
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and were so worried about me and i was worried
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about me too so when i was at home i was just scrambling to find what my next steps were and looking back i wish i kind of just relaxed a bit more and took more time but i felt a lot of pressure to decide what i wanted to pursue next
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i was just scrambling to find what my
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next steps were
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and looking back i wish i
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kind of just relaxed a bit more and took
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more time
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but i felt a lot of pressure to
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decide what i wanted to pursue next
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from a public school meant very minimal support after graduation especially when job hunting i had no idea how to find a job hunting i had no idea how to find a job and on top of that i had no idea what i wanted to do and what my strengths were so as i mentioned
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very minimal support after graduation
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especially when
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job hunting i had no idea how to find a
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job hunting i had no idea how to find a job
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and on top of that i had no idea what i
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wanted to do and
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what my strengths were so as i mentioned
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i was on the pre-med track in college for all four years and i packed my resume with stuff that i knew would get me into med school and come graduation and i decided i didn't want to do that anymore so what do i do next i had no idea so the
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for all four years
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and i packed my resume with stuff that i
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knew would get
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me into med school and come graduation
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and i decided i didn't want to do that
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anymore so
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what do i do next i had no idea so the
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what do i do next i had no idea so the first thing that i looked at was bruinview i remember looking at boonview which was our school's online portal to find jobs as students that gave me a ton of exposure to know what is even available on the to know what is even available on the market
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thing that i looked at was bruinview i
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remember looking at boonview which was
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our school's
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online portal to find jobs as students
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that gave me a ton of exposure
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to know what is even available on the
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to know what is even available on the market
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and what sounds interesting to me and also what am i qualified for there weren't a lot of full-time jobs listed that i could you know get into but it was a good way to sort of navigate how to find a job and how to search for jobs before i jumped into linkedin and other sites like indeed although
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also what am i qualified for
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there weren't a lot of full-time jobs
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listed that i could
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you know get into but it was a good way
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to sort of navigate how to find a job
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and how to search for jobs before i
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jumped into linkedin
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and other sites like indeed although
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those sites are great use of resource they can also be pretty overwhelming
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they can also be pretty overwhelming
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hell do i even want to do and figuring out how my strengths and interest overlap to find a job that fits me when i graduated with my communications major the most basic major on the planet i had no idea what i wanted to do but i did know that all my friends had moved back home to norcal
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and figuring out how my strengths and
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interest overlap
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to find a job that fits me when i
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graduated with my communications major
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the most basic major on the planet i had
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no idea what i wanted to do
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but i did know that all my friends had
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moved back home to norcal
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so i figured why not move there and find my community again so i started applying to jobs that fit me up in the bay and they all turned out to be product marketing roles because i didn't have an engineering or cs background what i learned through this is when you read job descriptions there will be phrases
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find my community again so i started
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applying to jobs that fit me
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up in the bay and they all turned out to
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be product marketing roles because i
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didn't have an engineering or
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cs background what i learned through
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this is when you read job descriptions
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there will be phrases
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or qualifications that match your interest and background and you can sort of copy paste these and you can sort of copy paste these over to other job descriptions and find ones that are better suited to you what i wish someone told me was that you don't need to find your life's calling with your first job because
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interest and background
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and you can sort of copy paste these
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and you can sort of copy paste these over
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to other job descriptions and find ones
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that are better suited to you
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what i wish someone told me was that you
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don't need to find your life's calling
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with your first job because
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life's calling implies a lot of time and you have all your life to find jobs and to find one that really fits you so you know really push yourself out there and gain more experience to really understand what you want to do my resume was curated for med school so it made a lot of sense to me
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you have all your life to find jobs and
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to find one that really fits you
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so you know really push yourself out
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there and gain more experience
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to really understand what you want to do
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my resume was
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curated for med school so it made a lot
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of sense to me
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when i wasn't hearing back from all of these big companies that i was applying these big companies that i was applying to because frankly i was competing with people who were better candidates than i was so that's when i realized okay i need to change my when i realized okay i need to change my strategy
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these big companies that i was applying
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these big companies that i was applying to
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because frankly i was competing with
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people who were
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better candidates than i was so that's
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when i realized okay i need to change my
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when i realized okay i need to change my strategy
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so for my first job what did i want i had no idea but i honestly didn't care what the exact role was i just wanted to make sure that i can get a ton of exposure to a lot of different functions so that i could figure out what i wanted and i figured i could get that at
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had no idea
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but i honestly didn't care what the
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exact role was
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i just wanted to make sure that i can
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get a ton of exposure
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to a lot of different functions so that
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i could figure out what i
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wanted and i figured i could get that at
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an early stage startup so what i would recommend is during your job search try to put yourself in the shoes of the try to put yourself in the shoes of the recruiter be honest with yourself are you a good candidate for this role and like frankly speaking i knew i
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so what i would recommend is during your
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job search
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try to put yourself in the shoes of the
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try to put yourself in the shoes of the recruiter
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be honest with yourself are you a good
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candidate for this role
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and like frankly speaking i knew i
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wasn't a good candidate for a lot of the roles i was applying to so i had to be honest with myself and change my strategy and then see what change my strategy and then see what stuck to apply to jobs and a tip that really helped me was looking up roles that i was interested in but
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roles i was applying to
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so i had to be honest with myself and
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change my strategy and then see what
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change my strategy and then see what stuck
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to apply to jobs
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and a tip that really helped me was
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looking up
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roles that i was interested in but
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attaching coordinator or specialist behind it because that helped me find roles that fit my qualifications and my background that being said i know a ton of entry roles nowadays require two or three years of experience which i fundamentally disagree with because as a new grad you can't have that experience when you're job hunting
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behind it
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because that helped me find roles that
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fit my qualifications
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and my background that being said i know
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a ton of entry roles nowadays require
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two or three years of experience which
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i fundamentally disagree with because as
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a new grad you can't have
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that experience when you're job hunting
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so i encourage you to cast a wide net while applying because there is an idea that if you're more qualified to the roles you apply for the more you'll hear back and the more likely you will be to land a job there's also the idea that you never know what your potential could be so
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while applying because
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there is an idea that if you're more
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qualified to the roles you apply for
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the more you'll hear back and the more
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likely you will be to land a job
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there's also the idea that you never
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know what your potential could be so
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take calculated risks and apply to roles outside of your comfort level and experience the more you apply the more you'll understand what job descriptions fit you and which ones descriptions fit you and which ones don't when i graduated i applied to google's when i graduated i applied to google's rotational product marketing manager program you
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outside of your comfort level
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and experience the more you apply the
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more you'll understand what job
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descriptions fit you and which ones
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descriptions fit you and which ones don't
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when i graduated i applied to google's
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when i graduated i applied to google's rotational
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product marketing manager program you
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know i kept hearing back and getting interviews and though i didn't make it past final rounds this really grew my confidence my grit when applying to other roles and grit when applying to other roles and interviewing so yes be smart while applying but also don't shy away thinking that you're not good enough
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interviews and
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though i didn't make it past final
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rounds this really grew my confidence my
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grit when applying to other roles and
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grit when applying to other roles and interviewing
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so yes be smart while applying but also
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don't shy away
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thinking that you're not good enough
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because i was open to most roles the deciding factor for me was looking at the company mission and the product that i would be working on i also figured that my resume wasn't competitive enough so what i needed to do was sell my why on why i wanted to work for certain companies and have that stand
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the deciding factor for me was looking
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at the company
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mission and the product that i would be
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working on
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i also figured that my resume wasn't
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competitive enough
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so what i needed to do was sell my why
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on why i wanted to work for
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certain companies and have that stand
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out so i knew that early stage startups are really looking for mission-driven people and i knew i did fit that people and i knew i did fit that criteria so i really tried to sell that part for so i really tried to sell that part for myself so for example my first job out of
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are really looking for mission-driven
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people and i knew i did fit that
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people and i knew i did fit that criteria
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so i really tried to sell that part for
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so i really tried to sell that part for myself
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so for example my first job out of
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so for example my first job out of college the product that i was working on was a 3d design software where you can scan and build prosthetic limbs for amputee patients and immediately this company stood out to me because my former interactions with a my former interactions with a prosthetist when i was doing volunteering work in
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the product that i was working on was a
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3d design software
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where you can scan and build prosthetic
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limbs for amputee patients
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and immediately this company stood out
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to me because
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my former interactions with a
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my former interactions with a prosthetist
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when i was doing volunteering work in
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haiti was the reason why i wanted to pursue medical school so i really had that genuine connection with the product so i really told that with the product so i really told that story and sold it to the best of my abilities and they were willing to take a chance on me
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pursue medical school
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so i really had that genuine connection
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with the product so i really told that
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with the product so i really told that story
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and sold it to the best of my abilities
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and they were willing to take a chance
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on me
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so what i would really recommend is try to find your competitive edge be honest with yourself and see where you don't stand out and for me that was my resume but where i could stand out is the story that i could tell on why i'm i'm applying and why i wanted to work there fell into media
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to find
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your competitive edge be honest with
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yourself and see
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where you don't stand out and for me
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that was my resume
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but where i could stand out is the story
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that i could tell
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on why i'm i'm applying and why i wanted
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to work there
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fell into media
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on accident and i didn't even know it existed and while i was excited to start my first job at a college i was also really disappointed in not getting past the rotational program and i saw this as a failure because i was so focused on company name because i was so focused on company name value
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existed and while i was excited to start
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my first job at a college i was also
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really disappointed
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in not getting past the rotational
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program and i saw this as a failure
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because i was so focused on company name
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because i was so focused on company name value
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now looking back working on a smaller and nimble team really helped me grow my knowledge and my confidence you know picking up more responsibilities and this really helped me grow in my career i started noticing what i liked about my job and what i didn't like about my job
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and nimble team
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really helped me grow my knowledge and
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my confidence
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you know picking up more
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responsibilities and this really helped
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me grow in my career
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i started noticing what i liked about my
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job and what i didn't like about my job
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job and what i didn't like about my job and this experience really hands-on helped me land my role at disney today understanding what was important to me my next role and honing in these skills proved really valuable to me and that's something that i wouldn't take back so how do you know what you're really
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this experience really hands-on helped
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me land my role at disney today
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understanding what was important to me
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my next role and honing in these skills
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proved really valuable to me and that's
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something that i wouldn't take back
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so how do you know what you're really
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good at for me going into my first job i had absolutely no idea but over time i started to realize what over time i started to realize what environment i really thrive in and i realized much to my surprise by the way that i really enjoy working in ambiguity and building things from scratch and
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i had absolutely no idea but
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over time i started to realize what
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over time i started to realize what environment
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i really thrive in and i realized much
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to my surprise by the way
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that i really enjoy working in ambiguity
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and building things from scratch and
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having the freedom and the autonomy to do that and i was able to do that because i was like employee number eight at the like employee number eight at the company and no one was really there to like look over my shoulder and like i just had to do things and take initiative and i realized that
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do that
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and i was able to do that because i was
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like employee number eight at the
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like employee number eight at the company
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and no one was really there to like look
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over my shoulder and like i just had to
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do things and take initiative and i
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realized that
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fit really well with my working style fit really well with my working style and that was really important for me to know that was really important for me to know because it gave me good indicators on what environments i really thrive in and what gives me energy so at my next
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fit really well with my working style and
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that was really important for me to know
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that was really important for me to know because
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it gave me good indicators on what
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environments i really thrive in
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and what gives me energy so at my next
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and what gives me energy so at my next job i was like employee number 26 and i knew i was like employee number 26 and i knew that i would find those same things in the environment at that company so it's not all about the specific skills but try to see the environment and what you really
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i was like employee number 26 and i knew
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i was like employee number 26 and i knew that
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i would find those same things in the
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environment at
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that company so it's not all about the
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specific skills
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but try to see the environment and what
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you really
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like and thrive in
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we've shared this before and i'll say it again it's okay if your first job isn't your dream job there's a chance that you probably don't even know that that you probably don't even know that your dream job exists right now i didn't even know that the role at disney existed until i interviewed and applied for it right
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again it's okay if your first job
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isn't your dream job there's a chance
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that you probably don't even know that
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that you probably don't even know that your
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dream job exists right now i didn't even
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know that the role at disney
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existed until i interviewed and applied
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for it right
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i'm a strong proponent of giving your curiosities and ambitions 100 and a chance to manifest and this really and a chance to manifest and this really means having an open mind be open to the idea that your dream job can change as you change and grow too because it'd be silly to assume that you
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curiosities and ambitions 100
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and a chance to manifest and this really
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and a chance to manifest and this really means
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having an open mind be open to the idea
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that your dream job
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can change as you change and grow too
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because it'd be silly to assume that you
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can change but your dreams can expecting your first job to be your dream job is so unrealistic and even if i had the chance to have my dream job at my first job i to have my dream job at my first job i wouldn't i wouldn't want it because i would be
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expecting your first job to be your
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dream job is so
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unrealistic and even if i had the chance
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to have my dream job at my first job i
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to have my dream job at my first job i wouldn't
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i wouldn't want it because i would be
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i wouldn't want it because i would be unsure whether that is even my dream or someone else's dream for me it's really important that my for me it's really important that my career is genuinely something that i want and fits my personal definitions of what success is instead of what society deems as
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whether that is even my dream or someone
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else's dream
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for me it's really important that my
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for me it's really important that my career
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is genuinely something that i want and
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fits my personal definitions of what
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success is
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instead of what society deems as
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instead of what society deems as successful or the new hot thing or prestigious so that is going to take a lot of time so that is going to take a lot of time and i am very much have such a long way to i am very much have such a long way to go
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or the new hot thing or prestigious
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so that is going to take a lot of time
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so that is going to take a lot of time and
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i am very much have such a long way to
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i am very much have such a long way to go
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so i am just trying to enjoy the process so i am just trying to enjoy the process and take it day by day marketing sourcing specialist for disney and this implies that i basically middle man the relationships and the objectives and goals between our lines of businesses at disney such as parks and studios and our publishers like
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so i am just trying to enjoy the process and
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take it day by day
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marketing sourcing specialist for disney
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and this implies that i basically middle
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man the relationships
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and the objectives and goals between our
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lines of businesses at disney
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such as parks and studios and our
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publishers like
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google facebook etc so i work on the advertising side of things and it's very media heavy and i was only able to land this role because of all my experience at my first job at team one so really you know trust your process follow your you know trust your process follow your steps
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advertising side of things and it's very
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media heavy
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and i was only able to land this role
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because of all my experience
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at my first job at team one so really
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you know trust your process follow your
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you know trust your process follow your steps
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you can only connect the dots when you're looking back so i'm a program manager at notion and this role entails a lot of different things but i basically found myself in this role after i launched our notion for startups after i launched our notion for startups program and i recently switched focus and am now
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you're looking back
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so i'm a program manager at notion and
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this role entails a lot of different
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things but
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i basically found myself in this role
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after i launched our notion for startups
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after i launched our notion for startups program
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and i recently switched focus and am now
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helping developing our upcoming api and similar to what amy was saying two years ago i would have never imagined to be in this role and i think i'm really here because you know that first company you know really took a chance on me but i was also very open-minded on the type of work that i
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similar to what amy was saying
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two years ago i would have never
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imagined to be in this role
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and i think i'm really here because you
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know that first company
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you know really took a chance on me but
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i was also very
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open-minded on the type of work that i
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would be doing and through a lot of trial and error i am here and i really hope that the same mentality will get me to where i want to go in the future as well
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and through a lot of trial and error i
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am here and i really hope that
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the same mentality will get me to where
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i want to go in the future as well
