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Strategizing Your Career After College Seminar by Brendan Sweeney, KSU Graduate & Vice-President of Consumer Product & Marketing at Commissions Inc.

Strategizing Career After College Seminar by Brendan Sweeney, KSU Graduate & Vice-President of Consumer Product & Marketing at CommissionsInc.com and Former Vice-President for Development for EMEA – Europe, Middle East, & Africa – Careerbuilder.com

Brendan Sweeney has visited the KSU 4401: Senior Seminar classes since April 10th, 2012 to lead a seminar on strategizing your career after college. He shared his sage career search advice framed by his how career story.

He developed a powerfully insightful slide show with a professional view of the career search process from the professional side of the street.

Presentation by Brendan Sweeney on January 20, 2015

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Check out KSU Alumni Article about Brendan Sweeney entitled Building Connections, it includes his Guest Networking in KSU 4401: Senior Seminar – Fall 2013.
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Some of the great quotes and advice of Mr. Brendan Sweeney from presentation:

Include Strategic & Global Networking + Plans + Outcomes on Resume + Covering Letter + Interview + Career*
*Brendan Sweeney has offered to critique your Resumes & Covering Letters

Do what You feel Passionate About and You Will Get Paid

Do the Work and the Title Will Follow

Failing is O.K.

Get Rid of the Noise on Your Resume

Showcase Strategic Planning, Global Perspective, Work Ethics and Delete Communication Skills, Technology & the Obvious

Write a Covering Letter to Align You to the Job


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Article he recommends from the Bangkok Post – Business Section – April 24, 2012:
Too many recruiters are Buzzword-Matching Paper Pushers
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Resources Shared during Presentation:

Digtial Portfolios:

About.me

DoYouBuzz.com

Vizualize.me

TheSocialCV.com

Entrepreneurial Endeavors:

ODesk.com

Elance.com

TaskRabbit.com

Codeacademy.com

Rubyonrails.org

Railsforzombies.org

MIT Open Course Ware – Free Online Courses

Career Search

Indeed.com
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For more information on Brendan Sweeney’s professional bio, consult:

http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brendan-sweeney/1/775/51a
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For information on using CareerBuilder.Com:

http://www.careerbuilder.com/

For information on Commissions Inc:

http://www.commissionsinc.com/

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