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For MBA Grads Still Without a Job

By Roy Young

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A few clients asked what we can do to help grads who do not have job offers yet. So we combined 5 short videos to give MBAs a strategy for landing more job interviews now. Access all five videos below. STEP 1: Expand Your Target Employer List (Steve Dalton) In this short video, Steve Dalton shows how to expand and prioritize your target employer list fast. Duration: 10:36     STEP 2: Identify Good Contacts and Invite to Connect Online (Viveka von Rosen) Viveka provides a step-by-step formula with message templates. Duration: 13:38     STEP 3: Request Informational Meeting with New Contacts (Viveka von Rosen) Viveka von Rosen teaches how to communicate with new LinkedIn connections – with suggested message scripts — to turn contacts into valuable relationships. Duration: 09:29     STEP 4: Conduct Professional Informational Meetings (Nathan Perez) When you tell your students to do “informational interviews” and they say “what’s an informational interview?,” just show them this video. It goes a long way to explain how to do it and why it is important. Duration: 10:30     STEP 5: Keep In Touch With Contacts (Viveka von Rosen) Make sure to send “thank you” notes (by email or snail mail) after all your informational meetings. Then regularly stay in touch with updates. Use the free Dux-Soup app to manage your contacts. See how to use the app here: Duration: 04:38