IN general what I care about most is finding out what is really important to do, and then going straight for that in a sane way and not wasting time and people's emotions.
Same with research: I like finding out what we really want in the end and coming up with a sane way to achieve it.
Those are my two main passions.
But mostly just designing processes so that people are more effective and can have more free time.
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Friday, December 21, 2012
How to deal with illness
-Have a quota of how much you are able to work, and try not to go over that. That way you know how much you have available for the future.
-Try to listen and read at the same time to save time.
-Be a top performer; then people will overlook your health issues.
-Don't contact people until you feel consistently healthy.
-Find out who people are and get details on them.
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-Try to listen and read at the same time to save time.
-Be a top performer; then people will overlook your health issues.
-Don't contact people until you feel consistently healthy.
-Find out who people are and get details on them.
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Make a personal brand
Everything associated with your "name" online should be related to this brand.
Look at your target customers and their needs.
Create a brand with a built-out personality.
Even write out your brand statement.
It's like playing an acting part.
Everything personal you do on facebook should be with a different identity.
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Do more of the career work yourself
Stay on top of your industry, read important stuff about it, find the places that it comes together, and then find what is going on in general.
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Where I want to work
Maybe I want to work at Ipsos, doing really advanced market research and great insights that take MR to the next level
I like how research is objective and you can discover things
7 Career Mistakes
MISTAKES PEOPLE MAKE:
-Disqualifying yourself
-Not testing your assumptions
-Pointless self-searching, no need to take all these tests
-Trying to "figure it out" and take your time, when in reality you should just start doing it
-Trying to make it on your own.
-Not getting specific. Causes you to send your resume to all kinds of jobs in an unstructured way. This creates a black hole of doom.
-Don't talk about health problems, try to seem strong.
-Don't really need to use recruiters. Get in there and do it yourself.
TO DO:
-When you get stuck, you should go outward. Go external, not internal.
-Think about your core 2-3 problems, and then go external with it. Ramit teaches scripts of good questions people can use when going external for advice.
-People really stand out if they actually ask for advice, in a genuine curiosity-based way.
-Use your alumni network. You have more of a network than you think.
-Build up your credibility markers.
-Be specific about what job title you are looking for, such as Research Analyst for a marketing company or full-service agency.
-Get ultra-specific about the job you want. Say that you want to work doing research analytics in a way that is really genuine and connected and has a relationship with clients, and here are five companies I'm looking at.
-Get more and more specific with your career over time as you find out what you want to be involved in, and make everything contribute to that career path.
-Approach your target and pitch yourself. Come up with three mind map ways to pitch yourself. I'm an efficient, smart, and improvement-minded market researcher, with a history of creating helpful protocols, and problem-solving and being incisive to think about what the heart of the matter is. great experience drawing the right meaning out of dadta.
-Use a resume as a narrative document
-Talk about what you can do for the company, not what you want for yourself.
-Find out what the company's challenges are, talk to the hiring manager. Companies have specific problems. If you can name the name of problems they have, you are dramatically more likely to get hired.
-What can you offer? Know what the company wants. Put yourself in the mind of your future boss.
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How not to make MR mistakes
http://www.greenbookblog.org/2012/12/19/how-to-make-an-mr-client-angry-in-7-easy-steps/
-Find out about what is unique about the company before you pitch them.
-Look at the context of their problem: Their vision, their company, market environment,
-Become their strategic partner, be partners with them instead of seeing them as the enemy
-Have short reports so they get to the point fast.
-Create videos or infographics so they can get to the point quickly and bring it to life
-Describe the report as a story and tell a tale and meaning, rather than just sticking to reporting the questionnaire in the order it came out
-Always address the objectives from your brief
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-Find out about what is unique about the company before you pitch them.
-Look at the context of their problem: Their vision, their company, market environment,
-Become their strategic partner, be partners with them instead of seeing them as the enemy
-Have short reports so they get to the point fast.
-Create videos or infographics so they can get to the point quickly and bring it to life
-Describe the report as a story and tell a tale and meaning, rather than just sticking to reporting the questionnaire in the order it came out
-Always address the objectives from your brief
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