Young Professionals - Millennials / GenerationZ finding their Way in Today's Job Market

Special Guest Benjamin Preston
   
  Benjamin Preston LLC provides businesses with marketing, strategy, and management consulting services. With experience in a range of industries and clients ranging from startups to billion-dollar businesses, Benjamin Preston's strategic approach to business will help your business scale quickly and efficiently. Benjamin Preston also wrote, "Harness Your Butterflies: The Young Professional's Metamorphosis to an Exciting Career," to inspire future leaders to create meaningful careers.

• Focus on the things you want, not the things you are not happy with
• Growing your career more strategic and breaking the traditional roadmap
• Following your excitement in your career
• Graduating from College – Now what?
• Get away from the concept of having a "purpose," because you do not have to figure out whom you are going to be when you turn 50 – Today
• It is OK to be more general – do not focus on one job title
• Figure out what you are good at and what your strengths are
• Getting creative, especially during the Covid crisis
• Finding positions that will allow you to utilize the skills that you enjoy
• Breaking your strengths out to define your path
• Asking peers, professors, and the previous boss' what are your strengths 
• Starting with your strength and doing an inventory will guide you on how to get started
• Doing your research to make sure companies can offer you what your strengths are
• Pair your strengths based on the situation and the role
• Sometimes your strengths fit the organization but not the role
• Steps to doing an inventory
• Working around your weaknesses – However, try to avoid roles where the role focus is on a weakness that you have
• Try to focus on your strengths – not your weaknesses – you get more ROI if you put your focus on strengths
• Knowing what you are not good at could help mitigate risk
• Searching for a role – create 2 or 3 nonnegotiables and beyond that be flexible
• Do not just apply unless you plan on keeping track of everything you used for 
• Does the role sound exciting?  Limit your applications to roles that get you excited
• Avoid the path of least resistance
• During Covid – if you have to take a job that doesn't pay what you want, use this time to figure out what your next path will be after Covid

Special Guest Information
Benjamin Preston
Author: Harness Your Butterflies: The Young Professional's Metamorphosis to an Existing Career
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Website: benjaminpreston.com
LinkedIn: @Benjamin J. Preston
Twitter: @BennyJayLive
Instagram: @bennyjaylive
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