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Preparing for RCF

Preparing for RCF. Agenda. Preparation Know Your Audience Your delivery Communication skills, etiquette, follow-up. How to prep. Know what you want to communicate What are your skills/aspirations What was the process like? Practice your “commercial” - intro & demo

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Preparing for RCF

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  1. Preparing for RCF

  2. Agenda • Preparation • Know Your Audience • Your delivery • Communication skills, etiquette, follow-up

  3. How to prep • Know what you want to communicate • What are your skills/aspirations • What was the process like? • Practice your “commercial” - intro & demo • Prepare questions (FAQs)

  4. Your Commercial • Name • Class (senior, junior, sophomore) • Major • Professional areas of interests/skill sets and strengths • Lead-in to your project

  5. Commercial Example • Hi, my name is John Zaro and I’m a senior majoring in Information & Computer Science. I’ll be graduating in June and am particularly interested in multiplayer mobile game design for both Android and iOS. This is one of a handful of projects that I have worked on during my time at UCI.

  6. Your demo and description • Purpose of project • How did you get the idea? • What was/is your objective? • What were your steps (planning, implementation, iterations) • What does is it do and how? • What technologies did you use? • Demo your project and summarize *If a group project, all members should be prepared to talk about both the whole and individual roles

  7. Be prepared - FAQs • Why did you decide to do this project? • What was the biggest challenge/roadblock that you had to overcome? • How does this relate to your professional interests/goals? • What was it like working in a team setting? • In retrospect, what would you have done differently?

  8. Know Your Audience • Which companies might drop by? • Check Zotlink for Career Fair attendees • If possible, attend the Career Fair beforehand and let people know you will be presenting • Recruiter or engineer (or both)? Prepare for both • Prepare for both the technical and non-technical representative • Focus on what skills/tools you applied and lessons learned

  9. During the Reverse Fair • First Impressions • Handshake • Non-verbal communication • Eye contact • Smile • Speak with enthusiasm/use hands • Run Your demo & explain your project

  10. During the Fair • Ask if they have any questions • Ask them questions! • Make sure to talk about other projects or internships, research, start-ups, etc. • Ask for a business card or have a sign-in sheet to collect contacts • Thank the recruiter, ask if they are taking resumes

  11. After the Fair • Get organized • Follow-up with company representatives • Be patient

  12. What to Wear • Professional attire • Be comfortable • Neat, clean, and pressed • Simple and conservative is usually best

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