Audio Name: Econ 160 Discussion

Duration: 104 minutes

NT706

[00:00:00]
ANNOUNCEMENT
Reminders
● Job Internship week
○ It will be on the next week
○ The fair would be “hired-by-handshake”
○ It will be a first come first serve basis
● Resume resources
○ They are available in the Google Drive given by the Speakers
● Management Consultation Group presentations
○ It will begin on September 11 at 12 PM
○ The presentation will be timed
■ There will be a 5 minute Q&A followed by a feedback session from the
judges

[00:00:01]
Handshake
Company staff
● Director of Internal Operations:
○ Olivia
● Senior Career Adviser:
○ Guest Speaker Name: Whitney Rekita
■ She worked in HR as well
● HR
○ Joe de Graci
● Student Coordinator and Programming Advisor
○ Guest Speaker Name: Matthew
■ He also oversees student organizations
■ He also does social media works
● A graduate student in terms of taxation

Company background
● Academic advising
○ Specializing in training and professional development towards the students
● Overview:
○ Editions:
■ Opportunity edition
● Occurs every Wednesday
■ Events edition
● Occurs every Saturday
○ Calendars:
■ SON events
● Includes networking events with students and employees
● Appointment hours are also available
■ SON Job postings
● Contains job and internship opportunities
 ● It cannot be comprehensive
● A place to have a start in terms of internships and jobs
○ SON career week
■ A lot of employers came to the campus
■ Signature events will take place during this week
■ Internship fair also took place here
● Grading:
○ Reviewing the presentations given by the Speakers
■ There will be 4 presentations
● Social media accounts:
○ Instagram
○ Facebook
● Resume:
○ VMock
■ A resume review service
■ Allows you to check if there are corrections to be made in your resume
● Suggests better wording a grammar in your resume
■ Scores will be provided once the review is done
○ Handshake
■ It can be done by sending the resume there and waiting for the approval
● Appointment:
○ (00:28:58 - 00:31:17, The Speaker showed a video about making an
appointment. Below are the notes that were taken.)
■ Opening HandShake will take you to a job screen
● Go to “Career Center” and click “Appointments”
■ Making appointments would need to check your level
■ Bottom right corner:
● There will be a message that the appointment request was done
■ The appointment approval message will be sent to your email
● Mentor program
○ Pairing someone with a student
○ Allows meeting someone from different fields
● “SOM Students-Career Assistant Resume in Career Guidance”
○ Allows you to schedule a 15-minute appointment through Handshake

[00:43:17]
MANAGEMENT CONSULTATION GROUP
Company background
● Founded in 2014
● They deal with educational cases
● Aim to make students into professionals

Company staff
● President:
○ Name: Bella
○ Occupation: President of the Management Consultation Group
● Vice Presidents:
○ Elisa
○ Julian
■ A VP for Competitions
● Other staff:
 ○ Anna
■ A major in Business Administration at MIS
○ John
■ A sophomore in major in Accounting
○ Mark
■ A major in Marketing

Competition
● The company has done competitions in a general format
● Agenda:
○ It must not be overwhelming to the audience
○ Key issues and identification is very important in terms of reading the case
● Presentations:
○ It can only last up to 10 minutes
○ The presentation must have 3 recommendations
■ The recommendations must not against the company’s core values
■ Each recommendation must have its own slides
○ Social media ad campaigns are recommended
■ You can also use Instagram
○ Appendix slides can help in making your recommendations for the presentation

Implementation
● Implementation plans:
○ Timeline
○ Flowchart

Financials
● They are challenging in terms of a case analysis
● Advertising:
○ Managing advertising under a $100 million budget
○ Involves highlighting the trends especially in Instagram
● Considering the growth rate especially historical growth rates
● Analyzing performance indicators (KPI)
○ It can be in the qualitative or quantitative perspective
○ Identifying if there are new sales being generated

Risks
● It can be brought up from negative potential attention
● Requires to strategize the mitigations per risks
○ Prioritizing the risks firstly
● Conclusion slide:
○ It must contain content that was mentioned earlier in the presentation

Submission
● Do not use Google Slides
● Prefer to use a PowerPoint presentation
○ Use SmartArt if necessary