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How to Stand Out as the Ideal Industry Candidate

In this session, you will learn how to build your story library for common job interview topics and how to tell vivid, purposeful stories using the Predicament, Response, Outcome (PRO) formula to make your experiences and character traits relevant to what hiring managers seek.
Learning Objectives:
  • Learn why stories are more memorable than claims or reported examples.
  • Understand the format of a story and the elements that make it vivid and more engaging.
  • Understand how to craft purposeful stories that reveal important personal attributes and prior actions that are relevant to the role.
  • Find pivotal moments from which to build a story library for common job interview topics.
  • Learn the PRO formula for telling stories with a point that reveal mindsets, motivations, and values.
Speaker: Amy Aines
Amy Aines is a communication strategist, speaker, coach, and trainer who builds career success skills. She teaches graduate students and postdocs at universities and government agencies how to simplify the complex, engage listeners, foster productive relationships, and make a bigger impact with their work. Amy is chief executive officer of Damianakes Communications, a consulting firm she founded in 1999, and co-author of Championing Science – Communicating Your Ideas to Decision Makers, a ‘how to’ book based on her four decades of work with scientists and engineers in the wireless, tech, and biotech industries.
A former telecommunications executive, Amy’s industry roles have run the gamut from corporate spokesperson for a $10 billion company to culture and brand builder, technical writer, employee motivator, change manager, media trainer, workshop designer, speech writer, and speaker coach. She’s had the good fortune to work with leaders at global giants and startups including AirTouch, Genentech, McKesson, BioMarin, Gilead, Cisco, Stoke Therapeutics, Exelixis, Vodafone, and numerous emerging tech and biotech firms. When she’s not teaching, Amy volunteers for the STEM Advocacy Institute, Beyond the Ph.D., and Quest Science Center, and enjoys singing with the Stay at Tone Moms.
 
This session is part of the ‘Building Essential Communication Skills for Job Interviews‘ webinar series organized and co-sponsored by the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs and Rackham Graduate School.