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Evisors Webinar: Getting the Most Out of Your Summer Internship

In The Pursuit of Happyness Will Smith Chris Gardener turned his life around after a successful internship at Dean Witter; who’s to say you can’t do the same? To all of you who are looking forward to starting a 2012 summer internship (or have already been putting on suits and ties on a daily basis), our Evisors expert Damali Rhett has some great advice on how you can get the most out of your summer internship and leverage it into a full-time offer.

Don’t forget to check out Damali’s Evisors profile!

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Evisors Webinar: Leveraging LinkedIn Tools for your Job Search

LinkedIn, like all tools, only benefits the user if they know how to use it. In this Evisors webinar, Mauri Schwartz provides detailed information about LinkedIn and many excellent strategies that will help you realize the full potential of this networking tool; best of all, these strategies can be easily administered by non-premium account users.

Mauri Schwartz is the Founder and CEO of Career Insiders. She is also a leading figure in the San Francisco Bay area’s career management community. Working with companies and with individual job seekers, she has an outstanding success rate in helping her clients achieve their goals. Let’s look at some strategies she has for us to use LinkedIn more effectively:

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Evisors Webinar: Stock Pitches Interviewing for Sales & Trading, Hedge Funds, and Research Positions

James Aldige is currently an Investment Analyst at Tiger Eye Capital. Before Tiger Eye, James was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and completed his MBA at Harvard Business School. James provides excellent insight on the IM industry and interviews that leverage stock pitches such as sales & trading, hedge funds, and research.

The Overview of the Investment Management (IM) Industry and General Preparation for Interviews

“The industry is extraordinarily fragmented” and includes thousands of firms in all shapes and sizes. Careers in Investment Management can span traditional investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan which have different departments including M&A, Sales & Trading, Equity Research, etc. In addition, there are Large Mutual Funds (e.g. Fidelity, Capital Group, Wellington, T Rowe Price), smaller long-only funds, and hedge funds with a fundamental stock-picking focus.

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Evisors Webinar: Recruiting for Jobs in India

Jaineel Aga worked as a Senior Associate with The Parthenon Group in Mumbai, and is currently the co-Founder of www.indianconsulting.org helping students to break into the management consulting field in India. This Evisors webinar contains Jaineel’s insights into working in India, how it differs from other parts of the world, the differences by industry, and how to find the right career for you. You can read the highlights of part of his webinar below or watch a sneak peek of the video above.

Why India?
India is one of the biggest markets for multinational companies today across a variety of industries. Real GDP has grown about 8% per year from 2008-2012, despite the global recession.

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Evisors Webinar: Finding the Next Facebook - Careers in Venture Capital

Max Hofer worked as an Investment Professional with Altor Equity Partners, and is now with Kistefos in Oslo, Norway. He screens private equity and venture capital deals, and sits on the Board of Directors of a portfolio of companies. This Evisors webinar contains Max’s insights into working in venture capital, an overview of current trends in the field, and what firms are looking for in the venture capital space. You can read the highlights of his webinar below or watch a sneak peek of the video above.

What is Venture Capital?
Venture capitalists provide funding for high-potential (and high-risk) startups. This capital is mainly raised from institutional investors and high net worth individuals, and investments are made directly into private companies or early stage teams. Venture capital is characterized by its investors strategically exiting their investments after a (sometimes short) period of time and taking their return.

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Evisors Webinar: Hitting a Homerun - Careers in Sports & Entertainment

Shahan Parshad worked as a Quantitative Analyst for both the Pittsburgh Pirates (MLB) and the Milwaukee Bucks (NBA). He also wrote the Stanford Business School case on the San Francisco Giants. This Evisors webinar contains Shahan’s insights into working in professional sports, how to break in and things to prepare for when recruiting in the industry. You can read the highlights of part of his webinar below or watch a sneak peek of the video above.

The Professional Sports Industry
Most careers in professional sports can be best described by the following three types of positions.

First, there are functional positions. Front Office roles are either classified as Decision Support, which involves player evaluation, quantitative analysis, or data collection to help the GM make decisions, or as Operations, which handles tasks like orienting new players to the team.

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What You Need to Prepare Before Hiring a Marketing Consultant

Hiring a marketing consultant can be one of the most critical drivers of business growth; hiring the wrong consultant can waste time and money. If you know you need help growing leads and sales, the following are qualifying considerations that will make all the difference in bringing the right person on board.

What’s the Real Problem?

Try to be as honest as possible with yourself and your organization about where the issue lies. Make sure you’re not trying to paint over issues that a marketer can’t fix such as technical infrastructure issues, sales team ineffectiveness, or product deficiencies. Assuming the problem lies somewhere in the marketing realm, take stock of what you’ve tried and haven’t yet tried. It’s tempting just to try and fix a marketing channel (SEO, PPC, social, etc.), but often problems can run deeper to brand positioning, messaging, pricing strategy, etc. A great consultant will help you further think through these questions and create actionable takeaways, but make sure you’re bringing someone in for the right reasons.

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Evisors Webinar: Careers in Africa

Mambi Madzivire has lived and worked in countries like El Salvador, Zimbabwe and Liberia, amongst others. She received her PhD from the Mayo Clinic, her MBA from Stanford, and has had a variety of work experiences, including her current role in private equity operations in Nigeria. This Evisors webinar contains Mambi’s insights into why you should (or shouldn’t) work in Africa and how to land a great career. You can read the highlights of her webinar below, watch a sneak peek of the video above, or purchase the full webinar for $9.99 by emailing support@evisors.com.

Mambi highlights the main decision criteria people evaluate when moving to Africa, so here’s a look at why you should or should not take a chance and move there:

Reasons to Move to Africa:

• The people are hard-working and driven. If you are ambitious, this is a great place to express that drive.

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Evisors Webinar: Careers in Fashion, Retail & Luxury

Whitney Beckett, an Evisors expert, completed her MBA from The Wharton School in 2011. She is currently an Associate Buyer for Ralph Lauren working on their recent Club Monaco ecommerce launch. Previously she worked as a Sportswear Editor for Women’s Wear Daily. This Evisors webinar contains Whitney’s insights into the fashion and luxury goods industries gained from her various professional experiences. You can read the highlights of her webinar below, watch a sneak peek above, or purchase the full webinar for $9.99 by emailing support@evisors.com.

Overview of the Retail Industry
There are a few major categories of firms within the retail industry:

• Luxury Conglomerates are perfect for those people that are passionate products and luxury in particular. Examples are LVMH, Gucci Group, and Richemont. Many luxury companies put a high value on store level experience. 

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Evisors Webinar: From MBA to Entrepreneur - making the most of your business school experience if you want to start a company

David Adelman, an expert at Evisors, completed his MBA from The Wharton School in 2011. Now, he is Founder and CEO of Reel Tributes, producing high-end personal history documentaries for people and companies. This Evisors webinar contains David’s five-step plan to maximizing your time in business school and following the path less traveled to become an entrepreneur. You can read the highlights of his webinar below, watch a sneak peek of the video above, or purchase the full webinar for $9.99 by emailing support@evisors.com.

Step 1: Get Started Early
Business school flies by, so take a leap now and get started on your entrepreneurial idea:

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