Discovery for Higher Education
Student Benefits:
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Free and accessible career coaching platform
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Guidance to articulate career aspirations and journey
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Supportive community of fellow job seekers, alumni, and industry professionals
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Structured approach to create a marketing portfolio that highlights strengths, skills, and personal brand
University Benefits:
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Easily offer the platform as a supplemental resource
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Ability to incorporate platform into course curriculums
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Partnership models tailored to curriculum and objectives
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Improve reputation and career readiness of students and alumni
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Provide career coaches with access to valuable data and analytics to optimize student career readiness
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Student Testimonials
I have to admit, I was struggling to identify my accomplishments before I tried Discovery's platform. It was a bit of a challenge for me at first, but I found the process to be incredibly useful and ultimately eye-opening.
Thanks to Discovery, I now have a much clearer understanding of my achievements and how to communicate them effectively to potential employers. I highly recommend this platform to anyone looking to enhance their career readiness and job search skills.
Oliva. College Senior
External Factors
The world is changing at an exponential rate not just in technology but also in culture - how we all live, work, and play. Discovery is a modern process for the ever-changing job market and the next step in the right direction. The COVID pandemic has changed how your students think about What's Next in their professional journey.
Some of the trends coming out of COVID are:
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Radical self-awareness, the human element, and a purpose-driven life
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Extended life expectancy / Multiple full-time careers across a lifetime
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The Great Resignation
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Diversity, Inclusion, and Unconscious Bias Focus
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Multiple (5) generations in the workforce
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Financial economies shifting power across the globe
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Larger populations living in non-traditional / non-static lifestyle​
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Geography no longer being a barrier to business and new lifestyles
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Cultural paradigm shifts that are changing how we live, work, and play
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Exponential acceleration of all technology in both the business and personal arena
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Peppercorn.ai is the connector and guide for your students to understand the implications of the future and find the right solutions to be relevant tomorrow, individually and for the reputation of your higher education organization.
Discovery Playbook
Discovery provides you with a structured approach and support to become self-aware and articulate What's Next for your students.
1. Self Articulation
They begin the program by articulating:
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Who they are,
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Where they would like to go,
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What they uniquely offer and
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What have they done
In the process, developing clarity and confidence to tell their story
2. Marketing Portfolio
As they build their Marketing Portfolio they will be able to:
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Clearly articulate their skills
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Present their true story
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Communicate / Position their "Brand" identity
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Promote their unique value proposition
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Market to their greatest strengths
3. Execute
At this point, they will be primed and ready to get out (live or virtually) to actively network.
They will receive resources for:
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Researching
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Networking
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Interviewing and
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Negotiating their offers.
They will receive the latest tips on topics to support their journey to "What's Next!"
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Module 100 - Self Awareness
Focus on internal self-awareness articulating:
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Personality
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Values
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Working Styles and
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Leadership Skills
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Module 400 - Marketing Portfolio
Develop, write and edit their story for public facing media like Linkedin, Social Media and to Network with others.
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Module 500 - Ongoing - Research & Networking
Leveraging the work from previous modules to research, network, interview and negotiate offers.
Write their accomplishments to focus on the strengths that will make them successful in their ideal position.
Module 200 - Ideal Position
Develop and engineer their own job description based on 13 attributes including company type, roles & responsibilities, function, industry, benefits, etc.
Module 300 - Success Briefs
