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How to Start a Career in Strategy & Operations

Breaking into Strategy & Operations roles can feel unclear—titles vary, expectations differ by company, and it’s not always obvious how to position your background. This session is for students and early-career professionals who want to understand how to break into S&O and what hiring teams actually look for. You’ll learn how to translate your experience into relevant skills, build a targeted recruiting strategy, and position yourself for roles across startups, tech companies, and larger organizations.

Positioning Yourself Strategically When Making a Transition

Career transitions into Business Operations require more than transferable skills, they demand clear positioning, strategic storytelling, and an understanding of how BizOps teams actually operate. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to reframe your experience for BizOps roles, identify the signals hiring managers look for, and build a narrative that shows strategic thinking, execution ability, and impact. You’ll leave with practical tools to position yourself confidently and competitively during a career transition.

Salary Research Tools

Discover tools and strategies to research salaries, ensuring you enter negotiations informed and confident.

Negotiation Prep Template

Use this template to organize your key talking points, goals, and strategies for a successful negotiation.

Interview Prep Workbook

Use this workbook to organize your interview preparation, practice responses, and build confidence for any interview scenario.

Creating an Elevator Pitch

Develop a clear and engaging elevator pitch that highlights your strengths and captures the interest of potential employers.

Resume Power Words

Discover impactful power words to make your resume more compelling and highlight your achievements effectively.

Company Profile Research Template

Use this template to research and organize key information about target companies, helping you tailor your applications and outreach.

Markers of Great Brands

Discover the core qualities that distinguish great brands and learn how to apply them to your own career brand.

Brand Nurturing Plan

To nurture your brand on LinkedIn or other platforms, start simple so you don’t get overwhelmed. It’s better to start simple and small so you’ll follow through.

ATS Resume Format Template

Use this resume template to help you format a winning resume for your job search.

Building Your Resume

In this exercise, we will walk through the steps you can take to create a great, well-targeted resume. This exercise will take quite a bit of work, so set aside ample time – perhaps break the segments down into time blocks on your calendar.

Creating an Elevator Pitch

This exercise will walk you through creating an elevator pitch, tagline, and about you statement for networking.

Building Your Professional Brand

In this exercise, we will first do the work to define your brand and then create a plan to build your brand based on your definition of how you want to be perceived.

Brand Voice Workbook

Follow this workbook to develop your brand voice and achieve career success.

Application Tracking Template

Use this tool to keep track of your applications throughout your job search process!

Your Jobsearch Marketing Plan

Telling your job search where to go with your personal map