Click here for a full list of student-run organizations, and contact the clubs’ officers for more information. For details about MBA activities and networking opportunities, visit the Graziadio School’s event calendar.

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• Friday, February 10, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Hertz On Campus Interviews
• Friday, February 10, 3 – 7 p.m. NAWMBA & Finance Club Day of Service. Join NAWMBA and the Finance Club as they come together to serve the community. The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica is a new facility that offers tutoring, coaching, and recreational activities for youth in the area. All volunteer hours performed will qualify for C4C hours towards Sports Weekend. If you are interested please contact Nicole Warner in order to fill out a volunteer form that is required of all volunteers at the Boys & Girls Club.
• Monday, February 13, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. - International Student Workshop. Conducting a job search in the U.S. presents unique challenges for international students.  Topics will include: How to utilize Going Global and Uniworld, Job Search Overview, Presentation skills (Communication and Grammar skills), and U.S. Culture realities/expectations.
• Monday, February 13, 5:15 – 7:15 p.m. – PricewaterhouseCoopers – Entertainment Media Communication – Supply Chain Consulting.
• Tuesday, February 14, 12 – 1 p.m.- Wellness Lunch. Elizabeth Watson will be here to speak on the topic of “Diet Less, Live More”. Lunch will be provided for attendees. Looking forward to seeing all of you!
• Wednesday, February 15, 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Mosaic Capital On-campus Interviews.
• Wednesday, February 15, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. – Jobs in Finance. For those students desiring an internship or job in Corporate Finance or Financial Services.  What /internships jobs are predominant in Finance?  How to target companies and positions? Resume/Cover Letter Finance Keywords, On-line internship/job search networking and much more!
• Wednesday, February 15, 6:30 – 9 p.m. – Mergers and Acquisitions Forum.

Coming up later this month:

• Tuesday, February 21, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. - Job Search during Spring Break. Learn winning techniques of the job/internship search during the Spring break. This is a great opportunity to network with alums and target companies when your competition is relaxing. Discover what network errors are attempted, how to best approach contacts in determining on /off-line opportunities, while projecting a positive MBA profile.
• Thursday, February 23, 7:30 – 9 a.m. - Small Business Breakfast Series: Essential Tips on Managing Day-to-Day Operations, hosted by GAN LA. This workshop is the first in the Small Business Breakfast Series (SBBS), coordinated by Pepperdine’s Graziadio Alumni Network of Los Angeles (GAN LA), in association with the Los Angeles Small Business Development Center (SBDC), and sponsored by Identify Solutions. The goal of these events is to provide valuable and relevant information for local small business owners, managers, or entrepreneurs in a workshop-like setting.
• Wednesday, February 29, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. – Dean’s Executive Leadership Series (DELS): Blake Irving, Yahoo! As Executive Vice President and Chief Products Officer at Yahoo!, Blake Irving leads Yahoo!’s Products organization, which is responsible for the vision, strategy, design and development of Yahoo!’s global consumer and advertiser product portfolio. Register early!

From creating and revising proposals to completing a request for proposal (RFP), wooing a business prospect can be costly and time-consuming. How can you streamline the process while increasing your chances of success? SBDC Business Advisors Monica Rayes and Trevor Shickman offer expert insights.

When a prospect asks you to complete an RFP or create a proposal, what factors should you consider in deciding whether to pursue the job?

Sometimes, these requests are purely formalities, because the prospect already has a vendor in mind. Before you respond to such a request, Schickman says, “understand your relationship with the prospect, their current working partners and the prospect’s history.” Does the company currently have a vendor filling this need? If so, how can you compete? If you don’t have a current relationship with this company, have they ever purchased from a business like yours in the past? Answering these questions can help determine whether your proposal has a fair chance of being considered. Read the rest of this entry »

How to Talk to Americans

Monday, February 6th
5:15 pm-5:45pm
Malibu Drescher Main Auditorium
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Last semester the workshop “How to Talk to Americans” was a big hit, attracting more than 50 attendees. We talked about how to sustain one on one conversations with someone from another culture.

The next installment in the workshop series is Monday!

This time we’re covering assertiveness. It’s absolutely crucial to know how to be assertive for informational interviews and group discussion. I guarantee anyone who comes on Monday will have greater success in setting up those informational interviews and working in groups. We have a great lineup on Monday with a guest speaker and a panel of domestic students to answer questions. We’re also going to talk about American culture and how it’s different from other cultures. Finally we’ll go over the religious tradition behind American culture which is essential to understand where America came from.

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February 6 – 10 is Pepperdine Career Week. Contact Tina Ohmstede for information about the Graziadio School’s career resources that can help land you that dream job.

Click here for a full list of student-run organizations, and contact the clubs’ officers for more information. For details about MBA activities and networking opportunities, visit the Graziadio School’s event calendar.

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Friday, February 3 – Internship Fair Sponsored by Career Services

Saturday, February 4 – Pepperdine Business Plan Comeptition – Fast Pitch Round. Student teams of entrepreneurs face off for a chance to win cash prizes totaling $18,500 – including a $10,000 grand prize – in the Pepperdine University Business Plan Competition.

Monday, February 6, 12 – 1 p.m. - Using LinkedIn and Social Media to Network in Your Job Search – Live Webinar. As part of Pepperdine Career Week, the Graziadio School is proud to present Jason Alba, acclaimed social media and networking expert and author of I’m on LinkedIn – Now What??? Join us for an afternoon webinar in which Mr. Alba will share specific tactics that will help you move your job search forward. Register now!

Monday, February 6, 5:15 – 6:45 p.m. – How to Talk to Americans: A Workshop on Group Communication and Culture. An excellent opportunity for international students to learn skills in effectively communicating with Americans, an overview of U.S. culture, and the religious traditions rooted in American society.

Monday, February 6, 2012, 6:30 – 8 p.m – Career Week Kick-Off! Leading Through Lives of Purpose. The Career Week Kick-Off event will feature prominent alumni speakers from all fives schools who have worked and served to make a difference in the world. The panelists featured in Leading through Lives of Service, many of which are Waves of Services leaders, will offer thoughts, advice, and reflections, on how they’ve each found meaning and purpose in their professional lives.

Tuesday, February 7, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. – M-Society Speaker Series: Marti Eulberg – Fisker Automotive. Marti Eulberg is an international leader in the automotive industry. She will discuss her recent work at Fisker as well as share insights from her years of experience at industry powerhouses such as Maserati, Volvo, Jaguar, BMW, and Ford.

Wednesday, February 8, 5:15 – 7 p.m. – Aon Hewitt – Meet the Company – Recruiting Session.

Wednesday, February 8, 5:15 – 6:15 p.m. - Computer Job Search. Is your computer ready for your upcoming job/internship search? Join us for a discussion onptimal job search engines, specific industry sites, job search agents, bookmarks, social media sites, on-line networking and applications. Bring your computer for a tune-up and obtain the tech advantage!

Thursday, February 9, 6 – 10 p.m. - ACG Cup Case Competition: Pepperdine Internal Round. The ACG Cup is a case study competition designed to give students real world experience and invaluable insights into mergers & acquisitions, investment banking, and financial advisory.

Friday, February 10, 3 – 7 p.m. - NAWMBA & Finance Club Day of Service. Join NAWMBA and the Finance Club as they come together to serve the community. The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica is a new facility that offers tutoring, coaching, and recreational activities for youth in the area. All volunteer hours performed will qualify for C4C hours towards Sports Weekend.

1. Get In the Game:
Pro hockey legend Wayne Gretzky is famous for saying, “You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” If you’re only watching from the sidelines how do expect anything good to happen? Step 1. Get in the game. Step 2. Take shots.

2. Get Noticed:
Start networking to get noticed but remember that (at first) no one cares about you. It’s a harsh reality but I’m willing to bet that aside from your family or significant other, no one–not your boss, colleagues or friends–are staying up late thinking, “I wonder how I can help Julie make more money, find new customers, grow her biz…”

If you want it, you have to make it happen. No one is going to hand it to you. No one cares about your brilliant idea or how great your services are as much as you, UNLESS it directly benefits THEM. Start networking to build relationships and get noticed. Read the rest of this entry »