{"id":241,"date":"2010-03-16T09:41:47","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T16:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/?p=241"},"modified":"2010-03-16T09:41:47","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T16:41:47","slug":"the-elevator-pitch-do-i-really-need-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2010\/03\/16\/the-elevator-pitch-do-i-really-need-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The Elevator Pitch&#8211;Do I Really Need One?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by Anne Lapour, Career Counselor<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_242\" class=\"wp-caption thumbnail alignright\" style=\"width: 199px;\">\n    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-242\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2010\/03\/elevator-pitch2-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"See?  It works!\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2010\/03\/elevator-pitch2-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/277\/files\/2010\/03\/elevator-pitch2.jpg 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/>\n    <figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">See?  It works!<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever attended a Career Services workshop on networking, job searching, or career fair success, you&#8217;ve probably heard us talk about your &#8220;elevator pitch&#8221;, or your &#8220;30-second infomercial&#8221;.\u00a0 And you may have wondered&#8230;<em>Is this something I really need to PRACTICE?\u00a0 I know how to talk about myself! <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sure, of course you know about yourself.\u00a0 But sometimes it becomes hard to talk about yourself purposefully.\u00a0 You&#8217;ve only got one chance (and about a minute) to make a first impression during the job search, so you want to make sure you&#8217;re selecting your most marketable qualities&#8230;rather than wasting 10 of those seconds talking about your dog Fido.\u00a0 (Even if Fido is super-cute.)\u00a0 So&#8230;get to work crafting that pitch!\u00a0 And click the link below for a great summary article on what you should include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gottamentor.com\/viewAdvice.aspx?a=322&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=NL_5%20Elevator%20Pitches%20That%20Get%20Job%20Referrals_3-1-10\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What is An Elevator Pitch and Why is It Important?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Anne Lapour, Career Counselor If you&#8217;ve ever attended a Career Services workshop on networking, job searching, or career fair success, you&#8217;ve probably heard us talk about your &#8220;elevator pitch&#8221;, or your &#8220;30-second infomercial&#8221;.\u00a0 And you may have wondered&#8230;Is this something I really need to PRACTICE?\u00a0 I know how to talk about myself! Sure,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2010\/03\/16\/the-elevator-pitch-do-i-really-need-one\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1093,1145,694],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-interviewing-skills","category-job-search-strategies","category-networking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}