Elevator puns are bad on so many levels.
When a friend said, “oh I don’t write cover letters.” I was in immediate shock. PEOPLE THIS IS NOT A DRILL. THAT IS AN OPTION. For someone who has always been bad at narrative writing, I was ecstatic. Why have I limited myself to paper and ink? How could I have limited the creative possibilities to showcase my skills and weird personality?? Why have I limited myself for all these years??? THE WORLD MAY NEVER KNOW. Anyway, I came up with different ways to showcase not only my skills but my personality. But Adiam shouldn’t it be more about structure and skills than glam and fluff. Why yes I would agree, but these days it doesn’t hurt to have an edge as a job applicant. So I interviewed myself and recorded it as if I was on a late night show. Furthermore, I used a different voice as the interviewer, added in a late night intro song and a ‘let’s cut to commercial’ jingle, then asked and answered popular interview questions. But after some words of guidance it was deemed too long. All in all it was 6 minutes but it made sense to cut it down. Most human resources departments take seconds to minutes to look over resumes and cover letters. So here I present to you my elevator pitches. If you may or may not know, an elevator pitch - also known as an elevator speech - is a quick summary of who you are, you’re background, and experience. This pitch should only be the length of a brief elevator ride hence the name elevator pitch. At the end I liked it better than my late night interview idea. Elevator pitches can used in person such at job interviews, networking events, job fairs, and with the CEO of your dream company. That is on the off chance you run into them….maybe even in an ACTUAL elevator. That would be such a great story. You can also also put them in your LinkedIn summary or Twitter bio.
Here are some general tips:
Keep it brief - This isn’t the time to pour your heart and soul, keep it light and brief. This is just a short recap of who you are and what you do.
Be convincing - Make sure to be persuasive with your idea, organization, or background. It should be easy to digest but makes it to the listener’s heart.
Share your skills - This is your chance to show off your qualifications and skills! Try to focus on assets that add value in many situations.
Be confident - Of course sometimes shit goes down when there’s a billion dollars on an elevator. Just make sure that shit isn’t your elevator pitch to your dream CEO. Practice, practice, practice! You don’t want to ramble when you seize your opportunity.
This is just the beginning…
Wow. Finally doing the damn thing. Welcome to the beginning of my new life.
I had an introduction podcast explaining why I created it but I messed up somewhere. When I went to replay the session, the audio was really low. (Whoops!) So here I am explaining once again. There are three reason why I started this podcast adventure. First, boredom. I just graduated college, I was working a 9-5 (yes guys, that life is the worst), and I was missing some kind of creative stimulation. For the first couple of weeks, I was watching Keeping up with the Kardashians from season one. By the time I reached Khloé & Lamar’s wedding I was waayyy too invested. Thus, this podcast was born.
Second, I want to be a better communicator and public speaker. I can have trouble with my tone and want to have a better grip on it. In addition, my foot is always in my mouth. Not to mention I hate the sound of my voice on recordings. I am hoping once I consistently start recording I will be more cognizant of what the hell is coming out of my mouth when I’m on AND off the mic. All in all, I want to strength my communication skills between myself, my family and peeps.
Third, I wanted to create a space for myself. In a world with many labels, boxes to check, and criteria to have sometimes it can be hard to let go of what you’ve always known to be a better version of yourself. So here I am. This is me being Adu. Until I discover a better Adu. Then (hopefully)that Adu will better for myself and my loved ones and so on. The possibilities are endless. Eventually, I want to bring on so many different types of people and cover a vast majority of topics. But for right now? It’s definitely just going to be me talking my shit. In addition to my friends validating (and maybe not validating) my shit with their own shit.
Although this website was meant to be solely for my podcast, I warmed up to the idea of blogging alongside it. I mean considering it just came to the rescue with this introduction fiasco I can’t deny its resourcefulness. Any post reflections and discoveries will be written and posted about.
So welcome to my new world. This is going to be….