Elevator pitch

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Volume of 1 page (250 words)

Assignment type : Other types

Description

Elevator Pitch for Career Fair

Background

Wikipedia defines as elevator pitch as follows:

Elevator pitch, elevator speech or elevator statement is a short sales pitch (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.; that is, a summary used to quickly and simply define a process, product, service, organization, or event and its value proposition (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..[1] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

The name ‘elevator pitch’ reflects the idea that it should be possible to deliver the summary in the time span (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. of an elevator (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. ride, or approximately thirty seconds to two minutes and is widely credited to Ilene Rosenzweig (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and Michael Caruso (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (while he was editor for Vanity Fair) for its origin.[2] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.[3] (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

The term itself comes from a scenario of an accidental meeting with someone important in the elevator. If the conversation inside the elevator (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. in those few seconds is interesting and value adding, the conversation will either continue after the elevator ride, or end in exchange of business cards (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. or a scheduled meeting.

A variety of people, including project managers (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., salespeople (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., evangelists (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., and policy-makers (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., commonly rehearse and use elevator pitches to get their points across quickly.

How to Craft a Killer Elevator Pitch:

http://www.salisbury.edu/careerservices/students/Interviews/60secondElevator.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Elevator Pitch InfographicView in a new window

Also, check out some elevator pitches on Youtube.

Assignment

Fayetteville State University holds career fairs each semester. Imagine that you will be attending the career fair with hundreds of other job seekers. You will meet representatives of many companies. At his networking event, you will meet representatives of many companies and will have only a couple minutes give your elevator pitch. Write an elevator pitch that highlights your accomplishments, conveys your enthusiasm about the opportunity, and makes a request, such as how to contact the hiring manager, find out about future job openings, or schedule an information interview. Your elevator pitch should be around 200 words.

Background Reading

How to Craft a Killer Elevator Pitch and Handout

60 Second Commercial Worksheet

Elevator Pitch Infographic

Also, check out some elevator pitches on Youtube.

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