YOUR SKILLS
ARE WORTH
MONEY
“Presented by Freda Efod”
How many hours do you spend on your phone?
Now how much
MONEY has your phone
made you?
WHAT COUNTS
AS A SKILL?
MARKETING
YOURSELF
- I mentor people and post on social media.
- Managed events and did project management.
- Co-Founded a mentorship initiative dedicated to empowering youth growth in media, technology (AI & software), branding, writing, and networking. SPAWN connects aspiring young professionals and enthusiasts with seasoned mentors who share knowledge, skills, and real-world experience.
- Garnered over 1,000+ LinkedIn event attendees on sessions that deal with talent management, career trends and building Personal Brands.
- Managed Graphic Communications to ensure consistent visual identity for social media. Successfully negotiated partnership deals with Generation Shift Africa and SDG Youth Connect to ensure cross-border collaborations.
-Supervise sessions for participants interested in Media Track. Helping them understand the foundations of it and how to build a personal brand.
- Performed detailed application reviews, applying specific rubrics to evaluate and synthesize candidate information.
- Facilitated customer service operations, resolving stakeholder inquiries and maintaining service standards.
- Produced and edited videos that hit over 265k views collectively, including the founder's birthday video, which reached 190k+ views across platforms.
THE HARVARD
BLUEPRINT
1. Education
Degree, GPA, Relevant Coursework
2. Experience
Action Verbs, Quantifiable Results
3. Leadership & Activities
Clubs, Volunteering, Initiatives
4. Skills & Interests
Software, Languages, Lab Tech
THE GOLDEN
FORMULA
The Harvard
"No-Nos"
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❌
No Personal Pronouns
Never use "I", "My", "Me", or "We". Start directly with the action verb.
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No Full Sentences
Drop the fluff. "I was responsible for managing the team" becomes "Managed the team."
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No Unquantified Claims
Don't just say "Improved sales". Say "Improved sales by 15% generating $50k in Q3."
POSITIONING FOR
GLOBAL OPPS
Highlight Remote Tools
Show fluency in Slack, Jira, Zoom, Notion, or Asana. Global teams run on these.
Cross-Border Collaboration
Did you work with people outside your country? Mention it! "Collaborated with an international team..."
Global Certifications
Local uni is great, but pair it with global certs (AWS, Google Data Analytics, CFA) to prove international standard.
FINE-TUNING FOR
DATA & AI
- Used python to clean data.
- Made a dashboard for the team to see metrics.
- Helped build an AI model.
- Worked with databases to get information.
- Engineered an automated data pipeline using Python, reducing manual data entry time by 40%.
- Designed an interactive Tableau dashboard to visualize KPIs, enabling cross-functional teams to make data-driven decisions.
- Collaborated on training a predictive machine learning model using scikit-learn, improving forecast accuracy by 15%.
- Queried large datasets using SQL to extract actionable insights for the marketing department's quarterly strategy.
FINE-TUNING FOR
ECON & CRIMINOLOGY
- Looked at crime stats for a project.
- Wrote reports about financial markets.
- Did accounting tasks for a small business.
- Read research papers and took notes.
- Conducted rigorous statistical analysis on local crime trends using SPSS, presenting findings to municipal policy boards.
- Authored comprehensive macroeconomic reports synthesizing complex financial data into actionable insights for stakeholders.
- Streamlined monthly financial reconciliation processes, identifying and resolving discrepancies to improve accounting accuracy by 25%.
- Analyzed over 50 peer-reviewed articles to compile a literature review on socio-economic factors affecting urban development.
What has the cost of success
been for you?
DON’T JUST CONSUME THE INTERNET.
USE IT.
LEARN.
BUILD.
POSITION YOURSELF.
