A hands-on career workshop for your class, club, or campus group
Design Your Next Move
Students reframe the three things they think are holding them back, then leave with concrete moves to get their career going. Built for first-gen students, useful for anyone figuring out what's next.
Three obstacles, reframed
Most students think they're behind.
Nearly every student believes they're short on at least one of these. The session shows them the data, and a different way to see it.
“I'm not sure what I'm good at.”
Your major matters less than you think. Start from where your talents, interests, and other people's needs overlap.
“Every job wants experience.”
The label matters less than the proof. The job you have now can become experience you can talk about.
“I don't know anyone who does this.”
You know more people than you think, and loose ties open the most doors. You don't need one mentor; you need a corner.
The moves students make
Five moves, one class period.
Name what they bring
Set a 5-year direction with an if-then plan for the obstacle in the way.
Build their corner
Map 5 people they know, then trade asks and offers with peers to find 5 more.
Ask for a 5-minute favor, not a job
Draft the message and send it that week.
Pitch an “embedded internship”
Turn the job they already have into experience worth talking about.
Commit to one next move
With a date on it.
of business students' cold outreach got a yes (30 of 69). Typical cold sales emails get under 10%. People answer students.
Field notes, CSU San Marcos business students
Every student leaves with a completed Next Move Field Guide, printed or on their phone. Fits a class period, club meeting, or orientation.
University
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Bring it to your students.
For classes, student organizations, career centers, first-gen programs, and community groups across San Diego. Send a few details and Brian will follow up to find a date.
Facilitated by Brian LeDuc, Founder of Future Ready SD, TEDx speaker, and first-gen college graduate. Brian has consulted with some of the country's most innovative universities, including ASU, the University of South Carolina, and Marshall University, to help their students launch careers, with input from companies ranging from Best Buy and PwC to the coffee shop around the corner.
What to include in your request
- Your group, class, or organization
- About how many students, and who they are
- A few dates or times that work
- 60 or 90 minutes
Where it fits
- A class period or guest lecture
- A student org or club meeting
- First-gen, EOP, or orientation programs
- Career center and alumni events