A Theatre Geek’s Guide to Disney, Google, and the NFL: What it Takes to Land a Job with the World’s Most Sought-After Companies

Length: 240 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Publication Date: 2021-10-05
ISBN-10: 1631954865
ISBN-13: 9781631954863
Sales Rank: #456707 (See Top 100 Books)

Ever wonder what it takes to land a job with the world’s most sought after companies?

In A Theatre Geek’s Guide to Disney, Google, and the NFL, Brett Axler pulls back the curtain to reveal the steps from his journey and the lessons he learned along the way. From his early years in community and regional theater to landing his first job with an NFL-team, Axler shares the simple and normally overlooked steps applicants can take to land their dream job. He busts the classic experience and education requirement myths and outlines the powerful alternatives that make applicants stand out from the crowd. Using his own personal victories and defeats along with stories from the dozens of students and young professionals that he’s mentored, Axler shares the step-by-step do’s and don’ts of navigating a young career.

Through his years at Comcast and Disney to his recent adventures that led him to Google, Axler shares his insights about education, professional networking, job searching, applying for the job, getting a resume to the top of the pile, and nailing an interview. With A Theatre Geek’s Guide to Disney, Google, and the NFL, buckle up for a wild story full of priceless know-how from a theatre geek that accidentally found himself in professional sports and corporate America.

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Contents
A Note from the Director
Chapter 1: Why Me?
Chapter 2: The Sound of Music Man, Joseph, and the Technical Theatre Dream
Chapter 3: Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, and Proms, oh my
Chapter 4: Skill Building Doesn’t End with Functional Skills
Chapter 5: Burnout (On Stress and Anxiety)
Chapter 6: Lights, Camera, Football? (On Discovering Opportunities You Never Knew Existed)
Chapter 7: Physically Not Enough Hours in a Day (On Time Management and Learning to Say No)
Chapter 8: You Want It? Go and Get It! (On Thinking Outside the Box)
Chapter 9: You’re Never Going to Fly If You Don’t Take the Leap (On Risky Decisions)
Chapter 10: Stepping Down in Rank to Move Up in Company
Chapter 11: Dreams Take Hard Work to Come True
Chapter 12: Only You Know What’s Best for You
Chapter 13: Don’t Fight the Writing on the Wall
Chapter 14: LinkedIn Unleashes Its True Powers
Chapter 15: The Importance of a Strong Professional Network
Chapter 16: Passion is Your Most Powerful Tool
Chapter 17: Company Meeting
Curtain Call: It Takes a Community
About the Author