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WEEK 5 – At
a Glance |
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Announcements: Oncourse and Career Services (USCO) |
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Reading
Assignments: Chapters 17, 18, 19 |
Review Projects |
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Lecture 9: |
Projects: |
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Lecture
10: |
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After SCOOP… |
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Once SCOOP ends, we return
to the lecture format. Lectures are in
the large lecture room, BU219, and are taught by the X420 faculty with
outside guests from time to time. You are expected to attend every lecture
session. Lectures are at your
regularly scheduled lecture time. You should download the warm-up question
from your Oncourse mail, answer it, and bring it to class to turn in for
bonus attendance points. An evaluation is conducted
at the end of class. Log your answers
onto your warm-up question sheet. Lectures are designed to
provide you information topics that are relevant to your career strategies.
The topics match the textbook table of contents and may be delivered by
external guest lecturers and/or your professors. Lectures are 75 minutes and will
occur each Tuesday and Thursday at your regular class time. The lecture PowerPoint
slides (if used) will be available the day of the presentation. The lecture
schedule will show a hot link to the PowerPoint presentation. Listed below
are four PowerPoint lectures that complement guest speakers and the textbook.
You will find them valuable in completing your projects. Ø
Preparing a Winning Interview Strategy Ø
Presenting Your Interview Case Ø
Addressing Common Interview Issues In order to maintain
flexibility with the schedules of busy executives, we might occasionally
adjust the lecture schedule. Please be understanding. Changes will appear in
both the Oncourse schedule and in Oncourse announcements. |
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Lecture 9: The
Interview Process and Career
Service Offices |
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“Why should I hire you?”
Be prepared to reply with answers that tell about your motivation, values,
interests, personality, ambitions, and other qualities that go beyond a
recitation of your skills. A quality presentation demands hours of advanced
planning. Your goal is to prepare a sales presentation that implies that you
are the single best qualified job applicant. The best plan is to know exactly
what to say under all circumstances. We wrap up with three video mock
interviews. |
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Lecture
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Presentation
Planning: Research Plan Ø
Twenty
Questions: What to Expect Ø
Control the
Flow: Anticipate Ø
Stress
Interviews: Nerve Reduction Ø
Know the Employer:
Employer Profiles |
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Predictors of
Success: Why You? Ø
Your Body
Talks: Non-Verbal Talk Ø
Use Stories:
Examples Sizzle Ø
Interviewee
Questions: What Counts to You? Ø
Selling
Techniques: Your message sells! |
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Lecture 10: Part
1 – Online Interview Tools |
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In today’s world more and
more companies are utilizing the Internet for a variety of purposes. Many companies
are using online interviewing as a method to expedite their hiring process.
Guest lecturers from various corporations present information about this
technique. Their insights and tips prove very helpful to your job-hunting
process. Evaluation of your talents from data that you submit online is
becoming a very important selection tool for many employers. |
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Lecture
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Defining
Online Interviewing: A Selection Tool Ø
What Employers
Evaluate in Online Interviewing: Traits Ø
Prepare for an
Online Interview: What is Key? Ø
Controlling
Techniques: Preparation & Preparation Ø
Behavioral
Interview Techniques: Past Job History |
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Selection
Instruments: Fit? Ø
Bio-data
Collection: Facts? Ø
Interviewer
Training: Guides Ø
Interview
Guidelines: Focus Ø
Interview
Examples: Practice |
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Lecture 10: Part
2 – Packaging the Truth |
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Interview management is accomplished
via an advance plan, a carefully rehearsed presentation, and precise
execution followed by a thorough critique. This bold strategy sets goal for
every two- to four-minute element of the interview. Nothing is left to
chance. Your plan maintains control of the total information exchange which
permits you to deliver only positive, relevant information for the
interviewer’s decision. By addressing issues before they are perceived as
limitations, you thwart all negative objections to your background. By
anticipating the interviewer’s final evaluation, you strongly influence the
written record of the interview. |
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Lecture
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Controlling
Techniques: Execute a Plan Ø
Situational
Approaches: Credibility Ø
Interview Phases:
Do it Right Ø
Do’s and
Don’ts: Success Hints Ø
Evaluation
Forms: Assessment Results |
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Competencies
Evaluated: Qualifications Ø
Attitudes
Influence Most: Why You? Ø
S.T.A.R.:
Result Matter Ø
Knock-out
Factors: Tips Ø
ZAP
Interviews: Planned Performance |
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Lab Counseling Session
– Lab 5 |
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General
Project Directions: Ø
Send projects
as an attachment via Oncourse Messenger Email to your Career Counselor. Ø
Send to your
Career Counselor before your lab appointment. Ø
Bring a copy
with you to the appointment so your Career Counselor can mark on it with you
present. Ø
Counselor will
grade, sign, and return at your appointment time for verification. Ø
Save your
projects. They could be useful to you later. Be prepared to make an oral
presentation to your counselor on your project. Follow project directions
carefully. See full descriptions of projects in project section. |
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You
must attend your assigned lab for review of your projects. |
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Use textbook as
a resource for your projects. Ø
Many
career-related websites follow your textbook Table of Contents structure. Ø
The UCSO Career Resources also provides links
to helpful research resources. Ø
Career Links is a more extensive list of research websites. |
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Project 8: Tell
Me Interview Presentation |
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Always number this as Project 8, not by the number
of projects you have turned in. |
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Overview:
(See full descriptions of projects in project section) |
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Many students are
extremely nervous about the job interview. They want to make a good
impression but have no idea what questions will likely be asked or what the
recruiters are looking for. The goal of this project is to assist you in
preparing for interviews by providing you with a more in-depth view of what
is expected of you during an interview. If you have already
interviewed this organization or currently work there, you can adapt this
project to fit another non-interview situation. Just pretend that you are
talking to your new supervisor after one year on the job and are making a
case for your promotion to the next higher-level assignment. You want your
boss to recommend you for the promotion and you are telling him what you want him to write in recommending you to the
new manager. The most common interview
question is “Tell me about yourself.” The purpose of this project is to
prepare you for the inevitable question. |
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Project Instructions: Actual project
instructions are located in the Projects Section of the syllabus. |
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Project 9: Interview
Questions and Answers |
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Always number this as Project 9, not by the number
of projects you have turned in. |
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Overview:
(See full descriptions of projects in project section) |
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The interview is your
chance to personally sell yourself to the employer by highlighting your
personality and competencies as they relate to the job description.
Determining in advance what types of questions might be asked of you and how
you would respond to those questions is critical to successful interviewing.
The goal of this project is to provide skills in interview preparation by
familiarizing you with the various types and categories of interview
questions used by recruiters. By combining the textbook materials, the
PowerPoint lectures, any Discussion Sessions that you attend, tests, and web
research, you should be able to respond to the questions typically asked in
interviews. |
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Project Instructions: Actual project
instructions are located in the Projects Section of the syllabus. |
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Review this week’s
schedule by clicking above. These topics, lead by a Discussion Leader, are
designed to provide you with skills that are very helpful in your career
activities. Choose topics that best enhance your career needs. Some are
focused on the early stages of career planning while others focus on
on-the-job advancement strategies. Discussion Sessions begin at
The numbers listed before
the name of each program are the actual numbers that you need to mark on your
activity sheet for credit. |