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2 Understanding today¶s changing workplace
2 How the changing workplace affect hiring practices
2 What today¶s employer seek in job applicants
2 Can adapt to new situations
2 Are unafraid of change
2 Continue to learn on job
2 Are sensitive to cultural differences
2 Adapting to the changing workplace
2 What do you have to offer?
2 Functional skills
2 Education and experience
2 Personality traits
2 What do you want to do?
2 How can you make yourself more valuable to
employers?
2 Seeking employment in the changing workplace
2 Understanding employers¶ approach to the employment
process
2 Organizing your approach to the employment process
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2 Planning your resume
2 Analyze your purpose and audience
2 Investigate pertinent Information
2 Gather every piece of relevant information
before trying to writ your resume.
2 Adapt your resume to your audience
2 Tailor your resume to fit diverse situations and
employers

2 Writing your resume

2 Organize your resume around your strengths
2 Compose your resume to Impress
2 Completing your resume
2 Revise your Resume
2 Produce your resume
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2 Application Letters
2 Job Enquiry Letters
2 Application Follow-ups
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m An employment interview is a formal
meeting in which both employer and
applicant ask questions and exchange
information to learn more about each
other.

m Dual objective

` Organization's
` Applicant¶s
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m A good fit with the organization
` Personal background
` Attitudes and styles ( Courtesy, sincerity,
willingness to learn, self-confidence etc.)
m Œualifications for the job
` Academic
` Work experience
` Job related personality traits
m Pre-employment testing
` Job Skills test
` Psychological tests
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m Screening Stage
` Follow the interviewer¶s lead
` keep your responses short and to the point
` Limited time-talk less
m Selection stage
` Show interest in the job
` Relate your skills and experiences to the
organization¶s need
` Listen attentively
` Ask insightful questions
` Display enthusiasm
m Final stage
` Interviewer may try to sell you on working with the
firm.
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Structured Interview
` controlled by the interviewer to gather
information
` generally used in screening stage
` series of prepared questions
` set order of questions
` stays in allotted time period
` poor measure of personal qualities
` uniformity in hiring process





` Less formal and unstructured
` Relax format
` Encourages the applicant to talk freely
` Brings out applicant¶s personality
` Applicant need to strike a balance
between being friendly & remembering
that s/he in a business situation.
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Help recruiters see how candidates interact with each
other.
Meeting several candidates simultaneously.
Useful for judging interpersonal skills.
` How candidates relate to one another?
` Do they smile?
` Are they supportive of one another¶s comments?
` Do they try to score points at each other¶s expense?




m Set up to see how you handle yourself under pressure

m Important for certain kind of jobs

m Might be asked questions to irk or unsettle you

` Subjected to long period of silence

` Criticism of you appearance
` Deliberate interruptions
` Hostile reactions.
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m Try to cut travel cost

m Generally to screen to middle management candidates

m Preparation on applicant¶s part is different






m Interviewer describes a situation and asks how would
you handle this?
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m Learn about the organization
Where to look for the Information?
What to find out about the organization?
What to find about the job?
m Think Ahead about questions
Planning for the employer¶s questions
` Œuestions about college
` Œuestions about employers and jobs
` Œuestions about Personal attitudes and preferences
` Œuestions about work habits
Planning questions of your own
` Are these my kind of people?
` Can I do this work?
` Will I enjoy the work?
` Is the job what I want?
` Does the job pay what I am worth?
` What kind of person would i be working for?
` What sort of future can I expect with this organization?
m Boost your confidence
m Polish your Interview style
m Plan to look good
m Be ready when you arrive
( plan to take a small notebook, pen, list of questions, copies of resume,
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m The Warm-up
` First few minutes are crucial
` Check your body language
m The Œuestion and Answer Stage
` -ever answer a question before the interviewer has
finished asking it
` Tailor your answers to emphasize on your strengths
` Don¶t limit yourself only to yes or no answers
` pay attention when the interviewer speaks
m The Close
` Be sure to thank the interviewer for the opportunity and
express an interest in the organization.
` Don¶t press for an immediate decision.
` Discussing salary ( If you get a chance)
When to negotiate?
What to negotiate?
m Interview notes
` Deep a written record of your job interviews
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m Thank-you message
` Express your thanks with in two days
` Acknowledge the interviewer¶s time and courtesy
` Be sure to restate the specific job you are applying for
` Convey your continued interest and ask politely for a decision
` Deep your thank-you message brief
` Demonstrate µyou¶ attitude and sound positive without sounding
overconfident
m Letter of Inquiry
` If you do not get the interviewer¶s decision by the promised date
` You as a writer assume that a simple oversight is the reason for delay, not
the outright rejection.
` An inquiry letter follows a plan for direct request
m Request for a time extension
` If you receive a job offer and other interviews are pending
` If you have any other commitment
` Preface your request with a friendly opening, ask for more time stressing
your enthusiasm for the organization, conclude by asking a prompt reply
whether your request has been accepted or not
m Letter of Acceptance
` Begin by accepting the position and expressing thanks.
` Identify the job that you are accepting
` Cover any necessary details
` Conclude by saying that you look forward
m Letter declining a job offer
m Letter of resignation
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mPoor personal appearance
mAggressive, conceited, superiority
complex
mInability to express self clearly ± poor
diction and/or grammar
mLack of planning for career -- no
purpose or goals
mLack of interest and enthusiasm
mLack of confidence and poise
mFailure to participate in activities
mOveremphasis on money -- interested
in best dollar offer
mPoor scholastic record
mMakes excuses and is evasive in
answering questions
mLack of tact
mLack of maturity
mLack of courtesy
mCondemnation of past employers
mMarked dislike for schoolwork
mLack of vitality
mFails to look interviewer in the eye
mLimp, fishy handshake
mIndecision
mSloppy letter of application, resume, or
application form
mConveys feeling of merely shopping
around
mWants job only for a short time
mLack of knowledge about field of
specialization
m-o interest in the employer
mCynical personality
mObvious laziness
mIntolerant, has strong prejudices
mInability to take criticism
mLate to the interview without good
reason
m-ever heard of the employer (or
grossly under-informed)
mAsks no questions about the job or the
employer
mAsks questions that were answered in
the literature the candidate already has
mTalks too much or too little
Post-interview Thank You Letter
201 Green St.
Champaign, IL 61820
March 5, 2006
Dr. Jane Doe
Director of Personnel
Aurora East School District 131
417 Fifth Street
Aurora, IL 60505
Dear Ms. Doe

I would like to thank you for interviewing me from 2:00 until 3:00 p.m. today for the
position you have available as a fifth grade teacher at Yankee Ridge Elementary School
for 2006-2007. I enjoyed meeting you and learning more about the position.
I appreciate your taking the time to talk with me to learn more about my qualifications
and interest in the position. I continue to be interested in being considered a candidate
for the position. With my elementary teaching degree and certificate and my
specialization in math, I feel I am well qualified for the position. And I would be very
interested in working with the new program for the gifted that we discussed today. With
my preparation in math, I would like to participate in curriculum development efforts in
the area of computer applications of math.

I look forward to hearing from you. Please contact me if you need any additional
information to consider my application.

Sincerely Yours,
Letter of Acceptance
201 Green St.
Champaign, IL 61820
March 5, 2006
Dr. Jane Doe
Director of Personnel
Aurora East School District 131
417 Fifth Street
Aurora, IL 60505
Dear Ms. Doe:
I would like to thank you for offering me the position of fifth grade teacher at Yankee
Ridge Elementary School for 2006-2007. I enjoyed talking with you about the offer on
June 16, and I received your letter confirming the offer and the teaching contract in
the mail today.
I would like to confirm my acceptance of this offer of employment. I am delighted to
be selected for the position, and I look forward to working with the staff at Yankee
Ridge in the fall.
I have read and signed the teaching contract you sent me, and I am returning the
original along with this letter. As you instructed, I have kept one copy.
I will plan to report for work on Monday, August 20, 2006, for the in-service program
for new teachers at the Urbana School District office. Again, thank you for selecting
me for this position.
Sincerely yours,
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201 Green St.
Champaign, IL 61820
March 5, 2006
Dr. Jane Doe
Director of Personnel
Aurora East School District 131
417 Fifth Street
Aurora, IL 60505
Dear Ms. Doe:
I would like to thank you for offering me the position of fifth grade teacher
at Yankee Ridge Elementary School for 2006-2007. I enjoyed talking with
you again when you telephoned today to offer me the position.
I regret that I will be unable to accept your offer. As I indicated on the
telephone, just today I accepted a position with Champaign School District
for the fall and had not had time to notify you that I could no longer be a
candidate at Urbana.
However, I would like to thank you for all you have done to consider my
application for employment. I appreciate all of your efforts on my behalf.
Sincerely yours,
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Fallacy Fact

The purpose of a resume is to The purpose of a good resume

list all your skills and abilities is to kindle employer interest &
generate an Interview

A good resume will get you the All a resume can do is get you in
job you want the door

Your resume will be read Your resume probably has less

carefully & thoroughly by an than a minute to make an
interested employer impression

The more good information you Too much information on a

present about yourself in your resume may actually kill the
resume, the better reader¶s appetite to know more