Be the Boss!

Today we continued to ready ourselves for our mock interviews.  We looked at 5 different types of questions that might arise (in one way or another) at our interview.

1. Questions about you and your skills ex. Why should we hire you?
2. Questions about your interest in the company ex. Why have you applied here?
3. Questions about your commitment to the job. ex. Will you be going back to school in the fall?
4. Questions about your ability to fulfill the job requirements. ex. Tell me about a time when you had to deal with -----.
5. Can you work under time pressure?

Remember that you want to craft responses that declare your answers and provide an illustrative example for each response.

DUE NEXT CLASS:

Acting as the boss at the place you wish to work:

1. List the top 5 skills you'd want the employee to have for this job.
2. Create 5 questions, one of each type listed above, to ask the applicant/employee to discover whether they are right for the job

Please remember these are written from the perspective of the employer.

I will do a homework check at the start of next class.

Thank you. 

Interview Prep.

Hello All:

• Please review the interview question sheets you received last class.
• Homework is to write 3 questions you will ask of your employer.  Remember, the questions you ask will tell your prospective employer something about you. Also produce 1 situational question that you could ask as the boss.
• Practice answering the questions. Rehearsal is key to a successful interview.

Reminder: Interviews are Nov. 6/7  and are formal.

Enjoy your long weekend.

Ms. S

Covering letters Due

Hi all:

Today we peer - edited our covering letters. For next class, you will take the helpful advice offered and apply it to your Cover letter for your final revision.

• Clean typed and signed Covering letter due next class.
• Your typed Reference list is also due next class.

Going forward we will be preparing for our formal interviews (Nov. 5/6) remember that the interview along with the covering letter and resume' are all geared for the same job that your could do today.-

Covering letters and References due next class

• We have reviewed covering letters, on the youth site http://www.youth.gc.ca/eng/topics/jobs/cover.shtml, the requirements in both content and form.
• First typed and printed drafts are due next class.
• Please remember that this letter is part of your application package and should therefore be geared for the same job objective that your resume' had.

• Please find and type up contact information for two references (personal and/or professional) 
• Reference the site http://www.youth.gc.ca/eng/topics/jobs/references.shtml to be reminded of the protocol around choosing references
• These are also due next class

Resume's Due next class!

• Reminder that your final draft of your resume' is due next block (Oct. 17/18)
• Must be typed and printed for the start of class. 
• Please do not come and ask how to print your work.
• No you may not email it to me.
• Please ensure that your resume' has a clearly stated job objective so that one may judge the effectiveness of the skills you have chosen to highlight. 

Upcoming Due Dates

For next class :

•  a homework check of your transferable skills lists. Remember to express them in terms of verbs and descriptive nouns.
• Read the section of the web site on Resume's Resume' notes
• Come to class with  any questions that may arise.

Upcoming Due dates:

• Due Oct. 15/16 first draft typed and formatted RESUME
• Due Oct. 17/18 Final draft Resume
• Due Oct. 21/22 First type written draft of COVER LETTER
• Due Oct. 23/24 Final Draft Cover letter & Reference list

• There will also be a major Mock Interview. The dates are not yet firm but our working dates are: Nov. 6/7

Homework due next class

Click on the link below:

Skills inventory

• List the seven skill categories.
• Under each category list 3 transferable skills you possess.
• Begin with active verbs for each skill

If it does not start with a descriptive verb it earns no marks.

The goal is to begin to identify those skills that will form the foundation for your resume'.