Section AKM5A

I went to the Basic Interviewing skills to get my career exploration workshop credit. This workshop was important because we are sooner or later going to have to go to an interview to get a job and they were giving out many pointers.

In the workshop the speaker introduced herself and then she gave out information packets to everybody.  She then started saying first how you would go dressed to an interview. Men are supposed to go with suits and take a shower and so are women. She then also broke down the interview into steps. She said we have to open with a strong statement and ask questions in the end. She also said some good tips for the people who are not good with speaking and eye contact. I listened closely to this because i am a shy person. She said if your not good at eye contact to look in between thier eybrows so it looks like your looking at thier eyes but your really not. She also said to breathe and relax. if u get nervous.

I liked this workshop because it gave me alot of tips which i am definetly going to use the next time i have an interview. it was very informative and helpful. After she signed our book Ileft.

Basic Interview Skills was the workshop I attended for the Career Exploration requirement. Considering I am certainly going to apply to many jobs and internships for the rest of college life and after, this was a workshop I did not want to miss. The workshop focused on the best techniques one should bring to an interview in order to have a higher chance of succeeding. Some of the topics they covered were dress, attitude and preparedness.

On the topic of dress they urged everyone who will ever go to an interview to go in proper business attire or business casual depending on the job.  For a guy full business attire included a neutral colored suit, clean face, and a fresh haircut. For girls, it consisted of a full pants or skirt suit with stockings and mid- heeled shoes. It she does not wear a suit a basic buttoned top and pants would work nicely. Neat hair and nails were also mentioned.

They spoke about attitude briefly. They mentioned being positive and showing interest in the job you are applying to even if it is not your ideal job. If you are nervous try limiting your gestures that show nervousness. And the last piece of advice was to make sure you give a firm handshake because that can set off a good or bad vibe from the beginning. In reference to being prepared, they tied all of these components together saying that being prepared means dressing properly, giving a good attitude and researching your job before and having prepared questions for the interviewer about any concerns or questions you may have. This shows commitment and shows that you are taking every aspect of the job process very serious.

This workshop was helpful, it helped me refine some key interview skills and made me aware of others I did not know of before hand.

                On October 29, I attended the Basic Interviewing Skills. In this workshop, they spoke about how you should prepare for an interview. During this workshop, we had the opportunity to have a mock interview. We split into groups of 2 or 3 and take turns pretending to be the employer and the interviewee. We learned what to expect during an interview and how to prepare for it. First, we learned what males and females are supposed to wear to an interview. The instructor demonstrated how to shake the employer’s hand. She also gave us a list about questions we should expect to be asked during an interview and a list of questions we should ask the interview to show we are interested. We received a packet with a lot of examples of practice questions and sample cover letters.  I did not expect too much from this workshop because it’s about the basic interviewing skills. I already knew most of these techniques from high school.