Tutorial: Skill Matrix

What’s due: Job Research Assignments

Tutorial: Resume and Cover Letter building

What’s due: Skills Matrix Final on Feb 10th at 11:59PM

Tutorial: Skill Matrix presentations

What’s due: Skills Matrix drafts

Situation

•Set the scene:

•Who?

•What?

•Where?

•When?

Task

•The objective, issue, or obstacle you had to overcome.

•Why is this story significant?

Action

•The How

•What did you consider/do to overcome thesituation

•What skills were applied?

•Your actions vs. your team's

Result/Link

•The Lesson/Outcome

•What was the result of your actions/decisions?

•How are they relevant to the skill/job?

•Needs to be employer centric

Resume

Cover Letter

Interview

Skills Matrix

Stories that demonstrate

your skills are the

foundation of your career

toolkit. Your resume, cover

letter, and interview are the

building blocks to your

dream job!

Resume

Cover Letter

Interview

Skills Matrix

Resume

Cover Letter

Interview

Skills Matrix

Resume

Cover Letter

Interview

Skills Matrix

SITUATION MIS-STEPS FAILURE LESSONACTION STEPS

• Context• Who?• What?• When?• Where?

• What did I do wrong?

• How am I accountable for the mistakes made?

• What happened as a result of my actions?

• What did I learn through this failure?

• How did I overcome ORwhat will I do now?

• Story clearly indicates what went wrong and accountability is taken

• Majority of the story focuses on lessons learned (i.e. personal and professional development)

• Show what you would do differently if faced with the situation again, or what you already did since (comeback story)

• Aim to be: authentic, humble, accountable

• Take 5 minutes to brainstorm a story in STARL format

• Applicants have 2 minutes to tell a story (either success or failure)

• Interviewers have 1 minute to provide feedback (I’ll be listening!)

• Things to think about when giving feedback What is the storyteller missing from their story? (Situation) Is it specific enough? What is confusing? Is the skills relevant? Are there step by step actions? Is the story appropriate for an interview?

• Skills Matrix draft is due on February 3rd in tutorial

(3 accomplishment stories and 1 failure story)

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