UPGRADE YOUR INTERVIEW SKILLS 2015

Carleton Barwick, MA

Trainer

Presents

Before you begin…

Are you submitting a CV or a Resume?

*Both are an evolving document that you must revise and rewrite as your experience and career goals change over time.

What is the purpose of a Resume?

What is the purpose of a CV?

You need to know…

This presentation demonstrates how an effective resume/CV & interview can separate you from a sea of applicants.

The recession is over!

The job hunt is on!

Will you be ready to get the job that you want

when you graduate?

Resume vs CV

Which is right for you?

CV – CURRICULUM VITAE

• A CV would be written for academic positions

• Recognizes scholarly involvement and achievement

• Focuses on what you’ve done, written, published, created

TRADITIONAL RESUME

• Focuses on your past work history and skill sets attained therein.

• Would be written when applying for non-academic positions.

• Focuses on how well you can do the positon based on your past work experiences.

My CV / Resume *getting started

Which one is

right for me?

How long

should it be?

What is my end goal?

Should I add ALL of my past

positions?

What is the purpose of a CV or Resume?

To get the INTERVIEW!

To get a job.

To always have a resume ready

to give to an employer.

How do I prepare for the Interview? Job applicants who prepare well for the interview have a decided advantage over those who don’t:

They perform better

during the interview!

You can prepare for yourself for the interview with your

own

Interview Marketing Kit.

INTERVIEW MARKETING KIT

* What’s included?

• Job-related samples of your work, if

applicable.

• Required certificates, licenses,

transcripts, and related documents.

• Extra copies of your resume.

• Letters of recommendation.

• List of references.

TYPES OF INTERVIEWS

* Major Interview Types:

• Telephone / Screening • Email• Individual (1-On-1)• Panel Interview (more than 1 interviewer)• Group Interview• Second Interview (called back)• Stress Interview • Task-Oriented• Behavioral Interview

• Appropriate for a resume with gaps in employment.

• Emphasizes key skills obtained through various jobs.

TELEPHONE / SCREENING

* Always Be Prepared!!!

• Short call (approximately 5-20 minutes)

• Do not lay, walk around, or be doing other things. Find a nice quiet place and have a seat. Speak calmly.

• Have your Interview Marketing Kit with you, if possible.

• Prepare your references for potential contact from an employer you’ve applied to.*

INDIVIDUAL (1-ON-1)

In the resume, as well as your interview, employers want to know:

• Can you do what we need you to do? Can you do it better than anyone else?

• Can you make our company and yourself look good in the process?

• How effective can you perform the task your being asked to perform?

• Generally lasts around an hour or so

PANEL INTERVIEW

• Will generally be from 3-6 people (committee

members)

• All members ask questions

• More than 1 interviewer

• All members rate the candidate

• Make a decision as a group

GROUP INTERVIEW

• All candidates are interviewed at the same time.

• Generally held by a committee of hiring decision-makers.

• Interviewees are asked to compare and rank themselves to the other candidates.

• Similar to a group discussion except the candidates are carefully scrutinized.

Types of Questions:

Your Intervie

w

Stress

Behavioral

Task - Relat

ed

STRESS–RELATED

QUESTIONS

• Asked to determine how you perform under pressure. (controlled/composed or nervous/unsettled)

• Some questions may be aimed at clarifying issues the interviewer perceives as possible problems.

• The interviewer intentionally tries to instigate a stressful situation during your interview. They will refute your responses, disagree with you, and even interrupt you to see if you lose your cool or your nerves.

STRESS–RELATED

QUESTIONS

• “Why are you the best candidate for this job?”

• “What is your greatest weakness?”

• “Why do you want to leave your current job?”

BEHAVIORAL–RELATED

QUESTIONS

• The interviewer asks for details of experiences that illustrate how you perform or behave on the job in stressful environments.

• “Give me an example of your ability to adapt to change.”

• “Describe an experience where you dealt with an angry co-worker or supervisor.”

TASK–RELATED QUESTIONS

• The interview is geared towards you being able to complete certain tasks or directions involving multiple involved steps, or maybe no direction at all.

• You may be asked to test out on abilities that you said you had, or experiences or activities you said you’d performed.

Questions to be prepared for:

Inappropriate Questions

Illegal Questions

INAPPROPRIATE / ILLEGAL QUESTIONS

* Always Be Prepared!!!

• “Do you have any children?”

• “Where were you born?”

• “Have you ever been arrested? “

• “What does your spouse do for a living?”

For additional information on Interviewing, Resumes/CVs, and Cover Letters,

Contact us at (513)792-2735 or info@1dayresumellc.com.

Or visit us on the web at www.1dayresumellc.com!

Cincinnati Kenwood Mall | Dayton 405 W. Second Street

Acknowledgements:

1 Day Resume LLC would like to thank

Wright State University

• The Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the Society

for Neuroscience

• James Olson, Ph.D., Matthieu Martin, Ph.D.,

Nadja Grobe, Ph.D., and Monar Ragas

• Special thanks to R. William Ayres, IV, Ph.D.

Acknowledgements (cont.):

• Harwood, L. (2013). Your Career: How to Make it Happen.

Cincinnati, Ohio: South-Western Cengage Learning.

UPGRADE YOUR INTERVIEW SKILLS 2015

Carleton Barwick, MA

Trainer