Job search help offered by the Career Development Center
Bailey McBride
Issue date: 10/15/08 Section: News
The Career Development Center hosted "The Big Event" Monday afternoon to help engage students in the job search process as they begin to enter the workforce.
Students were invited to attend workshops such as "Behavioral Interviewing," "Clothes the Deal," "Job Search Strategies," "Applying to Grad School" and "The Impact of Global Experiences in the Workplace," many of which were hosted by professionals from across the state and country.
After two sets of workshop choices, students attended "Bottom Line Business Relationships: Network Your Way to an Indispensable Role."
The presentation was given by Carrie Perrien Smith, president of Soaring with Eagles, an organization that helps other organizations "achieve their peak performance" and is "Northwest Arkansas' premiere professional speakers' bureau," according to its Web site.
The "Behavioral Interviewing" workshop helped participants to prepare for the current interviewing style they will face in the workplace and was presented by CDC Director Barbara Batson.
"Employers believe your experiences indicate how you will perform in the future," Batson said. "Now you will get questions such as, 'Tell me a specific experience of customer service,' versus generic questions like, 'Why is customer service important?'"
Batson's advice to participants before an interview was three-fold: review the job description, learn all you can about the company and job, and review your own resume and qualifications.
"The No. 1 quality employers say they look for now is likeability," she said.
"Clothes the deal" taught participants what clothes to wear in what situation and the effect appearance can have on potential employers.
"Studies have shown that the more casual the work environment, the less work that gets done," said Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, a fashion and image consultant for Sharp Accents and a national speaker.
"When people enter an organization, the first person they see should be well-dressed," Sharp-McHenry said. "People are coming in to do business, and they have choices." Appropriate choices include a nice, metal watch, clothes that are tailored to fit and made of natural fibers as opposed to synthetic fibers, and rich, dark color schemes.
Students were invited to attend workshops such as "Behavioral Interviewing," "Clothes the Deal," "Job Search Strategies," "Applying to Grad School" and "The Impact of Global Experiences in the Workplace," many of which were hosted by professionals from across the state and country.
After two sets of workshop choices, students attended "Bottom Line Business Relationships: Network Your Way to an Indispensable Role."
The presentation was given by Carrie Perrien Smith, president of Soaring with Eagles, an organization that helps other organizations "achieve their peak performance" and is "Northwest Arkansas' premiere professional speakers' bureau," according to its Web site.
The "Behavioral Interviewing" workshop helped participants to prepare for the current interviewing style they will face in the workplace and was presented by CDC Director Barbara Batson.
"Employers believe your experiences indicate how you will perform in the future," Batson said. "Now you will get questions such as, 'Tell me a specific experience of customer service,' versus generic questions like, 'Why is customer service important?'"
Batson's advice to participants before an interview was three-fold: review the job description, learn all you can about the company and job, and review your own resume and qualifications.
"The No. 1 quality employers say they look for now is likeability," she said.
"Clothes the deal" taught participants what clothes to wear in what situation and the effect appearance can have on potential employers.
"Studies have shown that the more casual the work environment, the less work that gets done," said Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, a fashion and image consultant for Sharp Accents and a national speaker.
"When people enter an organization, the first person they see should be well-dressed," Sharp-McHenry said. "People are coming in to do business, and they have choices." Appropriate choices include a nice, metal watch, clothes that are tailored to fit and made of natural fibers as opposed to synthetic fibers, and rich, dark color schemes.
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James
posted 10/15/08 @ 1:49 PM CST
Despite the layoff news everywhere, I still see thousands of high paying jobs posted on job sites -
http://www.linkedin.com (networking for professionals)
http://www. (Continued…)
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