| Show Failing a job interview is isa isa isa a scary thought a horror C. C Douglas Thorn Thom Perhaps with Halloween in our thoughts right now it is isan isan isan an appropriate time for a horror horror horror hor hor- story A real horror story that already has affected some of our students who have been seeking em employ employ- ploy ploy- ment mente They are suffering from the dreaded horror a lack of knowledge Let me illustrate A short time ago there was wasa a meeting of human resource personnel officials from the major electronics firms in Utah They met with some of the staff and nd faculty from the college One of the college representatives asked the rather pointed question Why are you not selecting students when you interview interview interview in in- them Now here comes the horror horror horror hor hor- part of the story They replied that although the stud students had skills equal to or greater than the students from other schools and training facilities the students JUST PLAIN INTERVIEWED AND LOOKED AND ACTED LOUSY compared compared compared com- com pared to the other institutions' institutions students Maybe I should say that again students had the required levels of education and skill but were not hired because they interviewed poorly Hows How's that for a horror story You can spend one year or several years at the college getting the education that you want but then you may not get hired because you dont don't smile right or you dont don't shake hands right or you have a poor resume or you dont don't have intelligent answers to questions such as and what do you want to be doing in five years from now or or The list is endless The mistakes and pitfalls are end end- less BUT THERE mERE IS A SOLUTION SOLUTION SOLUTION TION There is a free service on campus that will teach YOU those skills all aJI within three or four hours Oh actually actually actual actual- ly works Its It's not difficult to learn and once learned it can be used for the rest your life During the seminars many questions are answered such as l 1 Why does a person who is not qualified sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times get the job or 2 What does posture and a notebook have to do with it or 3 Should you take four quarters a along Ion g t to 0 i interview n t. t e r vie w downtown or 4 How do you know what style of resume to use for which job or dont don't you get interviews interviews interviews inter inter- views after mailing out resumes or 6 Why dont don't resume services usually work or 7 Why should you remember the receptionists receptionist's name The free service to current and former students of is available in the Career Action Action Action Ac Ac- tion Center located in the Center for Business and Economic Development The number to call for information information information tion about this service is In all seriousness searching searching searching search search- ing for a job can be frustrating frustrating frustrating ing irritating seemingly endless endless endless end end- less and an incredible morale destroyer But it doesn't have to be that way With the of knowledge of all the tricks the search job-search trade you can and will any time and anyplace any anyplace anyplace w want nt the you place get job With the right information the horror of finding a job will just plain melt away |
