Welcome to Section 11 Job Application and Interview Skills.
Your Bonus Lecture, The outcomes of the Section.
Life Goals and Plans, job application and interview skills.
My goals and plans.
Before we go into the job application and interview skills process, we first have to determine where
you are now and where you want to go.
It is always a good idea to have a road map handy, especially when you feel lost or have no sense of
direction.
Your road map will be your guide through your life.
Road maps change as we change, but it is always handy to have your sense of who you are and where you
want to go in life.
Love goals and plans.
Complete the following.
Also refer to your manual.
This is your list.
You can change it at any time and refer back to it when you want.
So the question is what does success mean to you?
Maybe examples would be plenty of money.
A job I find exciting reactions, recognition from others, being creative, dressing in designer clothes,
or a job where I ask what I would.
People ask what I think wanting to get up in the morning and actually want to go to work where my skills
are in demand.
Again, money lists the things you love to do, your talents and your goals.
Want everything on the right hand corner and pause here and do this exercise.
Complete the following.
My core values.
Values are the things that are not negotiable for you.
In the example of that will be your fitness that you never gossip, your standards that you hold yourself
to, and what really matters to you.
And maybe a positive attitude.
Honesty, integrity.
On the right hand side, you can write in your values that I treasure.
Pause here and do this exercise first.
This is a sample of life goals where you have your career, your bucket list, your financial family
and personal, and then you've got a five year plan and your daily goals to get to your ultimate goals.
This is a nice example.
Here and complete your life plans and goals first before continuing
your plan of action, complete the following.
How to get from where you are now to where you want to be.
The timeframes may be different for you.
Use your own timeframe.
In other words, a year or six months or three months.
That depends on on your preference.
To create your plan of action, complete the following step one.
Write down what you would like to be doing within the next few one, two or five years or sooner.
Now visualize your life and write down every single details of your career, which are my dream, job
or life.
Number two.
Now come back halfway.
We are you.
And what are you doing?
Six months or a year?
One and a half years from now.
How do you know you are halfway there?
Did you do courses?
Did you form new relationships?
What is your current job like?
Fit number three.
Now imagine yourself one year from now.
What are you doing?
We.
Are you working?
What are you doing towards your dream job or life?
Maybe you are doing research into your job or taking courses.
Are you working on in a similar field?
Are you doing work that overlaps the job that you ultimately want to do?
Now imagine it is three months or two weeks from today.
What are you doing towards your goals?
What decisions have you made?
What changed and what action have you undertaken?
Pause here and complete this exercise first.
Step number five.
Filling in the details to get you to the end.
What exactly will be involved in getting the will you need to practice?
Talk to people, take courses and get more money.
What qualifications or training will I need?
Who can give me advice?
Who can I learn from?
What should I be practicing?
What will it cost?
We will the money come from.
Count every success.
Write down all your successes, examples.
Exams you passed.
Jobs you were offered.
Projects you did well.
Ideas that you had and would put in use hurts and setbacks you put behind you.
Difficult people or bullies you coped with your dream goal or job don't happen by magic.
It takes research, hard work and self analysis and effort.
Create a plan for your future and moving steadily towards it is most rewarding.
Remember to be generous with praise to yourself for your efforts, talents, and that you are working
towards achieving your goals every day.
Now that you have a plan of action, you can go out in the world, send your applications out to companies
you want to work with, and get that fantastic job or life you want.
So post the post to the video here and first do this exercise because it's very important so that you
know yourself and where you want to go before you start looking for a job.
This is a sample of a personal development plan.
Your first priority, your second priority, third priority.
Then the skills you need.
The current ability that you've got.
Targeted ability like maybe a course that you want to take or skill that you need to learn, develop
opportunity.
Maybe somebody can help you with that.
College or so forth.
Criteria to judge success.
How will it look at the end of the day, your time frame?
And what evidence are you going to need once you have successfully acquired your target?
Porsche and create your plan of action.
The job application.
Within your work life, you will be sending out a few job applications, entertaining interviews.
You will need to know how to apply and what is expected in an interview if you want to be successful.
To apply for a receptionist job.
You will have to tailor your CV curriculum vitae type, meaning the course of your life or resumé and
cover letter.
The cover letter.
This letter is a way to introduce yourself to the company and motivate the company to consider your
application.
You can structure the letter in such a way to highlight all the most important qualities and qualifications
aligning to the advertisement.
A cover letter.
Example or email letter.
Your CV resumé should include the following personal details education, work experience, interest
and hobbies and references.
This is an example of a CV or a raise your mind, your personal details, education, work experience,
your interest in all these and also your references.
The job interview.
You've been invited for an interview.
The next steps are crucial.
You will be competing for one job against maybe ten applicants or more.
How do you make sure you will be noticed above all the other applicants?
The following guidelines the before, during and after the interview sections will fully prepare you
for the interview process before the interview.
Have a positive attitude.
Do professionally and conservatively.
Get a haircut.
Iron your clothes and shine your shoes.
Keep makeup, light and conservative.
Do not waste strong perfume.
Go for light, refreshing and subtle things.
Be punctual.
Rather be 15 minutes early.
This way you can get a feel for the company.
Prepare and practice.
Or rehearse questions you might be asked.
Read the advert carefully and fine.
Tune your CV to comply with the basic requirements of the job.
During the interview, greet the interviewer.
Smile and shake hands if appropriate.
Stand and sit up straight.
Do not slouch.
First impressions are formed within the first few seconds.
Make a good impression.
Friendly and open body language.
Make eye contact.
But be respectful of cultural differences.
Be courteous and respectful to all people.
Speak up.
Don't whisper, giggle or say too many times.
Make your point clearly and directly.
Do not interrupt.
Listen.
Then ask if you don't understand the question.
Say what you think.
Don't try and flatter people with an answer you think they would want to hear.
B.
B you say what you think and be prepared to back up what you say and why.
Look straight.
Stop yourself from looking out the window around the office or over someone's shoulder.
Focus on the people in front of you and make eye contact.
A list of interview questions and possible answers.
Why are you applying for this position?
You need to convince the interview that this is the company you want to work for.
Do not say it is because you need a job or that you do not like the people at your previous job or that
you were fired.
Why?
That you are leaving your current position.
Present this in a positive light.
You can say you are looking for a new challenge.
Do not criticize or badmouth your current or previous employer.
What challenges facing a receptionist in today's world?
Your answer can be having to manage multiple tasks at once, deal with many interruptions, and still
keep focus.
Deal with a noisy and busy environment.
Require excellent organization skills working for longer hours.
Question Can you list the key performance areas or objectives of a receptionist and you can answer the
copays or dependability.
Efficiency.
Intelligence.
Use of resources.
Technical skills.
In other words, computer skills.
Friendly and positive attitude.
Maintain office morale and manage a busy switchboard.
You can see in your manual for many more examples of questions and answers.
What not to do.
Do not interrupt the interviewer pressing for a decision and a time frame.
Become angry if you do not get the job.
Smoking and chewing gum.
After the interview.
It is good manners to send a thank you later or email to the interviewer for their time to consider
your application.
Usually the employer will inform you within one week of the outcome.
Do not hassle them for an answer.
It is not polite.
If you have not heard from them in two weeks, consider your application was unsuccessful.
So you were successful.
You will be called into H.R. and you will sign a contract and you are happy and you can start with your
dream job.
This is a sample of an employee contract.
Always read through your contract and make sure everything is correct spelling and that you agree to
the terms and conditions of the contract as well.
You need to make sure everything's in order and read through everything or ask somebody to help you
with technical, legal legalities and so forth.
But make sure you understand everything before you put your signature on a contract.
When people tell you it can't be done, they are expressing the limitations, not yours.
We've come to the end of the section.
We've discussed the following life goals and plans, job application and interview skills.
Well done.
You are doing great.
See you in the next section.