... 2014.) Growing up I always wanted to be a hairstylist for a huge company and one day run my own salon. The most important qualities an employer expects from a college graduate include proficiency, communication, and work ethic. Proficiency: The state of being proficient; skill; expertness. The first skill employers look for in a college graduate is technical knowledge in the field I want to peruse. Meaning I have to know the book work and the research behind it. The technical knowledge I have is that I went to cosmetology school for two years and did book work every other day. My future salon I wanted in high school was Toni and Guy. I would also have tests once a week to make sure I knew the material. The next skill employers look for in college graduates is technical application which is the hands on work I know how to do in my field. The technical application I have in my field is that I had to cut hair on a mannequins the days I was not doing book work. On Thursdays I would have women and men from retirement homes come in, do their hair, manicure, pedicure, or a facial. I would get graded for every mannequin and client I worked on that week. After 2 years of book work and clients I took my state board exam, then I found a salon that was hiring and applied. I now work for a nationwide known company Supercuts! Another skill employers look for is creativity; the process by which one utilizes creative ability. An employer wants someone who can bring something else to the...
Words: 1108 - Pages: 5
...in which you are marketing something: yourself! You need to "sell" your skills, abilities, qualifications and experience to employers. It can be used to make multiple applications to employers in a specific career area. For this reason, many large graduate recruiters will not accept CVs and instead use their own application form. FACT: Often selectors read CVs outside working hours. They may have a pile of 50 CVs from which to select five interviewees. It's evening and they would rather be in the pub with friends. If your CV is hard work to read: unclear, badly laid out and containing irrelevant information, they will just just move on to the next CV. Treat the selector like a child eating a meal. Chop your CV up into easily digestible morsels (bullets, short paragraphs and note form) and give it a clear logical layout, with just the relevant information to make it easy for the selector to read. If you do this, you will have a much greater chance of interview. An application form is designed to bring out the essential information and personal qualities that the employer requires and does not allow you to gloss over your weaker points as a CV does. In addition, the time needed to fill out these forms is seen as a reflection of your commitment to the career. There is no "one best way" to construct a CV; it is your document and can be structured as you wish within the basic framework below. It can be on paper or on-line or even on a T-shirt (a gimmicky approach that might...
Words: 1850 - Pages: 8
...this assignment I will describe the main employability, personal and communication skills required when applying job role as described in P1 * The company I have chosen for my task is Tesco and the vacancy that I am applying is Customer Service Representative in Tesco. Main Body/ Background Research Personal skills means the skills used by a person to properly interact with others. These personal skills are the character traits possessed by an individual. They determine how one addresses issues to find a solution. Employability skills means a group of essential abilities that involve the development of a knowledge base, expertise level and mind-set that is increasingly necessary for success in the modern workplace. Communication skills mean abilities in the areas of language understanding, communicating expressively, and practical language skills. Personal skills required in the vacancy The personal skills required in this vacancy can be founded in the job description. It can be clearly understudied that mainly personal skills in this vacancy is problem solving skills. This is because customers stay with companies that meet their needs so the employer must have strong experience of problem solving. This basically means the ability to understand a problem by breaking it down into smaller parts, and identify the key issues, implications and identifying solutions. To apply your knowledge from many different areas to solving a task. Also, the employer needs to be interpersonal...
Words: 1083 - Pages: 5
...Student Name: | Vivian Casabianca | Platform Technology Vivian Casabianca HRM410 Strategic Staffing March 2014 Joy Bruno Platform Technology STAFFING HANDBOOK Handbook Date: | March 2014 | Definition of Strategic Staffing “Strategic staffing is a broad concept that can refer to the various HR programs and techniques used to manage the employees of an organization. Staffing defines the process of systematically filling positions within the organization and then monitoring the performance of individual in those positions.” (Gatewood, Field, and Barrick, 2010, p, 17) Platform Technology sculpts the future of media and technology. “We create world-class experience that people love and trust and drive innovation that builds value. We bring millions TV and internet, entertainment, sports, and news, communications and home management, theme parks, television and movies.” (Comcast) Platform Technology will bring to life the best technology to come. At Platform Technology we are committed in hiring qualified individual for our business. Our goals are to bring together the selection process to choice the best candidates. This handbook is to assist recruiters and managers with the selection process. If for any reason you may have any question reach out to human resource professional in are staff if you need any clarification. Job Analysis “Job analysis is the gathering of the information about a job in an organization. This information includes the tasks, results...
Words: 2014 - Pages: 9
...The organisation I have chosen is Tesco and the specific job role I have decided to transfer to is customer service assistant. In order for me to be successful here at Tesco, I will research the documentation need to apply for that position and the purpose for each part. Recruitment documentation are different application forms that are filled in order to get the specific job being applied for. This means filling personal details and information about the job vacancy that the organisation is advertising and ensuring the person is aware of the job vacancy they are applying for. Customer service is the provision of service and advice provided by a company to customers through social communications before, during and after the sale of a product. In every organisation customer service is a very essential part of their business. There are various specialist skill and attributes required to work as a customer service assistant. Some of the features include: * Patience is a very important skill every customer appreciates from a customer service attendant. The more patient attendants are, the easier it is for the issue to be resolved. Only when the issue is resolved that customers are happy. * Commitment is what every employer wants to see in every employee. Without commitment, employees will never be able to do their jobs passionately. If they are not passionate about their job then they cannot offer proper customer service. * Respect is highly demanded by customers...
Words: 1114 - Pages: 5
...portfolio shows proof of who you are and what you can do! Images include: photos, graphs, videotapes, DVD, CD, pictures, logos, web designs, sketches, designs, flyers, prototypes, marketing work, sales materials, graphics of your ideas, listing of projects completed, summary charts, past job designs/graphs, models, diagrams, artwork, patent sketches, et cetera. Text includes: anything requiring a written plan, schedule of events, reports, proposals, articles, journal publications, business plans, co-op/internship accomplishments, school and/or newsletter articles, performance reports, letters of recommendation, highlights of projects- include personal and business text. Your portfolio will set you apart from other applicants. Know your work! Be proud of it. Portfolio Guidelines • Give the portfolio a personal, original title. • Use a new binder with clear plastic sleeves that allow your work to be seen. A 10”x 13” tri-fold presentation binder or traditional flat book style is impressive. • Keep it neat, simple, interesting, unique, and professional. • Your portfolio should be highly visual. • Images should be clear, uncluttered, and easy to read. • Text reports should only be used in support of images. • Do not include any text reports longer than two pages. Interviewers have no time to read and would rather look at images instead. • Prototypes and inventions- if you have a small one, bring it. • If you have done presentations,...
Words: 786 - Pages: 4
...Professor David MacKusick August 20, 2015 Many employers are facing the difficult challenge of bringing and recruiting employees that are excellent performers. Most of the companies of today still continue to post vague, bland, and uninteresting job descriptions in the hopes that they will land them a candidate who is the ideal fit for the position and the company as a whole. Having a full recruitment strategy in place eliminates any potential risk when deciding who to employ and bring into your professional life (Caan, 2015). Companies want to hire top performing employees, but most are not aware of strategic and effective ways to help avoid violating any anti-discrimination and other employment law. As (Caan, 2015) states “After shortlisting the final candidates, I like them to carry out a practical task, such as doing a presentation or preparing a report. This is a great way to show whether their bark is bigger than their bite, or if they really do have the goods to deliver on their interviews.” These are some significant tasks that need to be understood and used in a strategic manner to help ensure that the hiring process will attract the best candidate to fill the position. In this paper, I will be preparing an advertisement for the position that my hiring manager is hiring for. In this advertisement, I will be providing the job description, description of duties, and a description of minimum qualifications. I will then be developing 10 legal questions to potential...
Words: 1425 - Pages: 6
...because there are many groups of people who make up the workforce: Hispanics, whites, blacks, African-Americans, women, etc. Depending on which group a person belongs to, an employer has the potential to discriminate against that person when they apply for a job. The employer may show prejudice against one group and yet be receptive to another. When this happens, adverse impact exists. The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP) regulates employers on who they can and can’t hire, and acts to limit discrimination against protected classes of people such as sex, race, and ethnic groups. The UGESP adopted rules make it illegal to adversely impact a group of people based on their sex, race, or ethnic group. If a test to hire people is discriminatory, adversely impacting a group(s) of people, the organization must prove their motives for their hiring practices by providing evidence that the testing information relates to the job function the organization is hiring for (Palumbo and Steel-Johnson, 2007). Employers who have access to multiple choice tools must use the tool that has the least amount of adverse impact on a group of people (Bogardus, 2009). Four Effective External Recruiting Methods After evaluating the list of external recruiting methods, I have focused on four methods that I feel are effective: internet job boards and community sites, colleges and universities, job fairs, and employment agencies. The following paragraphs will explain why each of these...
Words: 1300 - Pages: 6
...Successful Interviewing Strategies Don’t Get Burned On the Hot Seat Table of Contents Career Services Center for Experiential Learning Keuka College Phone (315) 279 - 5274 Fax: (315) 279 – 5329 Table of Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Types of Job Interviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Showcasing Your Job Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Before the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 6 During the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 After the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 9 Interview Tips and Strategies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Interviewing Do’s and Don’ts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Some Actual Don’ts from Employers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Answering Questions the 1 + Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Sample Interview Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ten Major Fears Behind the Interview Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Illegal Questions . . . . . . . . . ....
Words: 10820 - Pages: 44
...Recruiting and retaining the right people Edexcel BTEC L3 Business Studies Unit 2 Business Resources I have gained an internship at my school, and I will spend 6 weeks supporting the human resources department. Currently the most experienced member of the human resources department, is away on long term sick leave. The school is looking to make sure I can help maintain its ability to recruit the right staff and control their financial and non-financial resources. Task 1 Describe the recruitment documentation used in your selected organisation. Specific Job- Teaching Job Job Description Once it has been decided that a vacancy exists the first document that would be needed is the job description. The job description would be needed just in case it need to be changed. The description is the document that gives you a detailed description of the job, what the job entails and any other information that you would need to know about the job. The job description is an important document because tells you specifically what you will be doing, for instance the first thing you would see on the job description would be the job title so you know exactly what you are going to be doing if you get the job, so for the teaching vacancy it would say Science Teacher. The document also tells you who you will be accountable to and who you will be accountable for so applying for a job such as a teacher you would be accountable to the head teacher but you would be accountable for the students because...
Words: 4430 - Pages: 18
...applications. It conveys your personal details in the way that presents you in the best possible light. A CV is a marketing document in which you are marketing something: yourself! You need to "sell" your skills, abilities, qualifications and experience to employers. It can be used to make multiple applications to employers in a specific career area. For this reason, many large graduate recruiters will not accept CVs and instead use their own application form. An application form is designed to bring out the essential information and personal qualities that the employer requires and does not allow you to gloss over your weaker points as a CV does. In addition, the time needed to fill out these forms is seen as a reflection of your commitment to the career. There is no "one best way" to construct a CV; it is your document and can be structured as you wish within the basic framework below. It can be on paper or on-line or even on a T-shirt (a gimmicky approach that might work for "creative" jobs but not generally advised!). When should a CV be used? * When an employer asks for applications to be received in this format * When an employer simply states "apply to ..." without specifying the format * When making speculative applications (when writing to an employer who has not advertised a vacancy but who you hope my have one) What information should a CV include? Personal details Normally these would be your name, address, date of birth (although with age discrimination...
Words: 1918 - Pages: 8
...SUCCESSFUL INTERVIEW Preparing for the Interview RESEARCH Don’t forget to research the organization/company before the interview. Learn what you can about the workplace prior to the interview. Ask your friends, do library or internet research or ask the organization for any printed information. Make sure you are familiar with the company or organizations products and/or services WHAT TO WEAR Rule #1: Always be clean, neat and tidy. Appropriate attire varies from industry to industry. What is appropriate to wear to an “accounting” interview may not necessarily be appropriate to wear to a “waitressing” interview. It is as important to be as neat and tidy as possible. In some traditional industries (i.e. the banks) you may want to dress even more conservatively. If possible go by the location ahead of time to see how people who work there are dressed. At the very least you should always wear clean, ironed slacks and a nice shirt. CALMING YOUR NERVES DURING THE INTERVEW • • • • • Do quick check of your appearance before entering if possible Arrive 10 minutes early (never be too early though!) Take long and deep breaths Think positively: you have nothing to lose and everything to gain from the experience Get a drink of water if your throat is dry; ask for water if you need to and it isn’t offered or bring a bottle in your bag BODY LANGUAGE • • Greet the interviewer (and end the interview) with a smile and a firm hand shake Make eye contact when answering questions ...
Words: 2171 - Pages: 9
...Recruiting and retaining the right people Edexcel BTEC L3 Business Studies Unit 2 Business Resources I have gained an internship at my school, and I will spend 6 weeks supporting the human resources department. Currently the most experienced member of the human resources department, is away on long term sick leave. The school is looking to make sure I can help maintain its ability to recruit the right staff and control their financial and non-financial resources. Task 1 Describe the recruitment documentation used in your selected organisation. Specific Job- Teaching Job Job Description Once it has been decided that a vacancy exists the first document that would be needed is the job description. The job description would be needed just in case it need to be changed. The description is the document that gives you a detailed description of the job, what the job entails and any other information that you would need to know about the job. The job description is an important document because tells you specifically what you will be doing, for instance the first thing you would see on the job description would be the job title so you know exactly what you are going to be doing if you get the job, so for the teaching vacancy it would say Science Teacher. The document also tells you who you will be accountable to and who you will be accountable for so applying for a job such as a teacher you would be accountable to the head teacher but you would be accountable for the students because...
Words: 4430 - Pages: 18
...Before writing a cover letter, its important to understand how it can help or hurt you. In the internship application process a cover letter is your first impression. It's an opportunity to tell a perspective employer why you’re the perfect fit for their internship and their office and just as importantly, a cover letter is an opportunity to tell an employer you don't care about their position, by writing a sloppy or template cover letter. Some valuable cover letter topics include, explaining why a position interests you, what you bring to the table, how you would be a great fit, or something unique about you that makes you different from the hundreds of other candidates. The ultimate goal of your cover letter is to get the reader excited to meet you for an interview to learn more. To summarize the points above, ingredients needed to make a successful cover letter are: Header with contact information: Including a header with your contact information on the cover letter makes you look professional and ensures your information will be easy to find. You should also consider including this header on all documents you’re submitting when applying, it demonstrates your professionalism and acts as an opportunity to brand yourself to the perspective employer. Who is your audience? Try to find the person who is in charge of intern hiring and address your cover letter and resume to them. Statistics show you have a better chance of being hired if you know who’s doing the hiring and...
Words: 1578 - Pages: 7
... For these reasons, organizations must pay close attention to corporate policies and managers must choose their words carefully and be aware of the legal implications of what is said.” (Munilla and Dosier, 1991) I work in the Army and without business communication; we would not be able to function. Business communication plays a key role in a corporation’s day-to-day work activities such as: checking emails, answering phone calls, responding to correspondence, writing memos, and attending meetings. Some companies may have to handle customer inquiries or deal with suppliers and shipments. Business communication is a key element of day-to-day business activities that enables business people to generate positive relationships, tangible assets and establish a common ground. Communication comes in verbal or nonverbal forms, and proper use of communication helps you to manage your daily work activities. Managers and employees alike must possess good listening skills, people skills, writing skills, and speaking skills in order for communication to be effective. In my workplace I see trends such as: increased use of portable media players, personal digital assistants, constant emailing, and social networking. Portable media players enable employers to convey...
Words: 825 - Pages: 4
