Monday, November 14, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
chapter 5 & 6 responce
I am glad I've been introduced to You majored in What by Katherine Brooks because i am a college student who doesn't know which direction to go to. There isn't much intriguing me right now. Chapter 5 also elaborates on an activity called the possible lives map. Its kind of like a wandering map, but instead its writing down things an individual ever thought about, fantasized about, or thought it would be interesting or cool to do. Its analyzing your possible lives, looking for themes or relationships between the different lives you've chosen. I always wanted to be a high fashion supermodel. This is something i can incorporate in my possible lives map. Another possible live is being an executive at a successful business firm. Like Katherine Brooks implies" Why settle for one career when you can do ten?"
Chapter 6 from my understanding focuses on putting all the information you've gathered from your wandering map, your key mindsets, the strength, skills, knowledge, and mindsets, and the possible lives map all together. Now that i think about it, its very difficult to choose a certain career path because there's always lots of options getting in between that distracts you from going forward. I use to have a solid decision on what i wanted to do , but now i am clueless. but its fine, as long as i have a degree in hand i can do it all.
Chapter 6 from my understanding focuses on putting all the information you've gathered from your wandering map, your key mindsets, the strength, skills, knowledge, and mindsets, and the possible lives map all together. Now that i think about it, its very difficult to choose a certain career path because there's always lots of options getting in between that distracts you from going forward. I use to have a solid decision on what i wanted to do , but now i am clueless. but its fine, as long as i have a degree in hand i can do it all.
Monday, November 7, 2011
informational interview responce
http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/infointerviews/a/infointerview.htm
http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-481-Getting-Ahead-How-Does-an-Informational-Interview-Work/
http://www.wisebread.com/the-informational-interview-what-not-to-say-and-more
Informational interview can be difficult for someone like me because i 've never heard of an interview that focuses on my skills and what job matches with my skills. Individuals who are jobless tend to get desperate and search for any kind of job no matter how boring it is just to have some money in their pocket. Although i understand that surviving is an individuals first priority, I rather work for a position that would let me use the skills that i have learned from past experience and learn new ones. The three main sites i have on the op of this blog focuses on informational interviews. each gives you bullet points on how to conduct an interview. some of the points are: be resourceful
asking questions such as-What do you like most/least about your job?
What emerging trends do you see affecting your job or industry?
follow up with a thank you note
Also it informs you on what not to say. some questions like: Do not ask superficial questions to elicit answers that could be found through a basic Internet search (the annual sales of a publicly-held company, for example);
Do not bait and switch, asking for an informational interview and then pushing to have your résumé circulated among hiring managers.
hopefully my blog can help you get through an informational interview.
http://www.careerbuilder.com/Article/CB-481-Getting-Ahead-How-Does-an-Informational-Interview-Work/
http://www.wisebread.com/the-informational-interview-what-not-to-say-and-more
Informational interview can be difficult for someone like me because i 've never heard of an interview that focuses on my skills and what job matches with my skills. Individuals who are jobless tend to get desperate and search for any kind of job no matter how boring it is just to have some money in their pocket. Although i understand that surviving is an individuals first priority, I rather work for a position that would let me use the skills that i have learned from past experience and learn new ones. The three main sites i have on the op of this blog focuses on informational interviews. each gives you bullet points on how to conduct an interview. some of the points are: be resourceful
asking questions such as-What do you like most/least about your job?
What emerging trends do you see affecting your job or industry?
follow up with a thank you note
Also it informs you on what not to say. some questions like: Do not ask superficial questions to elicit answers that could be found through a basic Internet search (the annual sales of a publicly-held company, for example);
Do not bait and switch, asking for an informational interview and then pushing to have your résumé circulated among hiring managers.
hopefully my blog can help you get through an informational interview.
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