Turning Student Leadership Into Employability
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Turning Student Leadership into Employability
What Do Employers Want?
1. Ability to work in teams2. Ability to make decisions & solve problems3. Plan, organize & prioritize work4. Communicate with internal & external parties5. Obtain and process information 6. Analyze quantitative data7. Technical knowledge related to job8. Computer proficiency9. Create & edit written reports10. Sell and Influence Others
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2013/10/11/the-10-skills-employers-most-want-in-20-something-employees/
http://www.businessinsider.com/what-employers-look-for-in-recent-college-graduates-2014-8
PREPARING FOR THE INTERVIEW
BEHAVIORAL INTERVIEW
QUESTIONS
Employers pre-determine the competencies needed for a specific job. Employers then ask questions to probe at behavior patterns.
Tell me an example of an occasion where you had to go above and beyond the call of duty in order to get a job done.
Provide an example of how you resolved a conflict.
Everyone has to break or bend the rules sometimes. Tell me about a time when you had to do this.
UNDERSTANDING TRANSFERABLE
SKILLS
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Name: Current Job: Ideal Job:
Transferable Skills Map
Role Responsibilities:• Organize and supervise bi-weekly
meetings • Delegate tasks to executive board
members• Coordinate weekly service trips for
10-15 students • Partner with local organizations to
schedule service trips• Plan events related to hunger,
homelessness, poverty throughout the year, collaborate with campus departments to ensure positive results
• Meet SGA and Student Activities Deadlines
Acquired Skillset:Organize meetings
Supervise staffDelegate tasks
Engagement and RecruitmentEvent Planning/Fundraising
Meet deadlines
• Supervised a 6 person executive board to offer service opportunities to a population of 1800 undergraduate students
• Partnered with local organizations to coordinate weekly service trips for 10-15 students• Planned and executed multiple fundraising and awareness events relating to hunger and homelessness in
the City of Boston• Able to perform under pressure and changing deadlines, and balance a full work and class load
Name: Ashley Cilenti Current Job: ECCO President Ideal Job: Non-Profit
Management/Homeless Services
Transferable Skills Map
IDENTIFYING STRENGTHS &
WEAKNESSES
TIPS ABOUT STRENGTHS
1. This is not the time to be modest. If you excel at something, this is your opportunity to let the employer know.
2. Be humble, yet use details to support your answer3. If you know a company’s needs and you have a strength that
will meet that need, USE THAT EXAMPLE. Ultimately, a company wants to know what you can do to assist them.
Cliché: I’m a good communicator.
More realistic: I excel at outreach. As a member of Emmanuel College Programming Board, I inform the student body of upcoming events through advertising and social media. I was able to secure 100 people at a recent event, a record number for the organization.
TIPS ABOUT WEAKNESSES
1. Your weakness shouldn’t make the employer question your candidacy
2. Think of a genuine weakness, but also think of how you are actively working to strengthen it
3. Avoid cliché answers. Employers can see through it. They often ask this question to get a true sense of how you would balance out the team.
Cliché: My weakness is that I care too much.
More realistic: My weakness is that I struggle with balance because I like to participate in every project. I’m working on this by establishing priorities and saying no or delegating tasks that I can’t take on.
ASHLEY’S EXPERIENCE
