lab assigment-10/24 job interviews

A job interview is a process in which a potential employee is evaluated by an employer for prospective employment in their, company, organization or firm.

http://careerplanning.about.com/od/jobinterviews/a/job_interview.htm
 This website give us a definition of what job interview means and also tells us about the types of interviews. Some of those are: The Screening Interview, The group Interview and The stress interview.
-The screening interview is usually an interview with someone in human resources. It may take place in person or on the telephone.
-In The group Interview several job candidates are questioned at once. Since any group naturally stratifies into leaders and followers, the interviewer can easily find out into which category each candidate falls.
-the stress interview is a technique employers sometimes use to weed out candidates who cannot handle adversity.

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm
in this website we can find the common questions that employers make to people who are interviewed.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5091021_answer-question-job-interview.html
this last website give you some tips and advices of how to answer the questions of a job interview

lab assigment 10/17

 A resume is a brief summary of your background; a snapshot of your skills and abilities. Its primary purpose is to obtain an interview. It should be a clear, accurate and succinct document that outlines your career objective, education, skills/accomplishments and work experience.

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Resume
This website give many tips of how to write a good resume.
some of those tips are to understand the purpose of the resume,make it easy to read, choose a style, make a master list, make it interesting and proofread.
i find this website very helpful for people that dont know how to make a resume, including me. it has many useful information.

http://www2.ucsc.edu/careers/handouts/resume/No_Experience_Resume.html
this is an example of no work experience resume for persons that dont have any work experience. this is different from the first one because this is used for people that have never had a job experience.

http://www.bestsampleresume.com/resume-advice.html
This last website give some advices when people write a resume.
It says that people can take professional help, ask around, dont make grammatical errors, and originality.

All of these websites are very helpful for people that doesnt know or are confused about how to write a correct resume.

You majored in what? chapter 1 & 2

In the chapter 1 of "You majored in what" by katharine Brooks discuss about the linear thinking about careers. In page 2 The linear theory says:"I'm studying accounting so i can be an accountant", or "i'm going to be an english major so i can teach english". Many people that are starting a career think is only a reduced path that should go in a line for all the life. The author says that students should expand their careers paths with different options.

In chapter 1 also discuss the chaos theory. This is based on mathematical formulas designed to develop a better weather prediction model. We also know that the greater the distance between now and the future , the weaker our prediction will be.

We are introduced to the wandering map in chapter 2. it is a way to illustrate and organize your skills, experiences and characteristics. This is an exercise that is a way to connect the dots and see the pattern of skills and experiences that people have acquired. This is a very helpful tool because students can get new career ideas.