Projekt jest wspólfinansowany przez UE

w ramach Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego

Are you ready to work for Are you ready to work for an international company?an international company?

Monika Domańska

2 days - 5 hows2 days - 5 hows

1. How to speak about yourself – preparing for an interview

2. How to survive other recruitment procedures

3. How to develop yourself at work

What are employers expectationsWhat are employers expectations

Business decision: Rate of return on investment (objective, heartless)

• efficiency - motivation

• efficiency - knowledge

• cost - salaries (including overheads)

• stabilisation

• safety

Personal decision – do I want to work with her/him (subjective, feelings)

InterviewInterview

Why you are here What can you offer to the company What kind of person you are Can we afford hiring you

Interview typesInterview types

telephone interview initial/specialist stress interview episode interview

one-to-one panel interviewer-observer

Who goes outWho goes out

Lying Arrogant, agressive Not keeping dedlines Not observing rules Complaining Lazy, no motivation Not enthousiastic Emotionally instable

Interviewers mistakesInterviewers mistakes

First last impression Dramatic events Hierarchy effect (Matthias effect) Similarity effect Contact effect Halo effect

InterviewInterview

Informal icebreaking About candidate About work - motivation About documents About position - qualifications Situation questions (If… ) Candidate questions Salary negotiations What next

QuestionsQuestions

Tell me something about yourself Why have you decided to take the studies in… Have you been a good student? What subjects have you been especially interested in? In what way do you feel the studies prepared you to

the position you apply for? What are your warmest memories from the time of

studies? Tell me about your thesis? Why do you want to work here? Why should we hire YOU? What do you consider to be

your greatest strengths and weaknesses? What are your long-range career objectives, and what

steps have you taken toward obtaining them?

EpisodesEpisodes

Give me an example of an important goal you had to set and tell me about your progress in reaching that goal.

What was the best decision you have ever taken Describe a situation when working with a team produced

more successful results than if you had completed the project on your own.

Describe some times when you were not very satisfied or pleased with your performance. What did you do about it?

Describe a situation where you found yourself dealing with someone who didn't like you. How did you handle it?

Do you consider yourself to be a leader? What are the attributes of a good leader? Give me an example of when you had to show good leadership.

Tell me about a time when you had to use your presentation skills to influence someone's opinion.

Can you tell me about an important written document you were required to complete?

QuestionsQuestions

Describe the most creative thing you have ever done. What motivates you to go the extra mile on a project or

job? What does it mean to be successful? According to your

definition, how successful have you been so far? What is the best thing you have ever done? (or) What is

the best thing that ever happened to you? What do you really want to do in life? What do you see

yourself doing five years from now? Ten years from now?

QuestionsQuestions

What would you consider an ideal work environment?

What question will you ask when hiring for this position?

If you had six months ahead with no obligations and no financial constraints, what would you do?

How do you spend free time? What have you read recently?

TestsTests

Verbal Analytical Diagrammatical Assessment centre

Job marketJob market

1. Globalisation

2. IT - focus

3. Professional expertise

4. Customer orientation

5. Quality focus

6. Change

How to survive at workHow to survive at work

Being employed vs being employable

Try to become irreplaceable indispensable (knowledge, skills)

Creation of added valueCreation of added value

• Find out who is the real boss• Make clear what is expected from you • If there is no assessment system propose

one (favourable for you) • Set up communication rules with your boss

(meetings, reports)

Deal with your bossDeal with your boss

• Volunteer for new projects• Get engaged in work of commissions, task

forces• Go to conferences, fairs

Be ready for developmentBe ready for development

. Use every opportunity to build contact network (customers, suppliers, colleagues, competitors).

• Have a register of contacts (Outlook, traditional address book)

• Maintain contacts (answer to mails, send greetings)

Establish contactsEstablish contacts

• Career paths• Decision making strategies

• Avoid politics

Learn from othersLearn from others

See how others do it,

Collect references

Promote your successesPromote your successes

• Each year find at least two opportunities for changing job (you need not use them)

• Invest one salary a year in development (training etc)

• Positive goals (dos no dont’s)

Think about your developmentThink about your development

Professional development is an art Professional development is an art of acting effectively… of acting effectively…

… and using opportunities, successful people rarely planned their success,

they rather used opportunities

Chronos vs Kairos

Projekt jest wspólfinansowany przez UE

w ramach Europejskiego Funduszu Społecznego

Thank you for the attentionThank you for the attention

Monika Domańska

domanska@pk.edu.pl