Interviewing and Employment Search for Teaching Candidates

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Interviewing and Employment Search for Teaching
Candidates

• Career Development Center
• Rutgers University - Newark

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What We Will Cover

• What to do before, during, and after your
  interview(s)
• How to handle different types of questions
• How to follow-up professionally
• How to conduct a comprehensive search using
  multiple resources

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Interviews Arent the Time to Make a Fashion
Statement.- Wall Street Journal, Business Weekly
2000

• Wear conservative suits, black or navy blue
  preferably, with matching shoes
• Women, stockings should match skin tone
• Women, hair pulled back if long, no perfume,
  heavy makeup, or jewelry
• Men, shave, and have neatly groomed hair
• Men, shine your shoes, iron your white button
  down shirt, and wear a (silk) tie

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Before the Interviewgain an understanding of...

• Position Applied For
• The school itself and the district. Also any info
  you can gather about history, teaching
  philosophy, reputation or standing and
  organizational structure)
• The Industry
• Trends
• YOUR RESUME !

• Practice how you will articulate the match
  between you and the position and the employer

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Remember the Most Wanted list

• The Transferable skills employers want
• People skills interpersonal
• Communication skills verbal and written
• Analytical abilities problem identification and
  resolution
• Technical proficiencies computer applications
  languages
• Initiative

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During the 1st Interview

• Be on time Know how to get there and arrive
  10-15 minutes early
• Be friendly, courteous, and professional to
  everyone
• Be positive and never criticize others
• Be aware of your body language - tone of voice,
  posture, facial expressions, re-actions - clues
  to your true feelings and attitudes
• Express yourself well, speak clearly and
  audibly. Use complete sentences and avoid slang.
• Be yourself - Dont try to be someone you are
  not Sincerity goes a long way
• Be a good listener and be alert to non-verbal
  cues indicating when you should stop/start
  talking. Dont think about your response while
  the interviewer is still talking

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Interview Types

• Behavioral Based ( 70 )
• Unstructured Interviews
• Stress Interviews ( 6 )

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Behavioral Based Questions

• What major problem have you encountered and how
  did you deal with it?
• Describe a recent accomplishment.
• If you were part of our team, and one of the
  members was not pulling his or her weight, what
  would you do?

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Open Ended Questions

• The interviewer still wants to determine the
  personality fit however these questions are
  much less structured. It is up to you to
  structure them. Use your education, experience,
  extracurricular, etc. to determine your
  holistic answer.

• Tell me about yourself
• Why should I hire you?
• How would you describe yourself?

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Personality Fit Questions

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• When were you most satisfied /dissatisfied in
  your work? What was most satisfying
  /dissatisfying about that?
• What do you consider your strengths and / or
  weaknesses?
• Please explain why you choose to pursue a career
  in Teaching
• What was the most frustrating thing that happened
  to you as a student teacher

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Teaching Related Questions

• How do you handle discipline problems?
• How do you write your lesson plans?
• Please rank these in order of importance and
  state why Planning Discipline Methods
  Evaluation
• How can you tell that a person is a good
  listener?
• How do you encourage students to learn?

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So what would you like to know about us

• You are being given control of a block of time
  and the interviewer wants to see how well you use
  it.

Id like to spend about ten minutes each on
three topics. First, your training programs -
what they are, how seriously are they taken and
what are they designed to teach. Second, perhaps
we could review why Im confident that the skills
and experiences on my resume fit well with
----------. Third, Id like to hear why you
chose this school, how your own career has
evolved and whether it has been what you
expected. Shall we start with training first?
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Dont Forget . . .

• To ask questions and clarify
• To ask for each interviewers business card
• To ask about the next step in the process
• To thank them for their time
• Not to ask about salary and benefits on the first
  interview unless they bring up the subject first

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After the Interview Send thank you letter within
24- 48 hours

• Remind the interviewer of the position for which
  you interviewed, the date, and location
• Affirm your interest in the position, provide
  evidence that you have reflected on what was
  discussed, and offer any new thoughts on how you
  would fit in or contribute
• Close the letter with an action desire for a
  second interview or your intention to call to
  follow-up on their final decision

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2nd Interviews

• They may be structured or unstructured
• It will definitely be behavioral based to further
  learn how you work
• It may last an hour (or more)
• It may involve several people (together or
  separately) at all levels (human resources
  person, area manager)

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Questions To Expect

• Some of the same questions to confirm or further
  define what was learned from the first interview
  consistency
• Technical questions Very specific questions
  regarding your knowledge and ability to perform
  the tasks required of the position. Know what
  they are looking for by doing your homework.
• Situational questions, What would you do if
  (behavioral based) To see how you react under
  pressure, assess your judgement and experience
  (management and higher)

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Follow-up 2nd or 3rd interview

• Re-affirm interest / reiterate ability to do the
  jobin your thank you letter
• Clarify anything from the 2nd interview that
  requires such in the same letter
• Send a thank you letter to ALL that will, or may
  have input on the decision within 24-48 hours.
  Close your letter with
• Looking forward to the next step in the process
  . or .
• Looking forward to your final decision

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alary Negotiations

• Possess any relevant experience
• Performance Reviews
• Benefits Provided

• Do your homework, know typical salary ranges for
  the position involved

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What To Consider

• Contributory vs. Employer Paid
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Pension
• Vacation Time

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The Career Development Center

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