Seminars in Professional Preparation

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Seminars in Professional Preparation

• How to find and land the perfect job

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The job search

• Finding the openings is the difficult part
• Networks
• (personal, work, family, faculty, professional,
  job fairs be careful)
• Associations
• APHA, AIHA, AAHPERD, SOPHE, ACSM
• Websites
• www.byui.edu/healthsci
• Search state human research websites
• Corporate websites
• NO Newspapers and commercial sites

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The resumeWork Experience
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The resumeWork Experience

• DO
• Make your resume clean and neat (but not plain)
• Emphasize your Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Quantify all of your experience and
  qualifications
• Use action words (Implemented, created, designed,
  coordinated)

• DONT
• Just list your work locations
• List items that could be considered
  discriminatory
• Put pictures or frillies on your resume
• Use a general all purpose resume template for
  all jobs
• Sell yourself short

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The resumeSkills match

• Many hiring agents work on the Merit System of
  employment (scores are attributed to your resume
  and ability to explain your experience)
• Match your resume to the job requirements and job
  duties
• Make it very easy for them to see HOW you
  qualify Do not assume that they know what
  customer service rep means on your work
  experience

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The resumeSkills match
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The interviewWhat to wear?
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The interviewWhat to wearWomen

• No denim!!!
• No Spiky shoes
• If it does not conform to the honor code, dont
  wear it (pay special attention to your blouse)
• Kim Zoller (Image dynamics)

• Solid color, conservative suit
• Coordinated blouse
• Moderate shoes
• Limited jewelry
• Neat, professional hairstyle
• Tan or light hosiery
• Sparse make-up perfume
• Manicured nails
• Portfolio or briefcase

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The interviewWhat to wear?
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The interviewHow to prepare?

• Solid color, conservative suit
• White long sleeve shirt
• Conservative tie
• Dark socks, professional shoes
• Very limited jewelry (RING ONLY)
• Neat, professional hairstyle
• Go easy on the aftershave
• Neatly trimmed nails
• Portfolio or briefcase

• YES A JACKET IS REQUIRED!!
• If it is not a suit be sure it is a SOLID sport
  coat that coordinates
• If meeting with a woman, ear, nose, and eyebrows
  should be neat

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Top 20 fashion faux pas

• 1. Carrying a backpack or fannypack instead of a
  briefcase or portfolio
• 2. Sunglasses on top of your head or headphones
  around your neck
• 3. Too-short skirts Your skirt should cover your
  thighs when you are seated.
• 4. The wrong tie Ties should be made of silk
• 5. Overly bright or large-patterned clothing
  it's best to stick with navy, black or gray.

• 6. Heavy makeup on women (or any makeup on a man)
• 7. Earrings on men
• 8. More than one set of earrings on women
• 9. Facial piercings, tongue jewelry or visible
  tattoos
• 10. Ill-fitting clothes. Spending a little extra
  to have your garments tailored is a worthwhile
  investment

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Top 20 fashion faux pas

• 16. Rumpled or stained clothing
• 17. Scuffed or inappropriate footwear, including
  sneakers, stilettos, open-toed shoes and sandals
• 18. Strong aftershaves, perfumes or colognes
• 19. Belts and shoes that don't match Shoes and
  belts should be made of leather the best colors
  for men are black or cordovan.
• 20. Telltale signs that your wearing a new suit.
  Remove all tags and extra buttons --

• 11. Long fingernails, especially with bright or
  specialty polishes.
• 12. Unnatural hair colors or styles. Remember,
  Donald Trump was a billionaire well before he
  began wearing a comb-over.
• 13. Short-sleeved shirts, even worse when worn
  with a tie
• 14. Fishnets, patterned hosiery or bare legs (no
  matter how tan you are).
• 15. Men whose socks don't match their shoes, or
  whose socks are too short and leave a gap of
  flesh when they are seated

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The interview - Purpose

• Information gathering not found on paper
• Assessing applicants potential
• Educate about the company or institution

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The interview What do they want?

• Educational development.
• Genuine interest in learning
• Sought additional education out of the
  traditional classroom
• Rigors of Activities
• Sought out challenging extracurricular activities
  and employment
• How seriously pursed interests and hobbies
• Community Involvement
• Effort to assist in the community and improve
  society
• What was learned from this involvement
• Human relationships
• Initiate and sustain good interpersonal
  relationships
• Excited and positive about life.

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The interview What do they want?

• Maturity
• Sense of personal strengths and weaknesses
• Evidence you can handle stress, frustrations,
  uncertainties
• Will you be a problems solver or just a problem
• Responsibility and Leadership
• Assume responsibility for his or her actions
• Inspire the confidence of others
• Experience working in teams
• Motivation
• Realistic and progressive exploration in the
  field.
• Research on the particular institution or facility

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The interview What do they want?

• Issues and Ethics
• Current Issues in the field that may affect the
  profession
• Any reason to question integrity
• Responsibility and Leadership
• Assume responsibility for his or her actions
• Inspire the confidence of others
• Experience working in teams

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The interview

• Keys to success in the interview
• Be articulate
• Be honest and sincere
• Give thoughtful answers
• Be confident, but not arrogant
• Convey your uniqueness
• Give objective examples
• Act interested
• Relax
• After the interview give handwritten thank you
  notes to all interviewers.

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Interview

• Questions?

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Panel of experts

• Dennis TolmanFormer CEO Mountain View Hospital
• Richard Horne-Director Southeast Idaho Public
  Health District
• Elder Al Hamlin-Former Manager ATT