Interviews and Resumes

The guest speaker that we had in class this week was incredible. I currently am in the process of looking for a job, and she really helped clear up a few things that I've had questions about. I feel a little more confident and hope that I will be able to land a good job or internship for the summer. One thing that I found really helpful was, preparing questions to ask the interview beforehand. I always had a tough time coming up with decent, legitimate questions on the spot in interviews. Researching before the interview and asking questions would show that you are already committed to the company.

I also found her advice on thank you letters very valuable. I had thought that thank you letters were really only something you sent to your grandmother after birthdays, but it is a great gesture and I could see myself sending one after a good interview.

I hope that I will be able to effectively apply these and other concepts that we learned in class.

Hooks!

This week we had multiple topics that were our focus as a class. I found that many of them culminated into one idea. Stand out and grab their attention. When it came to preparing presentations, handouts, or even our valentine dance handouts, it was so important to stand out to the audience. While it doesn't seem like a deep or profound idea and is rather obvious, it is so important. We had a little competition with the dance handouts. All of them were designed really well and were great, but the ones that did the best really were able to catch the audiences attention in just a few seconds. All of the groups that presented this week had different hooks that engaged the audience and made them want to listen.

While making a presentation informative and well researched is extremely important, without a great hook your audience will not listen to what you have to say. I feel like it was a great concept to learn in class, and I hope to be able to use it well in my future career.