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Assembling An Interview Packet
Making An Amazing Impression
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About JobGroup.org
• Mission statement – JobGroup.org empowers professionals to effectively manage their careers by promoting networking, volunteerism, and job search skills.
• Eight module curriculum presented weekly• Online resources• Networking events• Recruiter engagement• Volunteers
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About The Presentations
• JobGroup.org is an organization that exists to facilitate your job hunt and career
• We have compiled the best information that we have from our own experience and other sources
• These presentations can benefit hugely from your input; don’t be shy about asking questions or contributing!
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About The CurriculumManaging Your Online Profile
Developing A Personal Marketing
Plan
Professional Networking
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Resume Optimization
Assembling an Interview Packet
Interview Tactics
Negotiating Compensation
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Previous Presentation – Resume Workshop• Purpose, use, and value of resumes• How your resume is used• Resume components• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)• ‘Suicide By Resume’• Frequently Asked Questions
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Next Presentation – Interview Tactics • Doing your research• Planning the interview• Telephone vs. in-person• Interviewer ‘skill’: HR reps & hiring managers• Common questions• Steering the interview• Followup
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Introduction
• What is an interview packet?• Purpose and value• Interview packet components• Software tools• Managing printing costs• Recycling document components
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What Is An Interview Packet?• A collection of ‘Value
Added’ information not addressed in a resume
• Expanded overview of the things you want an employer to know about you
• Professionally finished• A leave-behind that may
make you more memorable
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Purpose and Value
• Distinguishes you from other applicants
• Can help shape the content of an interview
• Can show the amount of effort and quality of work you are capable of
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Interview Packet Components• Layout• Title page• Table of contents• Resume• Critical skill set• Endorsements• Professional references• Work Samples• Other elements
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Layout
• Headers and footers• Fonts and colors• Embedded images/text• Logos and branding
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Title Page• Layout• Job title• Interview date and
location• Company’s logo• Name of primary
interviewer• Your logo & branding• Contact information
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Table of Contents
• Color, font, and spacing
• Logical progression• Ease of locating
information• Overview of
information inside
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Resume
• Use optimized resume• Shameless plug• Remember header/footer• Uniform style for color,
fonts, and layout• Simple plug in or
maintaining separate files
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Critical Skill Set• Color, font, layout• Every skill you have that
relates to the job• Arranged hierarchically and
sensically• Limited to three layers
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Critical Skill Set
Project Management
Technical Skills
Soft Skills
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Endorsements• Scan of signed letters for
signature• Make sure pasted
graphics are legible and/or retype
• Name and contact info for writers
• Have a structure in mind for ordering (applicability, chronologically, etc.)
• For LinkedIn, cut and paste images from web
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Professional References
• Have a structure in mind• Name• Company • Title• Contact information
(reference preference)• Description of
relationship
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Work Samples• Font, color, and layout• Title• Background information• Pasted graphics• Demonstrated skills• What you did, why and how you did it,
and skills you used• Avoid any proprietary information• Bonus: value to the employer• Use of sample vs. real data• Possible inclusions: task lists, project
plans, status reports, budgets, workflows, case studies, specialty tools
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Other Elements• Job specific elements
– Code snippets– Performance graphs & charts
• Industry specific elements– Advertising copy– Blog posts
• Portfolios– Graphic arts– Music– Developed applications– Writing samples
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Software Tools
• Document editing – MS Word, MS Publisher– OpenOffice
• Mindmapper software – FreeMind
• Cut and paste from web– Windows &MS Paint– OSX screenshot keyboard commands
• Work sample software
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Managing Printing Costs• Short run: cheaper to outsource• Is your career management path likely to be
a short term one?• Selecting the right paper
– High gloss laser– Kelly: ~$20/ream (500)– Kinko’s: ~$1.25/page
• Cover materials and binding machine– ~$100 machine, $25 combs (100), $25 back
cover (25), $14 front cover (25)– More pages= higher cost– Kinko’s = ~$4/bind
• Printing and Printers– Office quality laser– $300-$500 buy in
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Recycling Document Components• Resume – LinkedIn, Recruiter
packet• Critical Skill Set – Marketing
Plan, Recruiter packet, Compensation packet
• Endorsements – LinkedIn, Recruiter packet, Compensation packet
• Work samples – Recruiter packet, Compensation packet
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The End Result
• More memorable• Interview assistance• More/better justification to hire you• Tools required to produce professional-grade
marketing copy• Recycled components
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This Presentation is Available Online
• http://www.jobgroup.org/curriculum
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