A short presentation on how to prepare job interviews as college grads

1. Vincent Nguyen
Business Communication 201 Section 006
12/04/14

2.  Why should you prepare for job interviews?
 Tips for success
◦ Getting Experience
◦ Researching
◦ Dressing

3.  Interview is one of the most important part
toward your career path
 Class of 2014 stronger than 2013
◦ Employers expected to hire 7.8% more college
grads (National Association of Colleges and
Employers, 2013)
http://head4success.com/?page_id=716

5.  Community Service
◦ Volunteer
 Internships
◦ 94% of colleges of business offer some type of
internship (Rigsby, Addy, & Polledo, p. 1131, 2014)
◦ 3 out of 4 employers prefer to hire new graduates
with work experience (National Association of
Colleges and Employers, 2013).
 Informational interviews

6.  Applied position
◦ Qualifications, preferred skills, responsibilities
(Lazarus, 2004)
 Company website
◦ Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc.
 Common interview questions
◦ 60 second elevator speech
◦ Formulate your own questions
http://www.interview-questions.org/

7. http://theproactiveprofessional.com/2013/06/13/dressing-for-a-job-interview/

8.  Get experience in the field
 Research thoroughly of the company
 Choose the appropriate dress

9.  Fisher, A. (2014, January 10). 4 ways to help your
college kid find a job. Retrieved November 5, 2014, from
http://fortune.com/2014/01/10/4-ways-to-help-your-college-kid-find-
a-job/
 Lazarus, A. (2004). Preparation is Key to Successful Job Interviews. Physician
Executive, 30(3), 48-50.
 Rigsby, J., Addy, N., & Polledo, D. (2013). An examination of internships and
job opportunities. The Journal of Applied Business Research, 29(4),
1131-1143.
 The job outlook for the class of 2014. (2013, September 13). Retrieved
November 5, 2014, from
http://www.naceweb.org/uploadedFiles/Pages/MyNACE/grab_and_go/
students/job-outlook-2014-student-version.pdf