Career Services
Where is the online job and internship board?
Where do employers post jobs and internships for HCC students?
A document created by an individual that details their background, skills and abilities.
What is a resume?
True or false: Once you start on a career pathway you cannot change directions.
FALSE - you can always make changes to your career based on current interests and life events!
15 minutes before the interview
What is how soon before the interview should you arrive?
A type of interview question in which you are asked to provide examples from your past that show you have the experience and skills to do the job
What is a behavioral interview?
An assessment used to help students identify careers and possible majors
What is Focus-2?
A position that you complete in order to gain hands-on experience and apply skills learned in the classroom
What is an internship?"
Technology used by employers to look for keywords on your resume that match the job's requirements.
What are Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS)?
A suit or clean shirt/blouse with pants, polished shoes
What should you wear to an interview?
A brief overview of your education, work experience, and skills at the beginning of an interview. Used to answer the question, "Tell me about yourself."
What is an "elevator pitch" or 60-second commercial?
The location of Career Services
What is the 3rd floor of the Starbucks building?
What is RCF 302?
A social media platform for networking
What is LinkedIn?
Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional
What are the 6 major occupational themes developed by Dr. John Holland?
DAILY DOUBLE
Information you should research about the company prior to your interview
What is the company's mission, workplace culture, products and services?
A database produced by the US Department of Labor that includes salary ranges so you will know how to answer questions about your desired salary.
What is O*NET (www.onetonline.org)
An event with many employers in a large room or virtual space to recruit people for job openings and internships
What is a job fair?
DAILY DOUBLE
Contacting friends, relatives, and neighbors to get leads on job openings and career advice
What is networking?
1 of the 3 assessments useful for career planning offered by Career Services
What is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or MBTI?
What is Focus-2?
What is the Strong Interest Inventory?
Observing someone on the job in order to learn about a certain occupation
What is job shadowing?
It is what you should always do within 24-48 hours after an interview
What is write a thank-you email?
A formal meeting with someone in your desired career field to get career advice or to find out what a job is like
What is an informational interview?
The information under your name in your LinkedIn profile that describes your expertise and job targets
What is a headline?
The process of communicating nonverbally through conscious or unconscious gestures (facial expressions, hand gestures, posture, etc.)
What is body language?
A type of interview question when an employer presents you with a scenario and asks you what you would do
What is a situational interview question?
A strategy for answering behavioral interview questions
What is CAR or STAR?
CAR = Circumstance, Action, Results OR
STAR = Situation, Task, Action, Results