Careers Service 1 Group Exercises Katie Dallison Careers Adviser
Careers Service 2 Agenda The Application Process Four Seasons Case Study Feedback What are employers looking for? Tips and Traps Useful Resources
Careers Service 3 Application Process Application Form Phone Interview On line testing Interview Assessment Centre Interview Group Work Case Study E-Tray Presentation Psychometric Tests Job Offer!
Careers Service 4 Group exercises Discussion groups –Current affairs, business topics Task groups –Achieve a set goal as a group Group case studies –Business scenarios, may involve role play
Careers Service 5 The Four Seasons 30 mins to complete exercise then 5 minutes to present.
Careers Service 6 Someone who can: make regular contributions express themselves with clarity show original thinking influence the group (without dominating) acknowledge the views of others facilitate the discussion What was I looking for?
Careers Service 7 Behaving in groups InitiatingRespondingMaintaining Proposals & suggestions Contributing information Inviting contributions Listening, supporting, disagreeing Asking questions & clarifying Paraphrasing & summarising Getting on with practical tasks Keeping to time Keeping to the subject
Careers Service 8 feel "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Maya Angelou
Careers Service 9 Body Language Do you really know how you behave? Think about: Facial Expressions Posture Presence Interaction with others
Careers Service 10 Group exercises — Tips Watch and Learn – from others, from brief Listen – to all carefully so you can provide feedback, add to ideas Add – original ideas, necessary questions, enthusiasm Help – handle conflict, staying focused, keep to time Support – your ideas clearly, other team members
Careers Service 11 Useful Resources QM Careers Service 0centres/index.html Prospects ions__CVs_and_interviews/Tests_and_exercises/Assessment_c entres/p!eeXpllc ions__CVs_and_interviews/Tests_and_exercises/Assessment_c entres/p!eeXpllc Target Jobs:
Careers Service 12 Queen Mary Careers Service WG3 Queens Building – Opening times: Monday-Thursday10.30am-5pm Friday10.30am-4pm Drop-in sessions: Monday-Thursday10.30am-12.30pm 2.00pm-4.30pm Part of