Training Session Plan: Job Interview Preparation
This training package is about the ability to dress for success in terms of attire for the formal job interview. The training session will span the duration of one hour and include the implementation of the skills needed to understand the importance of one's personal appearance during an interview, better understand the contents of a professional wardrobe, best express an air of personality and professionalism through job interview attire, and implement these tools into real-world interview settings in order to achieve better interviewer perception and additionally better job offer prospects.
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Information for the trainer
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Supporting information
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Course design
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Introduction
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Assessment
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Conclusion
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Session plan
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References
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Job Interview Preparation
Dressing for the Job Interview
Information for the Trainer
Supporting Information
Appropriately presenting oneself in the context of a formal job interview is a skill that is based largely on one's personal appearance. As individuals, including job interviewers, base their opinions of people largely upon their first perception, one's physical appearance in an interview may be of equal importance to the communicative context of the interview itself. In understanding this fact, prospective interviewees can gain helpful insight into the ways in which they can better present themselves at an interview in terms of their clothing and overall physical appearance.
Learning Objectives:
Upon successful completion of the training session, participants should be able to:
1. understand the importance of one's personal appearance during an interview
2. better understand the contents of a professional wardrobe
3. best express an air of personality and professionalism through job interview attire
Location
Handicap-accessible room as per Australian educational guidelines (McCallum 2006, pp. 41).
Room must be large enough to accommodate students in an area of observation as well as provide adequate space for a "mock office" in which sample interviews can be held during the training session
Easily accessible toilet facilities (Grumbine 2010, pp.369)
Adequate ventilation (Grumbine 2010, pp.369)
Adequate temperature (Grumbine 2010, pp.369)
Access to electricity throughout the room in the case of trainee-usage of laptops or other personal technological items
Layout
Table at the front of room for trainer that will further be utilized for "mock interview" during session to aid in the utilization of skills (Harrison 2011, pp.58)
Set of two chairs facing training table for interviewees to sit in during "mock interview" session
Desks or chairs set up in a semi-circle around the training desk for better visualization and participation from trainees during the session (Wright 2011, pp.24).
Equipment
Projector
Screen
Laptop
Writing Materials
Pictures
Questionnaires
Sample Outfit for Men
Sample Outfit for Women
Materials
Copy of power-point presentation with notes sections
Pens/Pencils
Sample pictures portraying inappropriate and appropriate interview attire
Questionnaires regarding general beliefs about personal appearance and job acquisition to be distributed at the beginning of training session
Special Actions before Session
Trainees should be encouraged to attend training session in attire compatible with what each trainee would respectively wear to a formal job interview
Participant level should be kept at a number between 10-15 to ensure full participation in the training session and the ability for questions and comments to be posed after material presentation without significant time constraint
Course Design
This training session has been set in place for adult job seekers, so it is important that the trainer:
Provide the information necessary in a manner that is easy to follow during the training session and easily applicable to everyday use
Provide the necessary resources and statistics applicable to the noted relationship between physical appearance, interview success and job acquisition (Morgan 2011, pp. 13).
Allow participants to speak freely and engage in conversation as to provide a basis for self-implementation of the skills learned within the training course
Introduction
The introduction provides the basis for the training course and should:
Welcome the trainees in an inviting manner
Provide trainees with an orientation of the subject at hand as well as a deeper understanding of how such training can improve interview success and job prospects
Identifies session objectives
Encourages open discussion
Motivates the trainees to engage in the skills being presented based on the success rates that such actions have on interview performance and job prospects. An example of what to say to trainees follows:
"Too many people go to job interviews without the basic knowledge of clothing in regards to the interview process. For instance, wearing excessive jewelry, makeup or inappropriate or skimpy clothing will get interviewees noticed but not hired. One needs to both dress and speak for success" (Stuart 2008, pp.40).
"Research has shown that there is a significant correlation between the clothing one wears and the respective interviewer's decision to hire" (Forsythe 1990, pp.1579).
"The way we dress has a major impact on the people we meet professionally or socially; it communicates a great deal about our competence, in turn greatly affecting...
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