How To Prepare For EAE Polytechnic Group Interview
If you always thought an interview was nerve-wrecking, then you probably haven’t been through a group interview. As the name suggests, a group interview refers to a setting where you are put together with other candidates in the same room in front of the interviewers. Under such a circumstance, the stress level is doubled or tripled. After all, a group interview does resemble ‘Survivor’, the reality hit TV show, where contestants pit their wits against each other to emerge victorious. It’s that time of the year again when the winds of the Early Admission Exercise (EAE) start blowing into the …
How To Tackle The Job Interview Questions So As To Avoid A Potential Disaster?
I know how you are feeling right now with all the pre-interview jitters. It’s common. But here’s the good news – do you know you can minimise such jitters by learning how to answer some of the most commonly asked questions sensibly? And it does make sense to prepare yourself adequately for an interview. After all, many others are also vying for that coveted position. So maximise your chances and up your aces today! Fresh from teaching an interview skills workshop at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), let us explore how you should be increasing your success at interviews by tackling …
The 3 Untold Truths About The Job Interview
People always lament that interview is a tough act to crack. Well, not necessarily so. Instead of fretting over the interview and the interviewers who are supposedly hell-bent on making your 15 to 20 minutes a living misery, think otherwise. Pause and take a step back. With greater clarity, you will realise the interview is actually a culmination of 3 factors. I call them the 3 untold truths. If you are able to master these 3 untold truths, then you will be smiling your way to the employment contract letter. Truth #1: You Are Giving A Presentation With A Clear …
How To Create The Perfect Resume?
Looking at the 77 eagle-eyed students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic who have come to spend their precious Saturday with me reminds me so much of my own days back then when I was still a student. Aptly titled the resume writing and interview skills workshop, this is the highlight for every student as he or she enters the final year very soon. I find it a true honour to be invited to do this workshop again. Because I know if every student learns the art of crafting a good resume, it will make a huge difference in whatever path …
3 Commonly Asked Job Interview Questions: The Ngee Ann Polytechnic Resume Writing And Interview Skills Workshop
Hey, congrats! So I heard you were invited to your first job interview. Well, that’s a positive start. But wait, do you know that many fail to make it past this stage? I’m not trying to scare you but it’s true. As a seasoned ex-human resource manager who hired and fired back in my corporate days, I can tell you this is the truth. And here I am sharing this truth and other more insights with the students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Health Sciences (Nursing) in this instalment of the resume writing and interview skills workshop. Nothing hurts …
5 Tips To Boost Your Chance At Getting A Job
The hard truth is even if you graduate from school with sterling grades, getting a dream job in today’s society is no longer a given, let alone an easy task. In fact, some more popular job openings see fierce competition resulting in overwhelming job applications. Sharing this reality with the students of Siglap Secondary School this morning may sound harsh. But it definitely beats thinking everything is rosy. The bottomline is that one has to be 100% prepared so as to boost his chance at getting a job. If you fail to prepare, then do be prepared to fail. …
3 Tips To Boost Your Confidence At The Interview
There is a very thin line between being confident and appearing complacent. Confidence is about finding a happy balance between complacency (“I am the best thing that’s going to happen to your organization if you hire me”) and passivity (“Well…I’m really not sure how I will perform on the job…I’ll just try my best I guess.”) Translated into the interview room, candidates have to strike a delicate balance between staying in control (of the situation) and treating the interview session as a two-way communication process (remember: nobody is going to eat you up!) I’m back on a Saturday to …
Resume Writing And Interview Skills Workshop For Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Many times in life, we need to introduce ourselves to others. And most of us are lost for words. Thus, it is always wise to prepare and get oneself ready for anything that might happen in the near future. Especially if you are applying for a job… Welcome to today’s resume writing and interview skills workshop for Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Designed specially for the final year students of the School of Health Sciences (who will be graduating with a Diploma in Nursing), it was gratifying to see the 297 students come back on a Saturday to spend half the …
Mock Job Interview For East Spring Secondary School
Today’s the D-day. ‘D’ stands for decision day. Today’s the day the students put everything together and demonstrate their competence in all the various modules that they have learnt over the last four days, ranging from body shapes, colour analysis, skincare, makeup and social etiquette skills. From all my past workshops, I know the students will do well because grooming is more of an art and not a science. Combing the various elements and coming up with a fresh, new look is perhaps what excites me most. As their trainer, it is my pride and joy to see all transformed (the …