Career Preparation Workshop For Ngee Ann Polytechnic School of Engineering: Top 5 Corporate Survival Skills
Whether you are a first year or final year student, it is never too early to start planning for your career. In fact, the earlier you start, the better as you will have more preparation time. When one mentions career planning or career preparation, we instantly think of segments like career profiling, resume writing, interview skills and networking skills. If you mentioned any of these, you are definitely on the right track. Invited to share with the final year engineering students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in today’s special segment is one that encompasses all aspects of career preparation. …
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 …
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 …
The Art Of Conversation Talk For Ngee Ann Polytechnic Students
As a lifestyle coach, trainer and speaker all rolled into one, I speak many times a week to the extent that I have long exorcised the ghosts of stage fright. To me, I love the stage and I love crowds. The more, the merrier. So when I was told it would be a full-house crowd today, I was pleased. Very pleased indeed. And boy, you should have seen how packed the LT at Ngee Ann Polytechnic was this afternoon. Every seat in the 150 seater LT was taken and some students who came late had to contend to sit on …
Sharing Effective Communication Skills With Ngee Ann Polytechnic Students
It’s good to be back at LT73C. Following the overwhelming response from last year’s talk on the same topic is the refreshed edition of ‘The Art of Conversation’ for the students of Ngee Ann Polytechnic from the different academic schools such as engineering, business and film & media studies. I call it the refreshed edition because the materials are updated, revised and even more interesting. From the steady stream of students who entered the LT, it was evident that many had signed up with their friends or classmates. With the numbers coming in fast and furious, the seats were soon filled and …