Over the last eight years, the University of Virginia Partnership for Leaders in Education (UVA/PLE) has partnered with over 50 districts and state education agencies across the country to embark on high-level change at the state, district, and school levels through the use of leader competencies. This guide calls upon practice-based experience,…

Looking for a job can be a challenging experience. It helps to have a positive attitude and to be well prepared for every aspect of the job search. This tipsheet uses information from the NTID (National Technical Institute for the Deaf) Center on Employment (NCE) at Rochester Institute of Technology/National Technical Institute for the Deaf and…

An in-depth examination of the employment interview process is described in this document. The stated purpose of this manual is to help the interviewer understand his responsibilities, minimize interviewing mistakes, learn a systematic interview format, develop questioning techniques, design relevant and legal questions, and evaluate candidates…

This booklet describes techniques used to make a positive impact in a job interview. A list of nonverbal behaviors (such as handshake and dress) is given. The job seeker is to use this list to differentiate between positive and negative behaviors. The attitudes, nonverbal behaviors, and verbal responses needed by the effective interviewee are…

This booklet is a job interview preparation guide. Suggestions focus on knowing the prospective employer and knowing one's self. Thirty-one resources containing employer identification information for job seekers are described and noted. The step-by-step method of mounting a referral campaign with its advantages and disadvantages is described.…

The author presents guidelines for designing and conducting a "tailored interview," that is, an interview in which the applicant is screened for a specific job. (Author)

The key to successful college recruiting is a well-organized university relations program. The author outlines how to improve university relations. (Author/HMV)

This document presents a description of guidelines for the employment of auxiliaries or teacher aides. Among the areas discussed are tha following: (a) suggested methods for recruiting potential teacher aides; (b) the qualifications needed for the position; (c) hiring procedures (recommended are an initial interview, trial participatory experience…

Discusses the task of job seekers: selecting a job, an employer, and selling themselves to the employer as the best person for the job. Principals derived from salesmanship can be applied to this job search method including the art of persuasion and the selling process. (RC)

Guidelines are given to the jobseeker on preparation for and proper conduct during a job interview. Suggestions are made for helping students to get ready for the interview experience. (SJL)

This student booklet is fourth in an illustrated series of eleven learning activity packets for use in teaching job hunting and application procedures and the management of wages to secondary students. Two units are included in this packet, one covering proper dress and grooming for the interview, and the other appearance on the job. Suggestions…

What is the right job for a person? Where is it? How does he find it? The answer to one or more of these questions is essential to anyone looking for a job. This booklet is designed to help you answer these questions in order to help yourself find and hold the right job for you. Job hunting is more difficult for those who do not follow a planned…

Describes some little-discussed elements of the job interview, including what people should say, how they should say it, stage fright, tough questions, and interview order. (RL)

The purpose of this booklet is to aid high school and college instructors in designing and teaching units or courses in the fundamentals of informational and employment interviewing. The theory section of this work provides a definition of related communications principles, and an analysis of the dynamics of informational and employment…

This interviewing guide, one of a series, is designed to acquaint employment counselors and interviewers with the nature of mental retardation and to assist in understanding the implications for employment. It is intended as a supplement to existing employment service materials, to aid the counselor or interviewer in recognizing the potential of…