This column shares strategies for implementing a technology-based intervention within secondary special education transition services. "Virtual Interview Training for Transition-Age Youth" is a web-based job interview training that uses educational content and virtual hiring managers to help teach job interview skills. Eight support…

Provides administrators with 14 tips on job hunting. (IRT)

Outlined are three methods for preparing secondary special education students for job interviews. (CL)

This checklist of interview questions is offered as a resource from which to draw a common base for evaluating applicants for teaching positions. (MJL)

Offers a seven-point qualification checklist that covers a candidate's enthusiasm, poise, knowledge, experience, references, education, and adaptability. (IRT)

This paper provides suggestions for obtaining a job--specifically, filling out employment applications, writing resumes, and going to job interviews. It lists tips for completing employment applications and includes samples of resumes as well as a step-by-step list of things to include in a resume. The section on employment interviews includes a…

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)

Suggests areas of questioning that an administrator might pursue in interviewing a candidate for a teaching job. (IRT)

Suggests guidelines for hiring reading teachers. Identifies four qualities to look for in prospective reading teachers: knowledge base; interpersonal skills and attitudes; teaching ability; and organization and management skills. (RS)

Offers principals advice in two broad areas when it comes to hiring school counselors: understanding the changing role of the school counselor, and employing up-to-date selection criteria and methods. (RS)

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…

The job-seeking process involves two stages: mechanics--decision making, application, interviewing; and "i-can-ics"--developing good attitudes, self-confidence, and salesmanship. (SK)

To assist the youthful learner of English as a second language in dealing with job interviews, a series of dialogs, comprehension questions, readings, and points of discussion are presented. The text is illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings. (JB)

A beginning teacher's audiovisual portfolio would give the prospective employer a clear idea of the applicant's actual teaching style and ability. (Author/MLF)

Based on interviews with employers of alumni from a vocational-technical school, instructors discuss the importance of an employment interview, stressing composure, preparation, appropriate business-like attire, importance of a resume, and personality and attitude. (TA)