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Agenda for 05.19.08

This will be our last class meeting. You may bring snacks and drinks for your "waiting in the lobby time" while watching "The Pursuit of Happiness." Those who need to interview, need to be ready with required materials and look/behave professionally.

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NONE!!!!!!!!! YOU ARE DONE!!!!!

Agenda for 05.16.08

• Finals presentation - The Job Interview - Round 1

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• Round 2 - get ready!

Agenda for 05.15.08

• Finish practicing interview questions with several partners
• Take any last questions on final exam (the interview itself)

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• We start finals tomorrow! Check your confirmation letter! Bring resume and reference page. Be prepared and look/act professional.

Agenda for 05.14.08

• Print up resumes and references - last call!
• Pass out interview time slots and rubric for final
• Interviewing skit
• Discuss and go over Interviewing 101 packet with Powerpoint presentation
• Practice Interviewing w/ "stranger" (if time)

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• Get ready for interview

Agenda for 05.13.08

• Finish typing up resume - turn in for teacher commentary
• Create Reference pages

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• Finish up resume and reference page

Agenda for 05.12.08

• Type up resumes and references in lab

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• resume and references (if not finshed)

05.09.08

Field trip to The King Center

Agenda for 05.08.08

• Warm-up
• Analyze former students' resumes for strenghths and weakenesses
• Revise and edit our own resumes

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• Revise and edit our own resumes

Agenda for 05.07.08

• Warm-up
• Create model resume as a class
  • focus on vivid verbs in Work Experiences and exciting adjective use in Objective section

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• Reference list - 1st draft

Agenda for 05.07.08

• Warm-up
• Create model resume as a class
  • focus on vivid verbs in Work Experiences and exciting adjective use in Objective section

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• Reference list - 1st draft