Monday, January 4 Introduction ot inteviews

 

Learning Target: I can analyze the purpose of information, so as to propel a conversation by posing and responding to questions that probe reasoning and evidence, ensuring a full range of positions on a topic or issue; clarify, verify or challenge ideas and conclusions; and promote divergent and creative perspectives.

10 Great Tips for Keeping  Your Resolutions This Year The new year feels like a new beginning, which is why so many people often set lofty resolutions during these times. While this practice can sometimes lead people to bite off more than they can chew, going after resolutions can also present great opportunities to overcome struggles with willpower, determination, and ingenuity. So, what can you do to make it more likely that you will keep your next resolution? The following tips may help you beat the odds. 1. Choose a Specific Goal Choosing a concrete, achievable goal also gives you the opportunity to plan exactly how you are going to accomplish (and stick to) your goal over the course of the year. 2. Limit Your Resolutions          Focus on one goal at a time While you might have a long list of potential New Year's resolutions, Richard Wiseman, a professor of psychology at Hertfordshire University, suggests that you pick just one and focus your energies on it rather than spreading yourself too thin among a number of different objectives. 3. Put Time Into Planning                   Make a Detailed Plan Creating a detailed written plan can help you stick to your goal. Why is this stage so critical for success? For one thing, it allows you to consider what tactics you will use when you're faced with challenges. 4. Start With Small Steps       Small steps lead to success  While it may seem like a slow start, these small incremental changes make it easier to stick to your new healthy habits and increase the likelihood of long-term success 5.  Avoid Repeating Past Failures If you do choose to reach for the same goals you've tried for in the past, spend some time evaluating your previous results. Which strategies were the most effective? Which were the least effective? What has prevented you from keeping your resolution in past years? 6. Remember That Change Is a Process Those unhealthy or undesired habits that you are trying to change probably took years to develop, so how can you expect to change them in just a matter of days, weeks, or months? Be patient with yourself. Understand that working toward your resolution is a process. Even if you make a misstep or two, you can restart and continue on your journey towards your goal. 7. Get Support Yes, you've probably heard this advice a million times, but that is because the buddy system actually works. Having a solid support system can help you stay motivated and accountable.6 Camaraderie makes sticking to your resolution more fun, too. So, ideally, find a like-minded pal or loved one to join you in your goal. 8. Renew Your Motivation During the first days of a New Year's resolution, you will probably feel confident and highly motivated to reach your goal. Because you haven't really faced any discomfort or temptation associated with changing your behavior, making this change might seem all too easy. Find sources of inspiration can keep you going when times get tough. 9. Keep Working on Your Goals By March, many people have lost that initial spark of motivation that they had in January. Keep that inspiration alive by continuing to work on your goals, even after facing setbacks. If your current approach is not working, reevaluate your strategies, and develop a new plan. Being flexible with your plan—and even your end goal—will help you be successful. Consider a resolution journal 10. Learn and Adapt Encountering a setback is one of the most common reasons why people give up on their New Year's resolutions. If you suddenly relapse into a bad habit, don't view it as a failure. The path toward your goal is not always a straight one, and there will often be challenges along the way.7 Instead, view relapses as learning opportunities. ##################################################### Business: End of quarter 2: January 29 All grades are up-to-date. Please check to see, if I have made any errors. New Unit: Interviews. In the chat, define what is the  purpose of an interview?   Received responses equal in class  participation grade. Go!

Class directions: 1. read through the definition of an interview and the types of interviews.

                           2. Note specifically the objective behind the interview style

                           3. Please respond to the 7 questions that follow this information.

                           4. This is due by midnight tonight for full credit.

                            

                            Thank you.

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What is an Interview?

Meaning of interview: The word interview comes from Latin and middle French words meaning to “see between” or “see each other”. Generally, interview means a private meeting between people when questions are asked and answered. 

So, an interview is formal meetings between two people (the interviewer and the interviewee) where questions are asked by the interviewer to obtain information, qualities, attitudes, wishes etc.

Types of Interviews

1. Personal interviews: Personal interviews include:
   • Selection of the employees
   • Promotion of the employees
   • Retirement and resignation of the employees
   Of course, this type of interview is designed to obtain information through discussion and observation about how well the interviewer will perform on the job.
2. Evaluation interviews: The interviews which take place annually to review the progress of the interviewee are called the evaluation interviews. Naturally, it is occurring between superiors and subordinates. The main objective of this interview is to find out the strengths and weaknesses of the employees.
3. Persuasive interviews: This type of interview is designed to sell someone a product or an idea. When a sales representative talk with a target buyer, persuasion takes the form of convincing the target that the product or idea meets a need.
4. Structured interviews: Structured interviews tend to follow formal procedures; the interviewer follows a predetermined agenda or questions.
5. Unstructured interviews: When the interview does not follow the formal rules or procedures. It is called an unstructured interview. The discussion will probably be free flowing and may shift rapidly form on subject to another depending on the interests of the interviewee and the interviewer.
6. Counseling interviews: This may be held to find out what has been troubling the workers and why someone has not been working.
7. Disciplinary interviews: Disciplinary interviews are occurring when an employee has been accused of breaching the organization’s rules and procedures.
8. Stress interviews: It is designed to place the interviewee in a stress situation in order to observe the interviewees reaction.
9. Public interviews: These include political parties’ radio-television and newspaper.
10. Informal or conversational interview: In the conversational interview, no predetermined questions are asked, in order to remain as open and adaptable a possible to the interviewee’s nature and priorities; during the interview the interviewer “goes with the flow”.
11. General interview guide approach: The guide approach is intended to ensure that the same general areas of information are collected from each interviewee this provides more focus than the conversational approach but still allows a degree of freedom and adaptability in getting the information from the interviewee.
12. Standardized or open-ended interview: Here the same open-ended questions are asked to all interviewees; this approach facilitates faster interviews faster interviews that can be more easily analyzed and compared.
13. Closed or fixed-response interview: It is an interview where all interviewers ask the same questions and asked to choose answers from among the same set of alternatives. This formal is useful for those not practiced in interviewing.

Please send along your responses to the following questions, which are based upon the above information.

A. 1. What type of interview would someone use on the telephone to elicit your thoughts on a particular product?

2. What type of interview would one have if called to Ms. Aspenleiter's office?

3. What type of interview would one have if the representative of a political candidate stopped you at the mall to talk about an impending election?

4. What type of interview would a couple have who wished to work out difficulties in their relationship?

5. What type of interview do the late night television hosts conduct?

6. What type of interview would the human resource representative conduct when someone is applying for a position in the company? 

7. What type of interview would the mayor of Gotham City give when discussing the latest crime wave?