Interview Questions Clients Should Be Prepared to Answer

There are certain questions that our clients are likely to be asked in their next interview. Make the best of your interview preparation time together by role playing with your clients their responses to the following questions.

-Tell me about yourself.
-Describe the key responsibilities in your last job.
-What did you like most and least about your last position?
-Describe a problem you had to recently solve.
-What are some of your weaknesses?
-In what ways are you uniquely suited for this position?
-Describe your personality and work style.
-What are your salary expectations?
-Why do you want to work here?

What would you add to the list?

Green Jobs

Members of all generations are enthusiastically talking about the “Green Economy”. Go to an O*NET special report “The Greening of the World of Work” (www.onetcenter.org) to learn more about occupations, recent trends, and workforce implications for each of following 12 green sectors.

Renewable Energy Generation
Transportation
Energy Efficiency
Green Construction
Energy Trading
Energy and Carbon Capture
Research, Design, and Consulting Services
Environment Protection
Agriculture and Forestry
Manufacturing
Recycling and Waste Reduction
Governmental and Regulatory Administration

KCEOC Visit

Today Carla and Caroline visited Shanna, Stephen, and Missy in Barbourville at the KCEOC office where their agency was holding a community open house. We enjoyed touring the office, doing some shopping at the KCEOC Community Craft Store, and eating Stephen's delicious soup. Yum!

Daniel Boone Visit

Today, Carla and Caroline visited the Daniel Boone Community Action Agency. We had no idea that the office was really on top of the mountain, lord knows how many feet above sea level. What a view though! And a lovely facility that was been completely remodeled. It was great to see Terrina, Phillip, Linda, JoAnn, Alesia, Linda, and Shirley. In our tour of Clay county we saw Red Bird Rock and Oneida Baptist Institute as well as some beautiful country. We know you are all excited about the new recycling center that will bring many jobs to your region.

Assessment Ideas

As GCDFs, we are always on the lookout for new assessment tools. Here is a link that certainly gave me a few new tools.

http://www.quintcareers.com/online_assessment_review.html

Northeast Visit

Carla and Caroline visited Brenda, Becky T., Bonnie, Stephanie, Missy, Becky R. this week at Northeast. Thanks for your wonderful hospitality and the delicious homemade pies from the Truck Stop featured on the Food Network. The community driving tour of Olive Hill and Grayson featured the two murals that youth worked on last summer and Carter Caves state park. Such a beautiful time of your in Kentucky.

NCDA Grad School Scholarships

The NBCC Foundation is offering grad school scholarships. Please note there is a rural area category. EKU and Lindey Wilson both have CACREP approved programs. For more information, go to:

www.nbccf.org/programs

November 1, 2009 early review deadline.