Career Guidance Session

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Job Openings: Where & How

Personal contacts School career planning and placement offices Education Fairs Internship Fairs Job Fairs National and local newspapers Professional journals Trade magazines Internet resources Professional associations Private employment agencies and career consultants

Interested to Continue Your Education in the United States?

Educational Opportunities Attending Education Fairs Learning about the educational programs in the

United States by viewing EducationUSA webpage:

EducationUSA.state.gov Attending the General Admission Session held

at the EducationUSA advising center at AMIDEAST

The “Admissions Package” Application form and fee Transcript or School Records TOEFL SAT/GRE/GMAT scores Recommendation letters Statement of Purpose Portfolio Writing Sample Proof of financial capability Work experience (graduates) Interview

What About Your Resume?

Identification Data Career Objective Educational Background Employment Experience Activities Skills References (often not included in CV)

Resume

Types of Resumes

Education Purpose Resume

Functional

Chronological

Resume For Education Purposes Add your latest and highest level of education Grades or GPA For students graduated in the past three years or more

need to add academic honors or extracurricular leadership roles

Graduation dates could be optional especially with long years of experience

Training and internship experience Work experience

Functional Resume A functional résumé lists work experience Skills sorted by skill area or job function Matching the person to the job offer This format directly emphasizes specific professional

capabilities and utilizes experience summaries as its primary means of communicating professional competency

Useful for people switching careers Useful for jobs that need special skills or unique

personal traits

Chronological Resume A chronological resumé itemizes a candidate's job

experiences in reverse chronological order The most common resumé layout in use In using this format, the main body of the document

becomes the Professional Experience section, starting from the most recent experience going chronologically backwards through a succession of previous experience

The chronological résumé works to build credibility through experience gained, while illustrating career growth over time

Organizing Your Resume

Do…….. Research companies/positions before preparing your

resume or CV Focus on your Career Objectives Customize your CV for the job target Keep it focused and concise. Entry Level – 1 (2 max.)

page 10 to 15 years of experience: 2-3 pages Present yourself accurately and positively. Back up

accomplishments with figures

Do………. Use action verbs and specifics to describe your

experience Use active, energetic language Use basic formatting. Don’t get overly fancy with

italics, graphics, Ensure that the CV is error-free before submitting it Get someone else to look at it Print it on good quality A4 paper Emphasize numerical accomplishments: time saved,

money saved, amounts

Don’t…………..

Exaggerate or lie

Add any abbreviations

Use colored paper

Add any redundant information

Add irrelevant information (hobbies, marital status etc.)

Add any unnecessary words like “duties include,” or

“responsible for”

Career Guidance In University: Whom To Approach

International student offices

Internship Fairs

College Fairs

Optional Practical Training

Interviewing Tips

Career Guidance: Interviews Train yourself on your responses

Know your audience

Talk to alumni

Learn the exact timing

Prepare your resume

Dress code

Be there on time

If by phone: make sure to train your tone of voice and your response speed and

quality

If via Skype: make sure to test your PC and learn if it is a video call or a voice call

Case Studies

CASE Study Day 1: Most Popular Interview Questions

Mohamed graduated with high records: 96% from a technical middle institute. He developed interest to apply

to the United States. The Unity Scholarship seeks potential candidates with high GPAs and excellent well

rounded characters, as well as people who developed skills in the field of development and social

entrepreneurship, to complete their Bachelor degree in the United States in the related field and Mohamed

applied to Unity Scholarship.

Mohamed’s field interest is in automotive technology but he applied to Unity Scholarship. Although his grades

are excellent, he did not own much extracurricular activities / volunteer work during college. Despite the fact,

Unity Scholarship invited Mohamed for an interview.

Mohamed was asked two important questions:

In two groups, one volunteer will play the role of Mohamed from one group and two volunteers from

the second group will play the role of the committee members.

The panelists should prepare two questions ask Mohamed the two important questions.

Develop the two questions, and allow Mohamed to introduce the response.

10 mins for preparations and 10 mins for presentation.

CASE Study Day Two: Introducing a Scholarship

Introduce a scholarship eligibility criteria.

Your organization offered a $150 million scholarship to fund 10 students to

study at Community Colleges in the United States, in the fields of

agriculture, biotechnology and water environmental technology.

In two groups A and B:

Group A: role is to bring out the eligibility criteria,

Group B: develop the possible admission requirements relative to the

scholarship.

20mins for preparations and 10 mins for presentation.

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