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Every year, Vince provides pro bono resume and interview support to graduates of the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program who will return to North America after serving as teachers and cross-cultural advisors to local Japanese municipalities and school systems.

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Teacher 

Storyteller Counselor 

• Former Associate Director,  Princeton Review of Japan • Created hundreds of resumes • Coached and conducted hundreds of interview sessions  

http://VincePrep.com/ 

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• A career educator, Vince graduated from Stanford University with a BA in history in 1992 and has been recognized with such honors as the Distinguished Teaching Award for the State of Louisiana and Non‐Profit Program of the Year for his direction of Newman Summerbridge in New Orleans. • While completing his MA in Educational Communication & Technology at NYU, Vince also served as a Founding Technologist at Columbia University's Center for New Media Teaching & Learning, where he taught professors how to effectively leverage technology into their courses. • Vince was originally brought to Tokyo in 2002 for a consulting project with Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW). • For five years, Vince was one of the most trusted and successful admissions counselors at Japan's largest graduate and MBA admissions service, where he jointly managed a million‐dollar counseling business. • In 2007, he started his own business after deciding he wanted to work with only the best students aiming for the top schools. • He teaches graduate engineering students at The University of Tokyo how to improve their public speaking and presentation skills. •   He is currently supporting two fellow Stanford graduates who are starting a new International School of Asia, Karuizawa (ISAK) http://isak.jp/isak/english/ 

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adapted from: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/guide/resumepitfalls.html 

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adapted from: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/guide/resumepitfalls.html 

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adapted from: http://web.mit.edu/career/www/guide/resumepitfalls.html 

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1st job 

2nd job  Present 

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Why are you insanely great? 

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Show me the money! 

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• Technical skills • Specialized training 

• IT skills (beyond MS Office) 

Certifications

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•  Languages: proficient in Japanese (Language Proficiency Test Certification ‐ Level II in 2008); business‐level Spanish (intermediate reading, writing & advanced speaking skills); conversational French; beginning Mandarin  

Languages

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• Don’t just list countries 

• What place do you know best?  

• Goal – start a great conversation 

Travel

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•  Volunteer organizer for Grassroots International to help 20 Japanese (27‐60 yrs old) during US exchange program 

•  Volunteer once per month to make picture books for children in Cambodia through Shanti International 

Community

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• Show teamwork & leadership potential 

• Endurance & human interest 

Sports

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• Publications? • Music? • Visual? 

Arts

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http://bit.ly/Vids_4JETs 

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http://delicious.com/admissions/interview 

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What you chose 

College / Major 

First job 

Current job 

What you learned 

Skill 1 

Skill 2 

Synthesis http://delicious.com/admissions/WMTYR 

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a  b  c 

http://delicious.com/admissions/interview 

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Problem  Action  Results 

http://delicious.com/admissions/par 

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http://delicious.com/admissions/par  

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http://delicious.com/admissions/par  

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http://delicious.com/admissions/par  

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http://delicious.com/admissions/Weakness 

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http://delicious.com/admissions/Weakness 

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adapted from: http://blog.emurse.com/2007/10/25/illegal‐interview‐questions 

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http://mbainterviews.blogspot.com/search/label/Q%2BA 

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http://mbainterviews.blogspot.com/2009/09/3questions.html 

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