The Hiring Process - Day 3

Mock Interviews Today!

In your pairs, you will take turns being the interviewer. When you are interviewing your partner, make sure you take notes on their responses. You will need to hand in this note sheet at the end of class. I am not expecting perfect spelling and grammar on these note sheets.

Once you have completed your mock interview (as both the interviewer and the interviewee) you need to write a small report on the following:

1. Your Role as the Interviewer

• In one paragraph ( 5-8 sentences), explain whether or not you would hire the person you interviewed. You must provide proof (from the interview notes) to support your decision. Be as detailed as possible.
• Give one example of something the interviewee did well (1 sentence).
• Give one example of something the interviewee could improve upon (1 sentence).

2. Your Role as the Interviewee

• Describe to me what you did well in the interview (2 sentences or less). 
• Describe to me what you could have improved upon (2 sentences or less).

3. Email in a logbook entry showing that you have completed today’s tasks.

• Do NOT attach a word document to your logbook email. Just copy/paste the text into the email.

4. Hand in your interview note sheet to Ms. McGill.

The Hiring Process - Day 2

If you have not already finished the Day 1 tasks, you must do so before proceeding to the Day 2 tasks.

Tasks for today:

1. Using the interview questions you created last day, create an interview note taking sheet.

• Create a new word document and copy/paste the interview questions you wrote last day into it.
• Format the word document to look like the picture below. The picture only has three questions shown, but you will need to have ten questions.
• Make sure to leave enough space after each question so you will be able to write notes.
• Once you are done, print the word document to C171 and pick it up from the printer. 
• Do not lose these pieces of paper as you will need them next day for the mock interview.

2. Answer your own interview questions.

• Make yourself sound as appealing as possible.
• Use examples from your own life.
• Be detailed! For questions that require longer answers, try to write at least 3 sentences.

3. At the end of an interview, the interviewee is usually given the chance to ask their potential employer some questions about the job they are applying for. If you were applying to work at The Cave, list two questions that you would ask the interviewer.

4. Email in a logbook entry showing that you have completed today’s tasks.

• This includes the answers to your own interview questions and the two questions you created to ask the interviewer.
• Do NOT attach the word documents to your logbook email. Just copy/paste the text into the email.

The Hiring Process - Day 1

Over the next three classes we will be looking at how the hiring process works in a small business such as The Cave. We will be looking at what kind of employee The Cave needs, how to advertise that The Cave is hiring, and creating interview questions and taking part in a mock interview.

On Friday we will be having the mock interviews. You will be paired with another person in the class and will interview each other. The interviews will take no longer than 20 minutes each. More details will be given next class.

All of the assignments  this week are to be done individually. It is possible to complete all your work in class but if you are unable to, it is your responsibility to finish it as homework.

If you have not completed a logbook entry for the staff meeting, please see the previous blog post and complete it before the end of class.

Please keep all of your work in a word document. You will be needing it for the next two classes.

Tasks for today:

1. Create a list of five attributes a Cave employee should have. 
• For each attribute, provide an explanation as to why that attribute is important. The explanation should be at least two sentences.
• For Example: Angry – Customers are only happy when the person serving them is extremely angry. This guarantees that the customer will return because they will want to confront the angry server.
2. Create a daily service announcement (DSA) for the GWG morning announcements to advertise that The Cave is hiring. 
• The announcement should be less than four sentences. 
• You need to include one sentence indicating that interested students should see Ms. Cho for an application form. 
• Try to make the job sound as appealing as possible.
3. Create a list of ten interview questions that you see as being well suited to finding an appropriate employee for The Cave. 
• There are a lot of great resources online that can help you with this. 
• Make sure that the questions will determine if the person has the five attributes you listed in the first task. 
• Try to avoid yes/no questions. Instead look for questions that are open ended and require the person being interviewed to talk a bit.
4. Email the above completed tasks to Ms.McGill. This will be your logbook entry for today.
• Do NOT attach the word document to your email. Just copy and paste what you have completed directly into the email.

Staff Meeting Logbook Entry

For the staff meeting last Thursday, you need to complete a logbook entry.

o  Subject Line: 2013 Oct 3 @A_Firstname

o  Include a description of everything you did to contribute towards your department's staff meeting presentation.

o  Give yourself a mark out of 5 based on your contribution to your department and how well you think you did.

§  Giving yourself a mark of 5/5 means that you: used your free time wisely during the last three classes (completing tasks set out my the department leader or researching what your department is in charge of), contributed a large portion of the work completed by your department, spoke during the presentation and were respectful of other class members when they were presenting.