Xtreme Beginnings Planning - Practice Job Interviews
In charge: Sharon Lawrence and Rob Whitley, Becky Thacker, Dorothy Wood, Joy Frankoff, Kathy Hall
Room Preparation
- We should have space for 88 5-foot tables for interviews in three rooms
- Recruit 40 people to conduct the interviews - Joy
- Recruit 40 people to conduct the interviews (two per CDC). Send contact info to Sharon - all CDCs
- Setup tables and chairs
- Red/green signs for tables - Rob
- Evaluation forms for each interviewer - Chris prints
- Number of students interviewing from each school to Sharon. - Chris
- Folder for each school to collect interview rating sheets - Chris
- Each grade level will be assigned a unique practice job interview room?
Orientation Session
- Gather all job interviewers into room 3.
- Orientation session can start as early as 9:15, and must be over by 9:40. (Leave time for interviewers to get ready before the student stampede.)
- Explain what Extreme Beginnings is and how this room fits into the big picture.
- Tell participants what to expect from the students
- Tell interviewers how to score students with/without résumés - Rob
- Distribute assessment to all interviewers
During Event
- Water for all -
- Each student will have 10 minutes for an interview.
- The interviewer will have 3-5 minutes after each interview to complete evaluation.
- All students should have a resume and be dressed to impress.
- Signs will be provided for the interviewer to indicate when they are ready for the next student - red and green cards - Rob
- Interviewers take a break when needed
- A person will be placed at each entrance each interview room.
- Distribute and collect assessment from participants
- Put completed interview rating sheets in school folders
After Event
- Clean up
- Thank participants
- Send assessments to Assessment Team
- Rating sheet folders go to CDCs
Floor plan for interview room (PDF 8 KB)
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