节目资讯
刊物:空中英语教室
日期:2013-02-26
难易度:Medium
关键字:consultancy, applicant, teamwork, distinguish, competitor, recruiter,
C-level
Hello, and welcome to Studio Classroom.
I'm your teacher Gabe.
I'm Carolyn.
And I'm Nathanael.
And we're glad you could join us for our second day of this lesson: What Do
Employers Want to Hear in an Interview?
What questions should you be prepared to ask?
You need to ask the right questions.
Well, today we're going to look at some different tips, some different questions
you might ask in an interview.
Sometimes a question you ask could open up a whole new conversation.
Nathanael, has that ever happened for you?
Well, yeah.
When you ask a question, who knows what may happen and at the most unexpected
times.
I asked a very normal question to a friend not too long ago.
And they, all of the sudden, were kind of shy, and they didn't want to answer my
question because of something that had recently happened.
I didn't know about it.
So it was OK for me to ask, but they just didn't want to answer.
Interesting.
So that could happen in a personal setting, too.
Carolyn, has this ever happened for you in a job setting?
It has.
I've made a mistake of asking a question to a manager, "Oh. Well, how is that
project going?" And the project isn't finished.
So I get extra work and make sure it gets done.
Oh, no, because you showed interest in the project, he let you do some of the
project.
Well, better be careful with the questions that you ask.
But we're going to learn how to ask the right questions today.
So let's get started with the first reading for today.
(Music).
What Questions Do Employers Want to Hear in an Interview?
The right questions to ask.
Alan Guinn, managing director and CEO of The Guinn Consultancy Group, works with
employers every day.
He recommends that recruiters listen for these 10 questions from job applicants
to see if they've done their homework and truly want the position:
1. What are some of the ways your company encourages teamwork?
2. We all know how important job satisfaction is to everyone.
Is the company committed to promotion from within?
3. I love your published mission and values.
How are these reflected in day-to-day life at the company?
Can you share some examples?
(Music).
We've heard three very good questions so far - how to ask the right questions in
a job interview.
We begin by reading: Alan Guinn, managing director and CEO of The Guinn
Consultancy Group, works with employers every day.
That is wonderful.
We see a key word there.
It is "consultancy." It's kind of a big word, yes.
But Carolyn, can you talk about this word for us?
Well, if you go to a consultancy group, then you are consulting them for help.
You are asking them for help.
And a consultancy group would provide advice or assist you in whatever problems
you might be having.
All right.
A consultancy group might do this.
So who would go to a consultancy group, Nathanael?
Well, somebody that needs some kind of help.
You can go to different consultancies for different kinds of advice.
You might go to one for money advice, financial advice.
That would be a financial consultancy group.
All right.
And you could also maybe call it a consultancy organization or there's a
consultancy firm.
Different companies have different names, ways they refer to these groups.
A consultancy group; consult people there.
Well, we continue.
He recommends that recruiters listen for these 10 questions from job applicants
to see if they've done their homework and truly want the position.
OK. That's great.
Before we get into those questions, we have some things to talk about there.
One of them is that word "applicant." It's also from the Word Bank.
An applicant is someone who applies for something.
So where might you use that word, Carolyn?
Well, you can be a job applicant.
If you apply for a job, you want to get an interview, you need to apply and
become an applicant.
All right.
Or I maybe think of someone applying to a university or college.
They're an applicant at that school.
Uh, where else might you see that word, Nathanael?
Well, I guess you could also apply to different kinds of public programs.
Those you can also be an applicant for, applicant for a public program.
All right.
Or maybe a grant, a government grant you're applying for that grant.
You need some help.
You're applying for it; you are an applicant.
Well, we see some other words here.
He recommends that recruiters listen for these 10 questions.
So a recruiter is someone that is looking for people to work at the company, a
recruiter.
But I think you can also have other kinds of recruiters. Right, Nathanael?
Yeah. You could have an Army recruiter, people who are looking for people to be
in the military.
That's another possibility.
All right.
And we continue here.
We see another phrase in this sentence: to see if they've done their homework.
We want to talk about these extra words.
Of course, I think of students when I think of doing homework.
But Carolyn, it's not just students who do their homework, right?
That's right. No. If you want to do your homework,
here it means you need to do some research and find some background information
on the company you are applying to work for.
So if you do your homework here, it does not mean doing your schoolwork, a
little different.
It is a little bit different.
Nathanael, before coming to work at Studio Classroom, what kind of homework did
you do?
Well, I wanted to see what different kinds of things Studio Classroom did, what
kind of jobs would people have there.
I need to do a little homework before I came for the interview or before I had
my interview on the phone.
You might also do your homework before making a big purchase as well.
That's very good point.
Actually, if you're considering buying something, especially something
expensive, do your homework.
Compare prices between products or between brands.
You want to do your homework.
Basically as you just heard, it just means doing your research.
Well, we have something more to learn with Steve and Ken in the Information
Cloud.
So how can you have more success in landing a job?
Surveys have gone out to ask professional job recruiters what they wished job
seekers knew.
And one of the things at the top of their list was unprofessional communication,
especially with resumes and e-mail.
You know, it's amazing that it still needs to be mentioned, but double check
spelling and grammar.
And if your e-mail address is something like winniethepooh@gmail.com,
it would be a real good idea to create a new, more professional address using
some variation of your real name.
Right. So recruiters know who you are when you send them an e-mail.
Social media sites also fall into this category.
And so, again, keep your profiles on Facebook and LinkedIn up-to-date,
professional and truthful.
Another thing hiring managers want to tell job seekers is only apply for
positions you are qualified for.
That's a good reminder.
One report shows that 85 percent of job applicants aren't qualified for the
positions they're applying for.
This means a large chunk of recruiters time is wasted on sifting through
applications that would just end up in the garbage can.
Not the way to make a good impression or land a job.
(Chinese).
Thanks, guys.
Well, we see our first piece of advice for today starts:
What are some of the ways your company encourages teamwork?
And the last word there "teamwork" is a key word from our Word Bank today.
Teamwork; so you work on a team, you work together.
Nathanael, do you like teamwork?
Oh, yeah, of course.
Teamwork is a great thing to have.
I hope we have some teamwork.
And most jobs, I think, require some teamwork skills.
This is very true.
Have you ever worked on a team, Gabe?
Well, yes, Carolyn, I'm working on a team right now.
And actually, guys, I think we have great teamwork.
It's true.
We do prepare a lot.
We do our homework before coming to present a good show and a good lesson for
everybody here at Studio Classroom.
I think we have good teamwork, don't you, Carolyn?
I agree with you, Gabe.
I think we do have some very good teamwork here.
And it's important for your employer to encourage teamwork.
Now Nathanael, what is our second point?
The second question is:
We all know how important job satisfaction is to everyone.
Is the company committed to promotion from within?
That's an interesting question to ask someone in an interview.
That's right.
Is the company committed to promotion from within?
So promotion from within.
You've got "promotion." That's the idea of growth.
Of course, you could also have the promotion in a sense of getting a raise, but
a promotion like developing and growing from within.
Well, we see this third question here.
I love your published mission and values.
How are these reflected in day-to-day life at the company?
Can you share some examples?
I think that's pretty important to have some values and missions that are
actually reflected.
Nathanael, what does that mean?
Well, you want... of course they're going to have some kind of goals that they
want to achieve in their company.
That's what you might ask this question, to find out what those goals are.
Now it's time to see Michelle in the Language Lab.
Hi, everyone. I'm Michelle.