Interviewing Guide

COMPETENCIES SOUGHT BY EMPLOYERS

• Ability to communicate
• Flexibility
• Intelligence
• Interpersonal skills
• Willingness to accept responsibility
• Self-knowledge
• Initiative
• Ability to handle conflict
• Leadership
• Competitiveness
• High energy level
• Goal achievement
• Imagination
• Vocational skills
• Direction

• Budget management
• Speaking
• Supervising
• Writing
• Public relations
• Organizing/managing/coordinating
• Coping with deadline pressure
• Interviewing
• Negotiating/arbitrating
• Teaching/instruction

• Volunteer work
• Part-time/summer jobs
• Participation in activities, school or community
• Study/work/travel overseas
• Internships
• Community service activities
• Specific skill courses