How to Interview for the Dream Job

Students will complete a generic job application and participate in mock job interviews Students will demonstrate interview skills and discuss cultural diversity. The students will answer questions to the best of their ability and portray their best attributes.  The students will collaborate on questions as a group on a list of questions to be asked and speak in front of other individuals.  The student will dress professionally, answer questions, and portray why they are the best person for the position.

Material Type: Module

Author: Liz Ravenscroft

Interviewing Skills

How to be prepared for a job interview.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: Jessica Hazelton

Interviewing Skills

This course is intended to help you showcase your personality, strengths, interests, and abilities to potential employers through the interview process.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Full Course, Homework/Assignment, Reading, Syllabus

Interviewing for a Job

Middle and High School educators across Lebanon County, Pennsylvania developed lesson plans to integrate the Pennsylvania Career Education and Work Standards with the content they teach. This work was made possible through a partnership between the South Central PA Workforce Investment Board (SCPa Works) and Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 (IU13) and was funded by a Teacher in the Workplace Grant Award from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. This lesson plan was developed by one of the talented educators who participated in this project during the 2019-2020 school year.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Rachael Haverstick, Kathaleen Lilley

A Tale of Two Interviews

I use this exercise to introduce myself to students and to get them thinking and writing about basic interviewing skills such as asking open and closed questions and using active and passive listening techniques. Students read (fictional) transcripts of two interviews. I ask them to explain in writing which interviewer did a better job and to provide at least three examples of what the interviewers did or didn’t do that made one interview better than the other, with citations to relevant line numbers from the transcripts.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: David Moss

Interview Like a Rockstar: After the Interview

After the interview is over, you should complete these steps to stand out in the interviewer's mind and to improve your own interviewing skills. Music: "Energy" by BenSound.com

Material Type: Lesson

Author: LAPU

How to interview: dress, behavior, and communication skills.

In this lesson, students will view and analyze both good and bad interview techniques. Students will identify proper dress for a professional interview setting, recognize proper body language and behaviors expected at interviews, and will practice proper communication skills employers are looking for. Interviewing is an important process to gaining quality employment and a problem this lesson will address. Understand proper dress, speech, and behaviors will increase a person's chance of gaining quality employment. Public speaking skills are needed, proper persuasive communication skill, life skills such as proper dress and body language.

Material Type: Assessment, Full Course, Interactive, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Simulation

Author: Chackras Smith

Interview Process Training

With our tutorial, we want to send everyone into the interview room (or potentially virtual interview room) prepared and confident. You know you have skills and talents to offer to the employer, you know you are the best fit for the position, so now the preparation you complete for that interview will ensure the employer knows it too.We break down the four phases of an interview process: Preparation, What to Wear, How to Present Your Best Self, and How to Follow Up.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Interactive, Lesson, Student Guide

Authors: Sarah Sandoval, Casey Herko, Terri Kelly, Coleen Morris

Exploratory Interviews

This video explains exploratory interviews and how they can be mutually beneficial.

Material Type: Lesson

Author: LAPU

Conveying important information concisely in public speaking and interviews

This public speaking lesson focuses on presenting and conveying important information, details, facts, and opinions in a concise manner. This lesson presents several different real-world situations where students are asked to share their perspectives, experiences, and stories where they are to give supporting details and facts that are important to the context of different social interactions (talking with peers, colleagues, community, interviews, etc). With the creation of this lesson, different level options of technology integration are offered to allow for flexibility and modifications for this lesson to best serve various classrooms and their students (low tech, medium tech, and high tech options). This lesson will help students analyze a social interaction and/or topic and have them clearly and concisely give an authentic response.

Material Type: Assessment, Diagram/Illustration, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Seth Christianson

Career Readiness Workshop Playbook

A Career Readiness Workshop is a Career Exploration experience on the continuum of Career Connected Learning. These workshops bring together students and industry professionals to take part in career readiness activities. Students network with professionals, take part in mock interviews, and generally build their confidence and skills related to interactions with potential employers. These events are a great way to help prepare students for meaningful and effective interactions with professionals. Industry professionals with an interest in supporting the talent pipeline and increasing the number of highly qualified young people in their local community also benefit greatly from a Career Readiness Workshop. At a typical Career Readiness Workshop -- which often includes dinner and networking-- industry representatives lead students through three interactive workshops over a three-hour period: Delivering an Elevator Pitch, Resume Best Practices, and Interview Strategies. This helps students develop a skill set to market the STEM skills they’ve attained through their studies. The event also gives opportunities for students and professionals to informally interact and network during dinner and after the workshops.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Author: Aujalee Moore

Good and Bad Interviews - Learn and Practice

In this lesson, students will be able to view and analyze both good and bad interview techniques, and then be able to follow-up with practical exercises.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Louisa James

Interview Handout

Handout with tips about interviewing

Material Type: Reading

Author: Aujalee Moore

Mini-Unit: Career Plan, Education Plan, Financial Aid, Resume & Job Interview

In this mini-unit, students begin by creating a career plan and an education plan. After learning financial aid vocabulary concepts, students will play an online game called “Payback” to apply knowledge learned about paying for college. The activity concludes with students creating a personal resume and taking notes on job interview tips.

Material Type: Unit of Study

Author: Utah Lesson Plans

Career/Interview Project

Two of the core competencies designated for The First Year Seminar Liberal Arts Math and Science (LMF 101) course are Integrative Learning and Global Learning along with oral communication. These abilities are exercised by students in the Career/Interview Presentation project. The main goal of the assignment is to promote student networking within the scientific community through interviews with an expert in the field. Also the FYS students will conduct background research about their career choices and use their findings to determine if they can be realized when interviewing a professional. The assignment is scaffolded whereby students will learn to use on-line resources to search for information about the profession and use on-line tools to material in preparation for the interview. Students will learn how to write professional emails, network and create PowerPoint slides. After the class presentation, students are asked to write a reflection in their ePortfolio on their career choice and interview experiences. The time dedicated for this project is on the order of weeks and counts for 20% (15% oral presentation and 5 % reflection) of the final grade.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Mark, Kevin

Post Secondary Education Vs Employment - Richelle Montgomery

Students will apply research skills in searching for a job.Students will design a budgeting plan, based on average pricing for the city in which they live. This will include mortgage rates (with 0% down) vs. renting, health insurance, car loans, gasoline, car maintenance, student loans, utilities (gas, electric, water & sewer, phone, cable, gas), groceries, medical expenses, child care, miscellaneous,  emergency fund, savings account. Students will be able to analyze, compare, and contrast the pros and cons to two different post secondary plans. Post Secondary Education:, including school of choice, rate of student loans based on income, and research in desired profession (using the low average income to average income as a reference point). 

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Author: Larissa Mallon

College: To Go or Not to Go?

Deciding on attending college is a big decision. What college should I attend? Can I afford college? Can I succeed without college? Use this KQED collection to help inform your decision on whether college is the right path.

Material Type: Module

Author: PBS LearningMedia

Financial Aid and Financial Literacy

The cost of college should never discourage anyone from going after a valuable degree. –Arne Duncan, former United States Secretary of EducationLEARNING OBJECTIVESBy the end of this section, you will be able to:Establish financial goalsIdentify strategies for creating and maintaining a budgetDescribe available options for paying for collegeDescribe the benefits and risks of creditDevelop financial literacy skills to prepare for your financial future

Material Type: Module

Author: Janice Grover-Roosa

Get an Education, Even if It Means Borrowing

You may be doing all you can to prepare for the price of education after high school, but if your savings, grants, and scholarships aren’t quite enough, do not overlook student loans as a means to gaining the education you need to make the big bucks.

Material Type: Lesson, Reading

Author: Barbara Flowers

Investing in Yourself: An Economic Approach to Education Decisions

"Human capital" may not be the first thing that comes to mind when we think about investments, but investing in education and training is an important economic decision. Learn about human capital and the return on such an investment in the February 2013 issue.

Material Type: Lesson, Reading

Author: Scott A. Wolla