Hire me! Employer Expectations
Overview
Students will learn gain self-knowledge about choosing career pathways and employer
expectations to gain employable.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
• Evaluate their skills, values and interests to help select a career pathway through
one of the 16 Career Clusters from the National Government.
• Understand employer expectations
• Be aware of how social media and early behavior choices can cause barriers to
employability.
• Understand how the interview process works.
Materials
Hang Work of
load Hire Me!
Work Poster and Work of Work Poster (Lesson 1)
Self-Knowledge Handouts (Lesson 1)
Power Point before
Yellow Tabs
students enter class
JAECO Industry Choices Scoring Sheet
room
Junior Achievement Banner
Hire me! Power point (http://www.jaonline.org/volunteer-teaching-tools)
Presentation
Introduction – 2 minutes
Greet Students. Tell them your name, describe your job, and provide some
information about your background. Explain that you are a volunteer with Junior
Achievement, an organization dedicated to inspiring and preparing young people
to succeed in a global economy.
First Activity – 10 minutes
Use information from Session 1 to help students understand how important it is
to find a career that matches your skills, values and interests.
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Have students spend about 5 minutes taking the self-assessment on Page 2 of
the handout and to circle a career they may be interested in on Page 3 of
handout.
In groups of 4-5, have them approach the World of Work poster at the front of the room,
and using a yellow sticky tab, mark their career choices. Leave all the stickers on the
poster to tabulate at the end of class. Evaluate and make some observations about
popular choices chosen by the class. If a career is not on the poster (ie professional
athlete!) ask them to think about a second choice should them become injured.
Second Activity – 15 minutes
Present the Hire me! Power Point.
Access the power point through Junior Achievement’s Website, www.jaonline.org
The value add of Junior Achievement is the business volunteers personal experiences
to highlight information presented in the powerpoint about employer expectations and
how to help yourself stand out as middle school students transition to interview for
scholarships, try out for sports teams or leadership positions in club activities or apply
for their first job.
On the homepage click Support &
Volunteer
Then click
Volunteer
Teaching tools
The link to the Hire
me! Power Point will
be listed.
Click on the link and
it should open to the
desktop.
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After presenting the Hire me! Power Point transition into Mock Interviews if time permits
You may use the Junior Achievement prepared mock interview questions on the
following page but you are encouraged to present your own.
Mock Interview
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Tell me about yourself.
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Tell me about your experience.
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What is your most important
accomplishment to date?
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Why did you choose this career?
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How do you personally define success?
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Describe a situation in which you were
successful.
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What accomplishments have given you the most satisfaction in your life?
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Would you rather work with information or with people
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Tell me about some of your recent goals and what you did to achieve them.
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Have you ever had a conflict with a boss or professor? How did you resolve it?
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How has your education prepared you for your career?
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What were your favorite classes? Why?
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How familiar are you with the community that was located in?
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What do you know about our company?
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Why are you interested in our company?
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Are you willing to travel? How much?
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What is your greatest strength?
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What is your greatest weakness?
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How much money do you need to make to be happy?
Mock Interview questions from http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/Mastering-the-Interview/Fifty-StandardInterviewQuestions?
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