Question

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Answer 1

Question 1: Which action should a job seeker ideally take by the end of an interview?

Question 2: Which item forms part of your career portfolio?

Answer 1:

At the end of an interview, the jobseeker should demonstrate interest in the company by asking questions about the job, and about the company.

Depending on the role, some questions that the candidate that ask are:

1. If I am selected for this role, what would you expect me to achieve in the first 60 days of the job? this shows that you are intersted in knowing what the immediate focus or priority for the role is. A followup question to the answer to this would be to know what the company is focused on achieveing at the moment and how it is related to the role
2. What is the organisational culture like? Every organisation has it's culture. The organisation should disclose this as it helps canidates prepare their mind against how they'd navigate corporately and politically
3. Can I ask to know the rate of attrition here? This is a tough question for company whose numbers are not too good. In essensence, it tell you how the company is performing. A company with a high attrition rate is not doing some right and if it's not fixed, might not qualify as a company of the future.

Answer 2

A career porfolio is a compendium of all of your educational qualification, skills and achievements in the various jobs you have done. It is a snapshot of the kind and quality of value that you can bring to an organisation.

A career portfolio should contain the following:

1. Summary of Education: In this sectionm you want to ensure that you include the following - Schools attended and references from some of your teachers or lecturers. At the least, you may provide their names and contact.
2. Activities/Hobbies: This helps your prospective employer to know who you are outside of work. This, in some cases may tell the employer whether one is a job fit or not. If for example the preson specification requires someone who is outgoing and social, a job fit would probably be one someone who plays golf, loves to attend social functions and probably has travelling as a hobby.
3. Personal Strenghts: If you are able to spell out your strenghts accurately, it reduces the amount of work the recrutier has to do to match you against the role and the organisation.

 

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