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witching my major from Applied Mathematics to
Quantitative Finance in the last semester, I had to face the competition with
students from NUS Business School who had strong communication and speech
skills. In order to narrow the gap and catch up with them, I had no hesitation
in taking ES2007S. It was a great experience as I learnt much about
professional communication as well some resume-writing and job interview
skills. In addition, I realized that there was a room for me to improve in
terms of communication skills.
From 13-weeks study, I have learnt the proper way of
writing an application letter and resume. This was extremely useful for me in
applying for internship and industrial attachment. Before taking this module, I
had no idea about the format of application letters and never realized that a
good cover letter could make me stand out from other applicants. In addition, I
had a valuable opportunity to gain an insight on how the actual interview looks
like through the mock interview session. During these sessions, I played the
roles of interviewer and interviewee. When I was the interviewee, I felt so
stressful that I could not give the interviewer well-rounded answers to most of the questions. To make things
worse, because of my nervousness, I failed to speak English in a formal and proper
way, thus leading to confusion and misunderstanding. On the other hand, when I played my role as an interviewer, I
also realized some mistakes of my friend such as improper tone. During the
feedback session, we kindly pointed the weaknesses to each other and provided
some suggestions. This valuable experience improved my interview skills significantly.
Besides, I figured that preparation is
the key to success in the job interview. I really appreciated Dr Radhika’s words:
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Similar to your experience and lesson drawn from the interview session, I have found it very useful as well. In fact, it was a good refresher course to the career centre sessions that i have attended.
ReplyDeleteAs much as the content is important in interviews, the non verbal aspect of communication and the 7Cs are just important. These portrays professionalism. Having been an 'experienced' interviewee, i would like to recommend you to read through the links in the'PREPARING FOR & PERFORMING AT JOB INTERVIEWS pdf' which is uploaded by Mr Blackstone.
I wish you all the best in your future endeavours! You have been a great classmate.
Hi Lin Han,
ReplyDeleteI too felt all the skills learn in ES2007S is useful. I did not know how important are a good resume and cover letter help us stand out form the crowd before taking this module. Through this module, I can say I knew how to write better cover letter and of course how to present myself to my future employers.
I just want to say be confident of yourself and I believe you can do much better in your future challenges. All the best in your exams and glad to have you in class! :)
Huiping