Dance Placement Presentation

1. Dance Placement Presentation 27th January 2015

2. Contents • Preparing for a placement • Interview hints and tips

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5. Preparing for Placement • Set professional and personal goals for the placement • What do you want from the placement? • What do you want to learn? • Establish your W.I.I.F.M.

6. Preparing for Placement 2. Do your research on the company offering you a placement • Learn their brand values • Visit their social media sites • How large is it, structure, names and faces

7. Preparing for Placement 3. Be aware of workplace etiquette • Punctuality • Dress sense • Behaviour standards and expectations

8. Preparing for Placement 4. Your work placement is a job, with different conditions • Behave as if this is your job • Work hard to become part of the team • 5pm?

9. Preparing for Placement 5. Be inquisitive • This is your experience to learn about working in your sector • Theory and practice • Ask lots of questions…all the time • Courtesy and politeness to all – “The Receptionist”

10. Preparing for Placement 6. Keep a diary / journal • Tasks and outcomes • People you meet • Events you attend • New skills you learn • Helps with updating your CV and completing application forms

13. Preparing for Placement 7. “Can I help you with that?” • Take on more responsibility • Leave your comfort zone • Challenge yourself

14. Preparing for Placement 8. Always do your best • Show willingness • Think about the impact you’re making – recommendations • Future opportunities and networks • UEL reputation

15. Preparing for Placement 9. Share your ideas… • Tell colleagues about innovations or creative approaches • Your opinion is welcome and valued • Demonstrates engagement

16. Preparing for Placement 10. Think about the follow-up • Express your thanks • Ask for a reference • Take relevant contact details • Ask for feedback • Send a card if you can…

17. Preparing for Placement Questions?

18. Interview Hints and Tips

20. Do your research • Failure to plan is planning to fail • You are certain to be asked specific questions about the company and the role, make sure you’ve done your homework

22. Practice your answers • Prepare answers to some of the most common interview questions • Scenario and competency based questions are common • Why are you the best person for the job? • Personal strengths and weaknesses

24. First Impressions • Body language effects how others see us • We can in less than 40 seconds of communication, process up to 10,000 units of non-verbal communication • We process that information into an intuitive perception of the other person

25. Please shake hands with the person next to you

26. Gain instant rapport with a handshake • A handshake makes a difference to your chances of a job offer • It also diminishes the impact of a negative impression

27. Women only began shaking hands on an equal basis with men in the 1980’s • People are twice as likely to remember you if you shake hands with them • People respond to those with whom they shake hands by being more open and friendly

28. Are interviews really determined by first impressions?

29. When we talk about getting a gut feel about a person, what we are really talking about is being able to read those non-verbal cues very quickly • The interviewer spends the rest of the interview looking for evidence to back up their first impression

30. The evidence • We make up our minds about someone in a matter of seconds • Researchers at Oregon State University collected a series of videotaped job interviews to test whether it was possible to guess the outcome simply from observing the interaction between the interviewer and the interviewee. • They found that an observer could predict whether or not the interviewee would be offered the job from just watching the first 15 seconds of the tape

31. Confirmation bias • A study by Prof NaliniAmbady demonstrated this phenomenon • Students were asked at the beginning of their first year to complete an evaluation form of their lecturer, rating him or her for like-ability. • Forms were completed before any actual lectures had taken place , two years on the judgments corresponded almost exactly with the students' original assessment of their lecturer.

32. Eye Contact

33. Making eye contact is the most powerful way of establishing contact with another person • It feels good when you have someone's full attention • It sends the message that you are serious and confident in yourself, and that you believe in what you are saying • Maintaining a steady gaze promotes credibility

34. Smile

36. Coping with nerves

38. Stay calm • Preparation is key to staying in control • Plan your route, allow extra time for unexpected delays

39. Look the part

40. Can power posing like Bolt make you a winner?

41. Body Language • Body language affects how others see us • Body language can also change how we see ourselves • Recent research suggests that by simply changing physical posture, an individual can prepare her mental and physiological systems to endure difficult and stressful situations, • And actually improve confidence and performance

42. Your body language can shape who you are • We are used to thinking that our demeanour reflects our feelings, but the reverse is also true • Standing up straight and squaring and relaxing our shoulders doesn't just make us look more confident; it actually makes us feel this way • Standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don't feel confident can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success

43. Fake it till you make it • It can take as little as one-fortieth of a second for however you hold your body to begin to chemically influence how you feel • Briefly taking on a confident posture helps you to feel confident inside • It's long be known that if you can smile long enough it makes you feel happy - "you can fake it till you make it”

44. We’ve made a winning start with a great first impression • How do we maintain rapport during the interview?

45. Maintaining rapport • Making a connection with the interviewer should be at the forefront of your mind • We do that by making the other person feel comfortable • By focusing on the interviewer, you are no longer focused on yourself and your fears • We like people who are like us

46. Mirroring and matching

48. You are mirroring and matching all the time • If you do it consciously for a moment, your body's chemical state and the other person help you produce the movement naturally • You don't need to match or mirror consciously for more than a minute

49. Voice production • Bear in mind the 3 ‘P’s’: • Pitch – the note at which you speak • Pace – vary the rate to add colour and variety • Pause – gives time to think

50. The recency effect • The last thing you say or do tends to matter • Even if you feel that the interview hasn't gone well, you can improve the impression you make by closing confidently • Stay present and poised all the way to the end • Always prepare questions for the interviewer