Interview Essentials for Technicians

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The UK Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy

What are hiring managers looking for?  How to be more confident about selling yourself in interviews.

This online session is part of the ITSS AutumnFest programme; open to technical staff working in Higher Education and Research Institutions in the UK.You will have an opportunity to find out how best to prepare for an interview, and how to make sure that you that you sell yourself and your skills to the hiring manager. This workshop will enable technicians to explore, evaluate and improve their interview skills. This session is delivered online using MS Teams. The teams link will be sent prior to the session as a diary invitation.At the end of this session, you will be able to: <ul><li>Identify key interview techniques </li></ul><ul><li>Analyse and evaluate different interview styles </li></ul><ul><li>Use these techniques in a way which matches your own style </li></ul><ul><li>Create a brief action plan about practicing and improving </li></ul> This workshop is participatory and will include <ul><li>Information delivered via power point presentations </li></ul><ul><li>An opportunity to input ideas and thoughts </li></ul><ul><li>Group work via breakout sessions - working in smaller mixed groups. </li></ul><ul><li>An opportunity to share practice  </li></ul>You will need at computer with a microphone and camera to get the most out of this session.If you book on this session we suggest that you:<ul><li>Talk to your line manager and ask them if it would be possible to find cover for your role at that time</li></ul><ul><li>Book a room away from your normal working area to attend the workshop (if you don't have a laptop available ask your line manager if there is one that you could use temporarily)</li></ul> If you are having problems with making your attendance a priority, please let us know so we can work to help support you. In addition if you have any accessibility issues that we can assist with to allow you to get the most of this online training session please let us know.🌐 Find out about all our learning and development opportunities for technicians at www.itss.org.uk 📧 <a href="http://eepurl.com/ixy59g" title="http://eepurl.com/ixy59g" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Subscribe to our mailing list here</a> Connect with us on:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/uk-itss/" title="https://www.linkedin.com/company/uk-itss/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">LinkedIn</a><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/uk-itss.bsky.social" title="https://bsky.app/profile/uk-itss.bsky.social" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BlueSky</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@UK-ITSS" title="https://www.youtube.com/@UK-ITSS" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a>Please refer to the <a href="https://itss.org.uk/privacy-and-cookies/" title="https://itss.org.uk/privacy-and-cookies/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">ITSS Privacy Statement</a> for further information about how we will process, store and secure your data. You can withdraw consent for the use of this data at any time – please email <a href="https://itss.org.uk/contact-us/" title="https://itss.org.uk/contact-us/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">enquiries@ITSS.org.uk</a>. If you have any questions about how your data will be processed and stored, please contact <a href="https://itss.org.uk/contact-us/" title="https://itss.org.uk/contact-us/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">enquiries@ITSS.org.uk</a>.

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