Pick-It Sweets & Treats Interview Week

This week, we will conduct interviews for each employee within the organization.  Thus far, you have learned about each position Pick-It Sweets & Treats has and have heard three prospective executives interview for their desired job.  Each prospect has shared his strengths and vision for leadership within the organization and demonstrated a strong understanding of what professional dress and conduct looks like.

Now that you’ve had a chance to take notes on these interviews, we will begin Monday’s class with a vote on who will be the CEO and CFO for the 2015-16 year.  Once that’s finished, we will conduct interviews of our own. 

Because I will be out this Friday to attend the Annual VE Facilitator Workshop, you will use Friday’s class period to organize your thoughts and blog about how the week is going.  You will also blog about how you think the business will perform in its second year of operations.

Please see below for a breakdown of our weekly tasks:

Monday through Thursday

Objectives: Analyze and Critique interviews, Provide feedback on interviews

Clear Target: We can analyze and critique a job interview

**On Monday, we will discuss the three candidates who applied for executive positions and then take an anonymous electronic vote for CEO and CFO**

Please make sure to wear professional dress on the day you are scheduled to interview.  I estimate we can get through 3 to 4 interviews each day, so please make sure you are prepared.  Remember, your appearance, answers, resume (which will be displayed on the doc viewer while you interview), and manner in which you conduct yourself will be scrutinized, and feedback will be shared after each interview.  The purpose of this is to get accustomed to hearing criticism, which is essential to improvement in anything, and to get an immediate understanding of how you come across to others while it’s fresh in everyone’s minds.

Friday

Objectives: Create Blogger Account or help other students create Blogger account, Blog about the week’s interviews (be reflective if you interviewed already; be anticipative if you have not yet interviewed) and your predictions for this year’s performance

Clear Target: We can reflect upon past performance in a business setting

Today you will either create a Blogger account or help a classmate create his/her own Blogger account.  Once that is finished, you will type a 250+ word post about your own interview.  If you have not yet interviewed, you will type a post about what you have learned from other interviews that will help you with yours.  You will also discuss in your blog how you believe the business will do in the 2015-16 school year.  Can we make the State Finals?  Is a trip to New York in our future?  When finished with your post, please remember to share it with mattspinella@gmail.com so I can read what you’ve done.

**Note** Please be on your best behavior for the sub.  You may only talk to help your classmates create a Blogger account.  This should take no more than 7 minutes (and I’m being generous).  When finished, please work silently and independently on your Blog post.  This exercise should take approximately 25 to 30 minutes, which means you should work on filling out your critique sheets when you are done.  Critique sheets (to be shared/emailed) will be due before class begins Monday, 8/31.

Interview Schedule:

Monday:

Harris, Steffan

Hitch, Ryan

Lewis, Makayla

Tuesday:

Irvin, Tyler

Butler, Bryanna

Wright, William

Wallace, Brandon

Wednesday:

Kleinhans, Emily

Garzon, Matthew

Hutson, Kaitlin

Tibbetts, Katelynne

Thursday:

Cobasky, Matthew

Williams, Sara

Shinall, Kidell

Tudder, Rachel

That’s it for this week!  See you Monday!