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Group Exercises
Katie Dallison
Careers Adviser
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Agenda
• The Application Process
• Four Seasons Case Study
• Feedback
• What are employers looking for?
• Tips and Traps
• Useful Resources
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Application Process
Application Form
Phone Interview
On line testing
Interview
Assessment Centre
Interview Group Work
Case Study
E-Tray
Presentation
PsychometricTests
Job Offer!
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Group exercises
• Discussion groups – Current affairs, business topics
• Task groups– Achieve a set goal as a group
• Group case studies– Business scenarios, may involve role play
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The Four Seasons
30 mins to complete exercise then 5 minutes to present.
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Someone who can:• make regular contributions• express themselves with clarity• show original thinking • influence the group (without dominating)• acknowledge the views of others• facilitate the discussion
What was I looking for?
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Behaving in groups
Initiating Responding Maintaining
• Proposals & suggestions
• Contributing information
• Inviting contributions
• Listening, supporting, disagreeing
• Asking questions & clarifying
• Paraphrasing & summarising
• Getting on with practical tasks
• Keeping to time
• Keeping to the subject
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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made
them feelfeel."
Maya Angelou
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Body Language
Do you really know how you behave?
Think about:• Facial Expressions• Posture• Presence• Interaction with others
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Group exercises — Tips
Watch and Learn – from others, from brief
Listen – to all carefully so you can provide feedback, add to ideas
Add – original ideas, necessary questions, enthusiasm
Help – handle conflict, staying focused, keep to time
Support – your ideas clearly, other team members
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Useful Resources
• QM Careers Service
http://www.careers.qmul.ac.uk/students/applying/assessment%20centres/index.html
• Prospects http://www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Applications__CVs_and_interviews/Tests_and_exercises/Assessment_centres/p!eeXpllc
• Target Jobs: http://targetjobs.co.uk/general-advice/assessment-centres.aspx
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12Queen Mary Careers ServiceWG3 Queens Building – 020 7882 5065
Opening times:Monday-Thursday 10.30am-5pmFriday 10.30am-4pm
Drop-in sessions:Monday-Thursday 10.30am-12.30pm
2.00pm-4.30pm
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