Community Partners offer advice and insight at Mock Interviews

On Friday, February 21, the Job Placement Network coordinated a very successful Mock Interview event at the Business and Employment Resource Center (BERC) in Westminster.  Between 9am and 12 pm, 98 mock interviews were conducted for more than 49 job seekers! 

How is that possible you ask?  With a ton of support from our community business partners who served as our Interviewers and our Job Placement Network agencies, which coordinated and assisted with the event.  Each candidate received two 15 minute interviews, and were provided both verbal and written feedback from their Interviewer.

Mock Interviews are a key component in preparing people for a successful job search, giving candidates the opportunity to practice their answers and work out the kinks, while increasing confidence.  Candidates received feedback as well on their résumé, body language, attire, articulation of skills, concise and clear answers, and preparation.  Some of the comments from our candidates include, “very helpful for people returning to the job market”, “I really enjoyed this opportunity”, and “Great feedback. Thank you for giving me more confidence in this process.”

If you would like to join us as an Interviewer, our next Mock Interviews will be held in September or October 2014, so watch this blog for a notice, or email  jobplacementnetwork@gmail.com   

Our Interviewers are the key to our success, and also shared these remarks, “Awesome! This was a great experience”, and “Nice job as always.”  We would like to express appreciation to our Interviewers who made this an “awesome” event: Mike McMullin of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce; Sue Travetto of McDaniel College; Rebecca Maurio, Sara Butler, and Laura Araujo of Carroll Community College; Erin Lindholm of The Arc Carroll County; Jessica Markum of DORS; Lisa Kuhn of Human Services Programs of Carroll County; Robert Dunn of Dunn and Associates; Blane Boeri of Barnes-Bollinger Insurance; William Walls of DSS; Jennifer Trice of Sparkling Star Farm; Bruce Sadler of the Carroll County Detention Center; Celene Steckel of Carroll County Government; Tom Alessi of New Windsor State Bank; Rick Ward; and Tammi Ledley of DORS.