Welcome to SIS Career Talk: Part 2

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Welcome toSIS Career Talk Part 2

• Presented By Sharon Boyle
• March 7,th 2007

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Career Talk Part 2

• A Strategic Approach
• ?Marketing
• ?Interviewing
• ?Selecting
• ?Accepting

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Introduction

• This session will help students
• Market oneself skills, experiences, calling
• Prepare and for the application the interview
• Make a final selection with an agency that fits

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Vocation

• Define Job, Career, Vocation

• Vocation comes from the Latin vocare (to call)
  and means the work a person is called to by God

• Vocation is multi-faceted
• Everything that brings me into relation with
  other people, everything that makes my actions
  events in other peoples lives is contained in
  vocation Gustaf Wingren, Luther on Vocation

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Marketing

• Define Marketing

• Defines distinctive features and benefits of a
  product or service
• Sets the price
• Communicates and promotes the features and
  benefits
• Delivers the goods or services to the consumer

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Marketing

• Strategic Marketing

• Where have I been, where am I now?
• Where do I want to go with my career?
• How do I get to where I want to go?
• How do I convert my plan into action steps?
• How do I make changes to my plan if I am not in
  line with my vocation?

Index Card
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Marketing

• Abilities, Concerns, Interests, Experiences

• Identify our abilities and talents
• The concern God puts on our hearts
• Our interests and passions
• Education
• Relevant experiences

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Marketing

• Your Personal Presentation Matters!

• Market yourself prepare your story

• Resume and cover letter
• To advertise yourself
• To be considered for an interview
• To create a first impression when you cannot meet
  face-to-face
• To leave as a calling card after face-to-face
  contact
• To make a personal statement reflecting the
  uniqueness of you
• To define your experience and education in
  relation to a particular position

• Application Interview

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Marketing

• Prepare Your Selling Points

• Cover the basics
• Communication skills
• Team player
• Reliable and hard working

• What sets you apart
• Your unique strengths
• Your calling and passions
• International experience

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Marketing

• The initial encounter

I am OCCUPATION NAME OR JOB TITLE and I am
interested in finding employment with an
organization that specializes in SPECIFY. Having
worked (or studied) for COMPANY OR SCHOOL NAME
the past NUMBER of years, I have expertise in TWO
OR THREE KEY AREAS.
Practice!
Index Card
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Organizational Hiring Process
FIELD ROLE MATCH
SITE VISIT EVALUATION
SCREEN INTERVIEW
APPLICATION
INITIAL CONTACT
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Application Screen Interview

• Skills, gifts and calling
• Ability to work well with others
• Ability to communicate
• Organizational fit
• Background check
• Personal statement of faith

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Interview

• Pre-Interview Preparation

• Find out everything about the agency where you
  will be interviewing
• Know the names and titles of interviewers
• Know about the organization (mission, vision,
  types of jobs, locations)
• Get an idea of the culture, work atmosphere and
  socio-economic make-up
• Try to talk to someone who works there

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Interview

• Pre-Interview Preparation

• Look at and be familiar with your resume
• Is it updated to fit the job you are
  interviewing for?
• Has someone else reviewed it?

• Think through hard questions
• You can be sure there will be a few
• Practice your answers
• Dont offer more than you need to
• What are your weaknesses? How do you handle
  conflict?

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Interview

• Pre-Interview Preparation

• Prepare your own expectations
• Decide what is important to you in the role
• Must haves versus negotiables
• Salary, length of commitment, training, team
  oriented

• Dress is important
• Know the dress norms for the organization
• Err on the conservative side
• You never have a second chance to make a first
  impression

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Screen and Application

• Whats your commitment to the church?
• What does it mean to follow Jesus?
• Describe your conversion experience?
• Respond to the statement of faith (i.e.
  Mennonite doctrine of peace)
• Sign a code of conduct

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Site Visit and Evaluation

• Psychological personality testing
• Good references
• Skills, hobbies, education, etc to find a match
  in the field
• Marriage status
• An internal sponsor to assist with process

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Site Visit and Evaluation

• Candidate Orientation - headquarters
• More extensive look at the organization, its
  history, values, etc.
• Meet with more people, panel interviews
• Review psychological exam
• Physical exam
• Further determining organizational fit
• Counsel on areas to be developed in order to
  prepare
• Level of interests geographically
• Matching process with the field

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Screen and Application

• Red Flags
• Personal history and baggage
• Mental health
• Life crisis
• Family issues, marriage status and social base
• Spiritual habits
• Past church hurts and conflict

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Screen and Application

• Social base refers to the personal living
  environment out of which a leader operates and
  which provides
• 1. Emotional support
• 2. Economic support
• 3. Strategic support
• 4. Basic physical needs

Robert Clinton, Leadership Emergence Theory
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Selecting
Before going out to work with an organization
ask as many questions as you can think of...both
of yourself and the organization you are going to
work with.
It is kind of like getting married. It will help
to know as much as you can about the organization
and yourself and for the organization to know as
much they can about you and themselves.
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Selecting

• The questions I wish I had asked

• What is my philosophy of ministry and theirs?
• How hierarchical is the organization and how are
  decisions made? and how well I do with hierarchy?
  
• How group or team oriented are they?
• How do they provide or encourage self-care for
  missionaries?
• What type of training do they offer?

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Selecting

• The questions I wish I had asked, continued

• What exactly am I going to do?
• How much am I expected to create and develop
  versus what is structured and well established?
• How defined are roles within the organization?
• How much freedom do you give for someone to
  develop into their ministry as opposed to how
  much is expected of me in a specific ministry
  upon arriving to the field?

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Selecting

• The questions I wish I had asked, continued

• Does the organization assist with finances,
  accounting or with taxes?
• What will you provide for support raising?
• Can I solicit for funds?
• What are the benefits provided?
• What are your policies for bereavement and
  financial help to return home?
• What do you do for re-entry?

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Negotiating Accepting

• Depends on the organization

• Furlough, depending on length of contract
• Position or location
• Salary if applicable
• Moving expenses
• Education for children

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Key Next Steps to Prepare

• Find someone who worked in the organization(s)
• Prepare your references they really need to
  know you and vouch for your character!
• Update and review that resume
• Download a few applications from agencies and
  fill them out
• Practice your introduction and interview answers
• Come to the Fuller Missions Fair on March 27-28

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Fuller Career Services

• Located on the lower level of the Student
  Services Center
• www.fuller.edu/career
• 626-584-5576
• cs_at_fuller.edu

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Summary

• Dont wait until the last minute there is
  plenty to begin doing now
• Pray and discern
• Get help and network!

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One More Thing

• Turn your index card over
• Regarding this session tell me 1. One thing
  valuable you took away
• 2. One thing youd like more help with

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Marketing
SWOT Analysis