03 Discussion - Leveraging Information Literacy Skills as a Job Applicant Levera

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03 Discussion - Leveraging Information Literacy Skills as a Job Applicant

Leveraging your information literacy skills can provide an advantage to you in a job interview - you benefit if an employer can tell you are well-versed in seeking out information effectively and using it to your advantage.

So how might you do this? Explain one way in which you could make your superior information literacy skills evident in job interview. What examples could you use? How can you make clear the advantage hiring you would provide the employer?

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I am an education major. Before the interview, I would conduct research about the school, such as how long they have been in operation, how many students there are and the ratio of students to teachers. I would also browse the website to find out the qualifications for the position. I would also like to know how long the current teachers have been employed there and their educational backgrounds. I would ask questions around the community and among friends to get information about both positive and negative experiences. I would research as to whether or not the school is accredited. At the interview I would apply all that I had researched, ask questions, exhibit my communication skills and provide my professional portfolio. I would provide references and display confidence about my credentials, share my experiences and demonstrate a friendly and positive attitude.

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There are various ways in which one can show that they have tremendous and superior skill in influencing information literacy. This starts with detail researching and gathering all relevant information about the company and the business sector they want to work with. The information must be related with the core values of the company, job function, job responsibilities, and job accountabilities, working culture, operating process, leadership hierarchy and mission /vision of the company. The applicant must have tactical knowledge to update their resume according to the job requirements.

The one effective way to show superior information literacy skills evident in job interview is to respond to the question of the employers aligned with the information gathered.   The same strategy can be used to create the advantage of hiring by the employer. The applicants must respond to the question asked related with the previous job and job profile in a very positive way with detail job and company information. This is done to create an impressive impression on the employers, that the applicants is highly experienced and have full knowledge in the respective field with passion to work positively and responsibly.

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